LOOKING BACK 100 YEARS

Looking at the Bullis books that were published in 1915 gives us an idea of what the family was "into" way back then. In scanning the list, we found two books that would have been of particular interest to Charlie Bullis:

Field Book of American Trees and Shrubs

Author: F. Mathews

Published: New York, 1915

and

Bulbs

Author: C. L. Allen

Published: New York, 1915

In 1915 Charlie Bullis would have been 24 years old, serving his country in World War I.  After the war,  he returned home and devoted himself to projects conducted on the family's Canandaigua Road property.  Horticulture was one of his areas of expertise, and there is a significant number of books on this subject in the collection. 

If you, too, have a green thumb (or aspire to that status), we suggest you stop by the Bullis Room and look at some of the horticulture books in the collection. The two we've listed above would be a good place to start.

Hope to see you soon. 

Postscript: If you'd like to read more about Charlie Bullis, here's a link to our April 2, 2009 post: http://bullisbookchronicles.blogspot.com/2009/04/charles-rogers-bullis.html