Liberty Hyde Bailey (1858-1954) was an American horticulturist, botanist
and cofounder of the American Society for Horticultural Science. Born in South Haven, Michigan, he was educated and taught at the Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State
University) before moving to Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, where he was director of the College of Agriculture. He edited The Cyclopedia of
American Agriculture (1907-09), the Cyclopedia of American Horticulture (1900-02), and the Rural Science, Rural
Textbook, Gardencraft, and Young Folks Library series of manuals. He wrote scores of books, including scientific
works, efforts to explain botany to laypeople, a collection of poetry, and coined the word
cultivar. Cornell has memorialized Bailey by dedicating Bailey
Hall in his honor.
Bailey is credited with being instrumental in starting agricultural extension services, the 4-H
movement, the nature study movement, parcel post and
rural electrification. He was considered the father of
rural sociology and rural journalism.
About 140 years after his birth, the Liberty Hyde Bailey Scholars Program was created at Michigan State University, the institute of higher learning where Bailey began his career. The
Bailey Scholars Program incorporates L.H. Bailey's love of learning and countless expressive learning styles to provide a safe,
nurturing space for students to become educated in fields that interest them. The credo of the group is: "The Bailey Scholars
Program seeks to be a community of scholars dedicated to lifelong learning. All members of the community work toward providing a
respectful trusting environment where we acknowledge our interdependence and encourage personal growth."[1]
Some selected works
- The Principles of Fruit-Growing (1897)
- The Nursery Book (1897)
- Plant-Breeding (1897)
- The Pruning Manual (1898)
- Sketch of the Evolution of our Native Fruits (1898)
- Principles of Agriculture (1898)
- The Principles of Vegetable Gardening (1901)
- The State and the Farmer (1908)
- The Nature Study Idea (1909)
- The Training of Farmers (1909)
- Manual of Gardening (1910)
- The Outlook to Nature (1911)
- The Country Life Movement (1911)
- The Practical Garden Book (1913)
Selected articles
- Bailey, L.H. - Canna x generalis. Hortus, 118 (1930); cf. Standley & Steyerm. in Fieldiana, Bot., xxiv. III.204
(1952).
- Bailey, L.H. - Canna x orchiodes. Gentes Herb. (Ithaca), 1 (3): 120 (1923).
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