Title: Rhododendrons, boxwood, azaleas, clematis, novelties, bay trees, hardy plants, evergreens : novelties bulbs, cannas novelties, palms, araucarias, ferns, vines, orchids, flowering shrubs, ornamental grasses and trees
Identifier: CAT31285383 (find matches)
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Bobbink & Atkins (Nursery); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock New Jersey Rutherford Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowering shrubs Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs
Publisher: Rutherford, N. J. : Bobbink & Atkins
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Bay Trees 65 BOBBINK & ATKINS RUTHERFORD, N. J. CATTLE Y A LABI ATA. having been received by them in an importation. " The illustration shows a specimen of this ^^y, 1901, when the photograph was taken, Orchid, grown by Thomas Jones, of Short Hills, the plant had twenty-three sheaths, and thirty- N. J., the present season. The plant was obtained three flowers, with others not yet out." The from Messrs. Bobbink &Atkins, of Kutherford, N. J., Florists' Exchange. See illustration on page 64. Bay Trees. (Laums Nobuis.) We are the largest importers in the country. Anybody desiring fine, well-shaped trees at reason- able prices will do well to call upon us. We have in stock at this time several hundred specimens, and our storehouse is worth traveling miles to see.
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Pyratnid Bay Tree. PYRAMIDS. About 5% ft. high above tub. $25.00 per pair; 6 ft., S30.00; 7 ft., S35.00;8 ft., $40.00. Extra large specimens, from $50.00 to S250.00 per pair. . Press Comment. "Bobbink & Atkins struck it all right on a lot of 150 handsome imported hollies. They were finely- fruited pyramidal specimens from three and a half to twelve feet in height. The majority of them arrived uninjured and were disposed of at good figures. The firm is doing an immense and Cc)nstantly increasing nursery business, and their equipment is being persistently improved. A big plant shed recently erected has a capacity suffici- ent to house 600 large bay trees besides quanti- Standard Bay Tree. STANDARDS. 2 ft. diameter of head. $15.00 per pair. 2 ft. 6 in. diameter of head. $20.00 per pair. 3 ft. diameter of head. $25.00 per pair. 3 ft. 6 in. diameter of head. $35.00 per pair. 3 ft. 10 in. diameter of head. $40.00 per pair 4 ft. diameter of head. S45.00 per pair. Height of stem, 3 to 4 ft. Extra specimens from $50.00 to $1,000.00 per pair. ties of smaller material. Two new 128-foot greenhouses are now under construction and a Lord & Burnham boiler will do the heating. Shipments are being made daily of bays, rhodo- dendrons, roses, box trees, etc. One hundred and fifty cases of nursery stock received late is being heeled in for early spring sales."—American Flor- ist, January 2, 1901.

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