NURSERY  CATALOGS  AND

 RELATED  ITEMS   

[nursery catalog]  Bay State Nurseries, North Abington & Framingham, MA.  BETTER GARDENS FOR 1932.  38 pp. + inserts, ill. with b&w photos.  b&w photographic cover. an unusual large format catalog listing ornamental trees, shrubs, and perennials.  a little edge wear and cover soiling o/w a v.g. copy in wraps.  $15

[nursery catalog] Berry Seed Co., Clarinda, Iowa.  GARDEN, FLOWER AND FIELD SEEDS, 32ND SEASON, 1927.  65 pp. + inserts, index, ill. with b&w photos and engravings, color covers showing watermelons on the front.  a comprehensive listing of vegetables, along with some fruits, ornamentals, mostly seeds.  a little wear at bottom of b.s. and one corner somewhat creased, but internally a v.g. catalog in stapled wraps.  $15

[nursery catalog] Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, NJ.  HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS.  [1928]  68 pp., lengthy plant selection chart, well ill. with b&w and nice color photos.  an uncommon catalog from this nursery listing a wide selection of hardy perennials; and one page of very interesting outdoor tub planters.  overall cover wear and loosening, o/w v.g. copy in dark green stapled wraps.  $20

[nursery catalog] Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, NJ, GARDEN GEMS, 1946.  quarto, 55 pp., inserts, pictorial wraps & ill. with color and b&w photos.  cover with color photos; the front cover shows the rose "Dream Girl."  an unusual large format catalog listing ornamental tree, shrubs, vines and roses.  included is an interesting  form letter advising the public that the present shortage of roses is due to "the lack of skilled production labor during the war years."  Also included is a blank form for a postal money order!  minor cover soiling, o/w v.g. copy in stapled wraps.  $20

[nursery catalog] Joseph Breck & Sons, Boston, MA, BRECK's HIGH GRADE SEEDS, Everything for Farm, Garden & Lawn, 100 Years: 1822-1922.  160+ pp. + inserts, filled with many charming b&w engravings and photos.  original perfect bound wraps with charming view of their seed house and their Lexington nursery.  a well-known nursery catalog listing a wide variety of bulbs, a few other plants, and garden tools and books.  a near fine copy of the nursery's famous centennial catalog.  $35

[nursery catalog] Joseph Breck & Sons, Boston, MA, BRECK's Everything for Farm, Garden & Lawn, 1932.  192 pp. + inserts, filled with many charming b&w engravings and photos and a few color photos.  original orange perfect bound wraps.  a well-known nursery catalog listing a wide variety of bulbs, a few other plants, and garden tools and books.  a little overall cover wear and loss to the bottom of the b.s., o/w a good+ copy.  $20

[nursery catalog] Joseph Breck & Sons, Boston, MA, BRECK's HIGH GRADE SEEDS, Everything for Farm, Garden & Lawn, 1822-1917.  169 pp. + inserts, filled with many charming b&w engravings and photos and a few color photos.  original perfect bound wraps with charming view of their Lexington nursery in the rear cover.  a well-known nursery catalog listing a wide variety of bulbs, a few other plants, and garden tools and books.  a little wear to the top of the b.s., o/w a fine copy.  $25

[nursery catalog] Robert Buist, Philadelphia, PA.  BUIST'S GARDEN GUIDE, 103RD YEAR, 1828-1931.  144 pp., index, ill. with b&w photos.  Also included is an empty seed packet for candytuft.  A catalog from a famous nursery listing vegetables and ornamentals.  a v.g. copy in original perfect bound wraps.  $25

[nursery catalog] Burgess Seed & Plant Co., Galesburg, MI, BURGESS GUARANTEED SEEDS AND PLANTS FOR 1935.  128 pp. + inserts, ill. with b&w photos and color lithographed covers (the front showing fringed petunias).  This nursery sold a wide variety of ornamental plants, vegetables, fruits, and supplies marketed to the "common man."  v.g. copy in original wraps.  $15

[nursery catalog] W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, PA.  BURPEE'S ANNUAL FOR 1935: SEEDS THAT GROW.  144 pp. & inserts;  well ill. in b&w and color.  a colorful catalog with the broad selection of flower and vegetable seeds that made this firm famous, including new Luther Burbank introductions.  The front cover showcases new double hybrid nasturtiums.  a v.g. copy in original wraps.  $15

[nursery catalog] W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, PA.  BURPEE'S ANNUAL FOR 1933: SEEDS THAT GROW.  141 pp. & inserts, color covers featuring snapdragons;  well ill. in b&w and color.  a colorful catalog with the broad selection of flower and vegetable seeds that made this firm famous, including new Luther Burbank introductions.  v.g. copy in original wraps.  $15

[nursery catalog] W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, PA.  BURPEE'S SEEDS FOR 1942.  160 pp. & inserts, well ill. in b&w.  an interesting catalog with the broad selection of flower and vegetable seeds that made this firm famous.  The front cover showcases Burpee's yellow cosmos.  a v.g. copy in original wraps.  $15

[nursery catalog] W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, PA.  BURPEE'S SEEDS FOR 1941.  159 pp. & inserts, well ill. in b&w.  an interesting catalog with the broad selection of flower and vegetable seeds that made this firm famous.  The front cover showcases Burpee's Wildfire single marigold.  a v.g. copy in original wraps.  $15

[nursery catalog] W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, PA.  BURPEE'S 1961 CATALOG: SEEDS THAT GROW.  102 pp.+ order blank.  well ill. with b&w photos, color covers.  a typical catalog of the era, with the broad selection of flower and vegetable seeds that made this firm famous.  This catalog features their new giant zinnias pictured on the front cover.  v.g. copy in original wraps.  $10

[nursery related] William Pitkin [for Chase Brothers Company], THE HOME: Its Fruit and Flowers.  (Rochester, NY: Chase Bros. Company, 1924)  87 pp., index, ill. with b&w photos and drawings, with a charming period b&w engraving on the cover showing 3 children in a cottage garden.  a charming planting guide covering ornamental shrubs, trees, climbing vines, roses, and other flowers  . . . and how to lay out the home grounds." a little foxing, o/w a v.g. copy of a perfect bound softbound work.  $1

[nursery catalog] Condon Bros. Seedsmen, Rock River Valley Seed Farm, Rockford, IL.  1943 ANNUAL CATALOG.  large format octavo, 112+ pp., ill. with color and b&w photos and engravings, color covers.  a typical fruit, vegetable and ornamental catalog of the war era with a patriotic theme, including a special consisting of red, white and blue lilacs for sale!  a v.g. copy in original wraps.  $15

[nursery catalog] Dingee & Conrad, Co., West Grove, PA.  ROSES: NEW GUIDE TO ROSE CULTURE.  1930.  38 pp., ill. with b&w and color photos, attractive lithographed color cover.  an attractive 80th anniversary catalog listing roses and other ornamentals.  minor front cover spotting, o/w a v.g. copy in original wraps.  $20

[nursery catalog] Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia, PA.  DREER'S GARDEN BOOK, 1928.  90th Anniversary Edition.  225 pp. + inserts, ill. with b&w photos and engraving and a few color photos.  An exhaustive catalog listing seeds, perennials, shrubs, roses, bulbs, house plants, tools and vegetables.  a v.g. copy in original perfect bound wraps.  $20

[nursery catalog] Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia, PA.  DREER'S GARDEN BOOK, 1931.  93rd Edition.  224 pp. + inserts, ill. with b&w photos and engraving and a few color photos.  An exhaustive catalog listing seeds, perennials, shrubs, roses, bulbs, house plants, tools and vegetables.  minor cover spotting, o/w a v.g. copy in original wraps.  $20

[nursery catalog] Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia, PA.  DREER'S MIDSUMMER LIST, 1931.  64 pp. + inserts, ill. with b&w photos and engraving and a few color photos.  An unusual supplemental catalog listing seeds, perennials, shrubs, roses, bulbs, house plants, tools and vegetables.  minor corner wear, o/w a v.g. copy in original wraps.  $15

[nursery catalog] Farmer Seed and Nursery Company, Faribault, MN, 1949 ANNUAL CATALOG.  large format octavo, 80 pp. + inserts, ill. with color and b&w photos and engravings, color covers.  a typical fruit, vegetable and ornamental catalog of the era intended primarily for farmers and other midwest gardeners.  v.g. copy in original wraps.  $15

[nursery catalog] Earl Ferris Nursery, Hampton, IO.  FERRIS PLANTING GUIDE, SPRING 1938.  79 pp. + inserts, index, ill. with color & b&w photos, colored pictorial covers.  This attractive catalog covers bulbs, trees, shrubs, and perennials includes planting and landscaping information.  The small folio format, reminiscent of a tabloid newspaper, is quite unusual.  The front cover, showing three young children in the Ferris family in front of a cottage garden, is a remarkable period illustration.   some wear at the spine, o/w a v.g. copy in original stapled wraps.  $25

[nursery catalog] D.M. Ferry & Co., Detroit, MI.  FERRY'S SEED ANNUAL, 1929.  97 pp. + inserts, ill. with b&w photos and engravings.  These include an informative photo of their seeds in retail display racks.  The colorful front cover shows a charming painting of a young child in a field of poppies; the artist is unfortunately not credited.  A catalog from a long-standing firm featuring covers reproducing a lovely painting of flowers in a vase by Jane Peterson. a  neat retailer's ink stamp on front cover, paper darkened, wear to b.s., edges of a few leaves chipped, o/w a v.g. copy in perfect bound wraps.  $15

[nursery catalog] GREEN'S NURSERY CO., Rochester, N.Y. [1921 catalog]  62+ pp. & insert; well. ill. black-and-white with attractive color covers showing fruits; covers fruits, vegetables and ornamentals, with some info. on design suggestions.  The covers depict a well-landscaped cottage with an orchard in the rear from a very charming period painting.  a little cover spotting, o/w v.g. copy in original stapled wraps.  $25

[nursery catalog] J.W. Jung Seed Co., Randolph, WI.  JUNG'S QUALITY SEEDS, 1927.  24 pp. + inserts, well ill. in b&w and color, with colored covers.  an early catalog in a series for the popular market as the firm does today.  staining to top of the last few leaves, a little edge wear, o/w a v.g. copy in stapled wraps.  $10

[nursery catalog] A.E. Kundred, Goshen, IN.  KUNDRED GLADIOLUS STAND SUPREME, 1929.  84 pp. + inserts, ill. with many b&w photos; attractive color covers.  an uncommon catalog for a nursery that had began operations in 1880.  v.g. copy in original stapled wraps.  $20

[nursery catalog]  The MacNiff Horticultural Company, New York, NY., CONDENSED LIST; PLANTS SHRUBS, 1925.  15 pp., ill. with b&w photos.  an uncommon nursery catalog including ornamentals and fruits.  some spotting and cover wear, in general a good copy in stapled printed wraps.  $5

[nursery catalog] F.B. Mills, Seed Grower. Rose Hill, NY, MILLS SEED BOOK, 1938.  "51st Year"  47 pp., ill. with color & b&w photos, attractive color cover showing salpiglossis.  Including seeds of ornamentals and vegetables, an attractive and uncommon nursery catalog.  small piece of rear cover missing, o/w a v.g. copy in original wraps.  $15

[nursery catalog] Montgomery Ward & Co., Albany, NY, GARDEN BOOK, 1952.  large format, 78 pp. + inserts, ill. with many b&w and color photos.  The attractive color cover feature the American Flagship Rose and the color lithography is excellent throughout, especially of roses, dahlias, lilies, and gladiolus.  The famous merchandiser offered a selection of reasonably priced popular plants.  owner's neat initials in pen on front cover, o/w a v.g. copy in original wraps.  $20

[nursery catalog] Naughton Farms, Inc., Waxahachie, TX, CATALOG FOR SPRING 1947.  large format octavo, unpaginated [14 pp.,], ill. with many b&w photos, an uncommon catalog from "The South's Largest Nursery" printed on poor quality wartime paper offering some fruits and a surprisingly wide selection of ornamental plants.  Among the more interesting offerings were showy orchis and pink ladyslipper orchids for 79 cents each; one wonders if any deep south gardeners could provide adequate growing conditions and where their stock came from!  some edge wear but in general a v.g. copy in original wraps given the poor quality paper.  $10

[nursery catalog] Naughton Farms, Inc., Waxahachie, TX, CATALOG FOR FALL 1942 - SPRING 1943.  large format octavo, 31 pp.,, ill. with many b&w photos, an uncommon catalog from "The South's Largest Nursery" printed on poor quality wartime paper offering some fruits and a surprisingly wide selection of ornamental plants.  one corner torn, but in general a v.g. copy in original wraps given the poor quality paper.  $10

[nursery catalog] George H. Peterson Co., Fair Lawn, NJ.  A LITTLE BOOK ABOUT ROSES, 1935.  22 pp. + inserts, ill. with color and b&w photos; color lithographed covers.  an attractive catalog with detailed descriptions of modern roses of the era.  a v.g. bright, clean copy in stapled wraps.  $20

[nursery catalog] Rockmont Nursery, Boulder, CO.  SPRING 1938 [CATALOG].  27 pp., index, ill. with b&w photos, grayish-brown printed covers.  a selection of basic perennials and woody plants, including an unusual collection of hardy Colorado cacti.  v.g. copy in stapled wraps.  $10

[nursery catalog] Sheerin's Wholesale Nurseries, Dansville, NY, THE FALL PRICE LIST . .  . Growers of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Grape Vines, Small Fruits, Roses, Shrubs, Plants, Etc. Etc., 1911.  11 pp., no illustrations.  v.g. copy in stapled wraps with an order form and posted envelope included.  $5

[nursery related] [Southern Pine Association], BEAUTIFYING THE HOME GROUNDS: Pergolas, Trellis Designs, Lattice Fences, Gates & Entrance Arches, Summer Houses, and Garden Furniture.  (Ottawa, Canada: Allgrove Publishing, 2000 [1926])  quarto, unpaginated in an unusual fold-out catalog format.  ill. with b&w photos and drawings as in the original.  A quality reproduction of a very important work showing wooden garden structures of the era.  v.g. copy in wraps.  $5

[nursery catalog] Conrad Pyle Co., West Grove, PA.  STAR ROSES, SPRING 1941.  31 pp. & inserts, index, ill. with many color photos.  a colorful catalog from a famous rose grower.  v.g. copy in stapled wraps.  $20

[nursery catalog] Sterns Nurseries, Geneva, NY, STERN'S GARDEN ALMANAC: New Plans and Flowers for Spring Planting, 1962.  large format catalog, 67 pp. + inserts, ill. with many color and b&w photos.  This well-known nursery carried a wide range of ornamentals and fruit trees and intended their catalogs for amateur gardeners.  v.g. copy in colorful stapled wraps. $10

[nursery catalog] John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, WI.  SOW SALZER'S SEEDS, 1868-1926.  134+ pp., ill. with b&w and color photos and engravings; attractive color covers, showing dahlias on the front and centureas on the rear.  an uncommon catalog listing ornamentals and vegetables equally.  some wear t the b.s, and edges of the front cover, internally  a v.g. copy in prefect bound wraps.  $20