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'Tis not in mortals to COMMAND success, but we'll do 

 more, Sempronius, we'll DESERVE IT. — Addison: Cato. 



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A Well Equipped and Prosperous 

 Nursery. 



"J want what I want and when I 

 want it exactly as I want it," is a com- 

 mon saying that is particularly appli- 

 cable to nursery stock. There is a sat- 

 isfaction in dealing with a nursery that 

 is prosperous and has a varied and ex- 

 tensive equipment. Such an establish- 

 ment is that of Bobbink & Atkins, 

 Rutherford. New Jersey. It is one of 

 the best equipped and best arranged 

 and best manned of any that it has 

 been the privilege of the writer to visit. 

 There are trees and shrubs to the right, 

 to the left and in front, men with 



teams, wheelbarrows and all sorts of 

 appliances read}- in every direction to 

 till orders. Everything is periectly 

 systematized, and the method of in- 

 spection is especially rigid and pains- 

 taking. The stock is healthy and can 

 be sold in any age or size. Some of 

 the fields comprise many acres, and in 

 their expanse remind one of the Wes- 

 tern Prairies. This large equipment 

 has grown up with surprising rapidity 

 in the last decade. 



Ten years ago. on January ist, two 

 young men, Bobbink and Atkins, 

 started in the nursery business, with 

 a few acres of land, with no buildings, 



"SOME OF THE FIELDS COMPRISE MANY ACRES.' 



