NURSERY BUILDINGS 



Introduction 



ILTMORE NURSERY was established in 1889. For ten years almost the 

 entire output was used on the Biltmore Estate in the extensive and world- 

 famous landscape and forest plantations. In 1898 we entered the commer- 

 cial field, supplying stock to planters, dealers, landscape architects and 

 park superintendents in the principal centers of the United States. The de- 

 mand for Biltmore trees and plants has been unparalleled ; so great, indeed, 

 that we have been compelled to more than double our plantations. In this, 

 our illustrated and descriptive catalog, is offered the stock of the present 

 season, which embraces one of the largest and most complete collections 

 of ornamentals in the world. We have no connection whatever with any 

 other nursery, and employ no agents, our entire business being transacted 

 ^L from our office at Biltmore, North Carolina. 



*^* ^ ' ^^.- OUR LOCATION is in the heart of the mountains of Western North 



>4f Ipf WgT Carolina, at elevations between two and three thousand feet above sea-level, 



where the temperature ranges from ninety degrees above to, in the instance 



1^1^^^^ ^f of ur higher fields, twenty degrees below zero. The main nursery is loca- 



ted on the northerly bank of the Swannanoa River, near its confluence with 

 the French Broad and between the corporate limits of Biltmore and Ashe- 

 ville. The manager's office is in Biltmore, three minutes' walk from the 

 terminus of the Asheville-Biltmore electric railway, and diagonally opposite 



^ the Southern Railway passenger depot. The superintendent's office is at 



the greenhouses, ten minutes' walk from the end of the trolley line. We invite inspection of our grounds 

 any day except Sunday. 



EXTENT AND CAPACITY. Nearly three hundred acres are devoted to the cultivation of trees and 

 shrubs. Our greenhouses and coldframes cover an area of seventy-five thousand square feet, which, in 

 connection with seed-beds to the extent of more than three acres, a large force of trained men and many 

 varieties of carefully tilled soils, give us especial facilities for growing choice trees and plants on ah 

 extensive scale both in numbers and kinds. 



QUALITY OF STOCK. The variations in tem- 

 perature peculiar to the Southern Alleghany region, 

 its evenly distributed and bountiful rainfall, and 

 rich but shallow soil, combine to produce a quality 

 of stock remarkably superior in root-formation, 

 thriftiness and hardiness. Biltmore Nursery is in- 

 spected annually by the State Entomologist and a 

 certificate pronouncing the stock free from all in- 

 sects designated as dangerous pests, and apparently 

 healthy in every respect, will be attached to every 

 shipment. We are prepared to fumigate with hy- 

 drocyanic gas all or any nursery stock when state 

 laws or customers require such treatment. 



PLANTING PLANS AND HORTICULTURAL 

 QUESTIONS. We are pleased to answer inquiries 

 from friends or patrons concerning what to plant, 

 how to plant, and when to plant. Our experience 

 is at your command. Not only are we prepared to Main office 



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