Introduction 
E have been growing trees, shrubs and plants at Fruitland Nurseries for more than fifty 
years. The Nurseries were established in 1856. The attention of Mr. P. J. Berckinans, 
the founder of Fruitland Nurseries, was attracted to the neighborhood of Augusta 
not only by the delightful climate, but by the many advantages it possessed for an 
enterprise like Fruitland Nurseries. Here may be grown the finest and most vigorous 
specimens of most of the fruits and ornamentals that thrive in the North, as well 
as those which serve their greatest usefulness in the South. 
Augusta is just about the dividing line of the North and South in matters horticultural. Evergreens 
and other hardy trees and shrubs grown by us have demonstrated their adaptability to a wide range of 
territory. 
Aside from the climate advantages which we have, the Fruitland Nurseries are particularly well off 
in the matter of soil. In our home tract of 400 acres, located west of and adjoining the limits of the city of 
Augusta, on Washington road (a continuation of Broad street), and one and one-half miles from the terminus 
of the Lake View Electric Car Line, we have soils of almost every texture to be found anywhere, ranging 
from stiff clay to the most friable sand. We are thus enabled to grow everything in the character of soil 
best adapted to it. 
In addition to the home location, we have a 240-acre farm, ten miles away, constituted largely of new 
land and now almost entirely planted in nursery stock. On our home farm, also, more than thirty acres 
are devoted to orchards and test grounds. Our nurseries now contain more than twenty-five acres of roses, 
over one hundred acres of evergreens and deciduous trees and shrubs, and about three hundred acres of fruit 
trees and small fruits and vines. 
In our greenhouse and plant department we have a total of in excess of 60,000 square feet of glass. Every 
appliance of proved merit which affords an economy of labor and adds to the production of healthy stock 
is utilized. An area of 50,000 square feet of coldframes allows us to carry through the winter a large stock 
of plants which do not require artificial heat in our mild climate. Our trees and plants in point of quality 
and a perfect adaptability to a wide range of climate, as well as in size, health and vigor, are equal to those 
produced by any other nursery establishment in the United States. 
If it were not immodest, we might successfully claim that in many lines we offer a superior grade of 
stock not obtainable anywhere else. We ship to almost every part of the United States, and our foreign 
trade reaches such distant points as Australia, China, Japan, Africa, the East and West Indies, Brazil, the 
Bermudas and every section of Europe and North and South America. It is not our object to grow or offer 
cheap stock, such as is so often palmed off on the public. Within the last few years the cost of production 
has increased rapidly, until in many cases it has fully doubled. The market price of stock in many instances 
is equaled by the cost of production, owing to the rapid advance in the price of labor and materials; there 
fore, when quality of products is considered, our prices will be found as low as those of any first-class nursery. 
Catalogue will be mailed free on application. This Descriptive Catalogue of Fruit and Shade-Trees, 
Grape-vines, Evergreens, Roses, Flowering Shrubs, Palms, etc., is issued annually in August. 
P. J, BERCKMANS COMPANY (Incorporated) 
Drawer 1070. AUGUSTA, GA. 
Landscape and Engineering Department. !°JZ 
patrons as to the improvement of private estates, city lots, public grounds, parks, cemeteries, etc. 
Topographical surveys are made, grading and planting plans furnished, and consultations given on such 
subjects as tree-moving, planting, pruning and trimming, preparation of soil lor special purposes, road, 
driveway and walk building, drainage and sewage disposal. 
Our charges for services are as moderate as is consistent with good work and results, and all work 
entrusted to us is carefully executed by experienced men under direct supervision of the firm. 
It is a pleasure to us to answer inquiries from our patrons concerning the improvement of their grounds. 
For further information as to the work of this department, refer to page 15. 
