Lambertus C. Bobbink 
Tdhe Foreword on the right tells the bare 
facts of the founding and progress of the Bob¬ 
bink & Atkins business. The pages that follow 
scarcely open the door to the great plant collections 
that are at your service, for there are very many 
good things for the garden, the park, the street 
not here listed. We welcome inquiries which 
draw upon our broader resources and which take 
into account our proved ability to plan and 
plant gardens and grounds of any extent. 
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Our Catalogue is issued each 
spring, but will be followed 
by a Supplement in the fall. 
Please retain this Catalogue 
for future reference. 
BOBBINK & ATKINS 
Nurserymen since 1898 
RUTHERFORD • NEW JERSEY 
TELEPHONES: 
RUtherford 2-0700-01-02-03 
PAssaic 2-0403 
Nursery Field Office, SHerwood 2-5190 
TELEGRAPH AND CABLE ADDRESS: WUX RUTHERFORD 
TOtQWOtd, . . 
T70RTY years ago I broke the Rose hold of 
Europe on America when I brought about the 
budding in America of Hybrid Tea Roses for Amer¬ 
ica. No longer are we dependent upon Belgium, 
Germany, and France, or upon Great Britain, for 
Rose plants. They are truly “made in America” 
by the million, and almost entirely on the satisfac¬ 
tory Japanese Multiflora understock which I first 
brought into use. 
J UST the same Americanization has been given 
to Rhododendrons and Azaleas, to perennials 
and the better shrubs, to fine ornamental trees and 
to coniferous evergreens. Always the best plants 
for gardens have been studied abroad before they 
were offered in America. Those found worthy and 
adaptable here have been made available in well- 
grown “made in America” plants. I am proud thus 
to have served American gardens with the world’s 
best in plant material. 
ALSO there is pride that many new things are 
now “made in America” which Europe will 
come to want. The Azalea Rutherfordiana family 
is unique in quality and adaptability. Europe has 
nothing like it. 
r I 'HE men trained here for a generation of 
time have in this Catalogue presented a se¬ 
lection from our vast stock. They are the same 
skilled and interested plantsmen who have made 
the Bobbink & Atkins exhibits at the New York 
and other greater flower shows predominant in 
beauty, breadth, and quality of material and sug¬ 
gestive educational value. 
A FTER these forty years of growth and ex- 
perience I can now insist upon the truth of 
our trade-mark. We do grow, exhibit, and sell the 
“World’s Choicest Nursery and Greenhouse 
Products Grown in America.” 
NOVELTIES AND RECENT ROSES 
Pages 3, 4 and 5 
In this section will be found the best of the novelties of 1938, a 
few older varieties which have not been widely distributed, and 
those we consider to be the best of the patented Roses. 
Our selection of these varieties for your special attention is 
governed by some new blend of color, new form of flower, or a 
marked manner of growth and foliage. 
While they may not all grow with equal success everywhere, 
the keen Rose-grower will get much pleasure in trying them out. 
The descriptions presented of patented Roses are those of the 
introducers. Since we are only co-distributors of most of the 
patented varieties, we are not responsible for descriptions or re¬ 
sults obtained from these plants. 
The comments following the introducers’ descriptions of other 
varieties are our own. In these remarks we have endeavored to be 
fair and frank, to give you our opinion of the Rose after study and 
observation in our test-gardens. 
