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• This catalog is our only means of contact with the trade, 
and we believe that every home-owner would be interested in 
some item that we have listed and we are sure that you or 
your neighbor will want to consult this book sometime before 
the planting season is over; therefore, file it and when you are 
in a planting mood you will have this book giving you the 
knowledge of 40 years’ experience. 
• You will find every item described and priced. We are 
sure you will enjoy looking over our Special Collections and 
note the very low price we are making 
to encourage fall planting. 
• There are no tricks or catches con¬ 
nected with our bargain sales. We care¬ 
fully select, pack and ship every item 
that leaves our nursery. If you have not 
traded with us in the past you pos¬ 
sibly have some doubt about what we 
say, so just make a small investment on 
a trial order and give us a chance to 
prove what we say. 
Yours very truly, 
Boyd Nursery Company. 
H. N. Boyd 
OUR COVENANT TO 
THE TRADE 
Back in the year 1887 my father, 
the late J. H. H. Boyd, started 
gathering and selling tree seeds. His intimate and life-long association with trees 
and plants in the Cumberland Mountains gave him a wonderful opportunity to 
develop his natural ability in the study of horticulture, and he soon built up a 
reputation both in the United States and foreign countries. The heritage I cher¬ 
ish most, is his reputation for honest dealings that was left, in which I will ever 
F. C. Boyd 
J. A. Boyd 
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ORDER TAKERS OR AGENTS EMPLOYED 
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