The National Nurseryman. 
FOR GROWERS AND DEALERS IN NURSERY STOCK. 
Copyrighted 1903 by The National Nurseryman Publishing Co.. Incorporated. 
Vol. XIII. 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., DECEMBER, 1905. 
No. 12. 
The Andorra Nurseries, a Wholesale and Retail Emporium of High 
Grade Ornamentals. 
Located in the Cradle of the Nursery Business . 
Philadelphia will ever be closely associated with plant 
culture in general, and the propagation of plants or the nursery 
business in particular. Since the days when Humphrey 
Marshall and John Bartram established their nurseries and seed 
and plant distributing gardens in and near Philadelphia, that 
region has been noted as a collecting and disseminating center. 
There are few places on the continent where one will find 
more interesting groups of native and exotic trees and shrub 
than in the heart and environs of the Quaker City. Old 
firms have flourished and have passed away; new ones have 
replaced them. The name of John Bartram a century ago 
connected the plant interests of the New World with Eng¬ 
land and the Continent. His life and work are now but a 
memory. His garden fortunately is maintained, not intact 
it is true, but still cared for as a spot rich in tradition 
and sentiment, as well as in historic occurrence. Old firms 
have have come and gone; new ones are springing up. 
Among the companies which have taken a vigorous hold 
of .the problems of the twentieth century nurseryman, and 
are now occupying a prominent position in the plant propa¬ 
gating world, none deserves more worthy mention than the 
Andorra Nurseries. Situated on a beautiful site on Chestnut 
mill, overlooking from various vantage points wonderful 
sweeps of country, the'undulations of the land present the 
Beds of one year old Phlox Panienlata at Andorra, 
