
The results of careful Landscape Planning and Planting 

Location of Our Sales Office and Display Grounds 
While it will be difficult for you to motor to the Nursery, at the same time we want 
you to feel you are always welcome whenever and however it is convenient for you to come. 
Rutherford and Passaic are accessible by bus and train from all areas and from either 
place it is only a matter of a few minutes by bus. 
The Carlton Hill station on the Erie Railroad is but a ten-minute walk from our main 
office. From Rutherford on the Erie is a ftve-minute bus ride. 
Busses run frequently from New York City to Rutherford and thence to East Ruther- 
ford. We are just nine miles from the heart of New York City. 
Mail and Telephone Orders and Deliveries 
We have always been equipped to transact a large mail-order business by Parcel Post 
and Railway Express to all parts of the United States. We trust our valued patrons in 
the New York Metropolitan area who formerly motored to the Nursery to make their 
purchases will now make use of our mail-order service and truck delivery when practical 
and economical. 



































Phone: Rutherford 2-0700 
Stewartia serrata 
A Rare Small Tree 
For the grounds of the home- 
owner who is looking for some- 
thing distinctly different 
A shrub-like small tree that ts 
somewhat similar to a dogwood in 
habit of growth and ultimate height. 
Its healthy foliage is a pleasing 
shade of bright green in spring and 
summer, turning deep vinous red 
and orange-scarlet in fall. Blooms 
in early summer. 
The color part of this illustration 
portrays the actual size of the 
hundreds of attractive white flowers 
with their frmged edges and wealth 
of golden stamens. 
Strong, well-branched plants 
21, to 3 ft. high, $2.25 each; 
3 for $5.85. 
Franklinia 
Gordonia alatamaha 
The Franklinia Tree was dis- 
covered in 1790 on the Alatamaha 
River in Georgia by John Bartram, 
Philadelphia botanist, and all trees 
in cultivation have come from the 
tree Bartram brought home with 
him. No one has been able to Iocate 
another wild specimen. 
Grows 15 to 18 feet. One of the 
few trees to bloom im autumn. 
Flowers are pure white, 3 inches 
across. 
2-21 ft., B&B, $2.75. 


STEWARTIA SERRATA. 3 for $5.85 
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Flowering Trees and 
Shrubs, Shade Trees 
and Evergreens 
and all other plants used for Landscape Beauty 
are found in Bobbink & Atkins great nursery. 
N A Catalogue of this nature it is not possible 
to present the complete roster of plants we grow 
and sell. Frankly, we have included mainly the 
plants which can be easily transported when ordered 
by mail or telephone. In all fairness to ourselves 
and customers who have not yet learned of the 
other valuable plant material we produce, we out- 
line it as follows: 
SHADE TREES in all sizes and varieties, including Oaks, 
Maples, Lindens, Ginkgos, and Oriental Planes. 
FLOWERING TREES for lawn specimens, such as 
Dogwood, Laburnums, Cherries, Crabs, and Oxyden- 
drons. 
The unusual FLOWERING SHRUBS as well as the more 
common kinds such as Spireas, Weigelas, Deutzias, and 
others. 
EVERGREENS, including the largest assortment of 
Taxus (Yews) in America; Retinosporas, Junipers, 
Spruces, Hemlocks, are available in all sizes and shapes. 
The chances are very good that Bobbink & Atkins 
will be able to supply all of your plant needs even 
though you do not find them listed in this Catalogue. 
Your inquiries by mail, phone, or in person are 
heartily welcome. Telephone: Rutherford 2-0700. 
HOW TO USE PLANTS 
What, Where and When to Plant 
Not only are we growers of fie Ornamental and 
Fruit Trees, but the practical knowledge of our 
trained horticulturists, gained from years of ex- 
perience, is yours for the asking, and we invite you 
to make use of this service locally or by mail. 

FRANKLINIA (GORDONIA). $2.75 each 
Robbinkt@uAtlane 
