Many of us have grown a lot of vegetables to 
great advantage during the war. At the same 
time we were all conscious of the need to care for 
and improve the ornamental plantings which give 
us real pleasure and relaxation. We must bring 
our gardens back so they reflect, so far as it may 
be managed, the pleasure we have as we see the 
displays at the great Flower Shows in larger cities 
such as New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and 
Chicago. 
On this page is a picture of one of the Bobbink 
& Atkins gardens at the New York Flower Show. 
An equally beautiful garden will appear again this 
year in New York as well as in Philadelphia, 
March 17 to 22, where we hope to greet as many 
of you as possible. Nearly fifty years of effort 
are back of the resources which make such “Gar- 
den Previews” possible. All these resources are 
open to our new and old customers who buy from 
these pages. The staff of trained horticulturists 
about me have but one mind, and that is to 
produce useful plants and trees to beautify your 
home grounds. 
January 1947. 
Hybrid Tea Rose, Poinsettia 
One of Bobbink & Atkins Prize-Winning Gardens at the International Flower Show in March 1946 at the Grand 
Central Palace in New York. The Azaleas, Rhododendrons, Dogwoods, Evergreens, and Perennial Flowers were 
all “forced” in our own greenhouses so their combined beauty could be enjoved in a thoroughly practical way. 

