THREE GENERATIONS OF BOYDS 
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It is with great pleasure that we herewith present our catalog for season 1954. First of all, 
we want to extend greetings and best wishes for a prosperous year in 1954 and to thank each 
and every one of our customers for their patronage during the past and hope that we may 
have the pleasure of receiving your valued orders for the coming year. 
Those who have known and bought from the “Boyd’s” in the past, many for a long term 
of years, of course, need no introduction. To those unacquainted with us we are glad to give 
the following bit of information. 
Back in the year 1887, J. H. H. Boyd, the founder of our business, father of F. C. Boyd 
and grandfather of the Boyd Brothers started gathering and selling tree seeds and soon after 
began gathering native trees and shrubs and growing them in the nursery. There were few 
schools at that time in the Cumberland mountains, and little opportunity to attend, so his 
education was the result of his own efforts. lis intimate and life-long association with 
trees and plants, together with his interest and accurate and correct knowledge, made him a 
leader in the growing of nursery stock. He died in 1924. 
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F. C. Boyd, the father of Boyd Brothers, followed in the footsteps of J. H. H. Boyd, 
advising and training his sons for the years ahead. 
In 1930 he purchased a farm just outside the city limits of McMinnville, where Boyd 
Nursery Company operated until 1948—due to the expansion of McMinnville it was decided 
to move the nursery five miles farther out, on Highway 55-A, and the old farm is being 
sub-divided into building lots. A larger farm of new land was purchased where the expansion 
program could go forward. 
th Ink fal, HONAD 
Grandfather of Boyd Bros. 
The excellent growing conditions and our increased acreage enable us to offer this season the 
finest and most complete assortment of nursery stock we have ever had. 
In 1948 F. C. Boyd decided to turn the active operation over to his sons, who are trying their 
best to carry on the work that their father and grandfather have developed. 
We have many customers over the country that have been sending us their orders from year 
to year, and we are proud of them, and trust we may add you to our growing list of pleased 
customers. Of course, our reputation depends on the class of plants we send out, and the 
sevice that we render. 
All packing and shipping of orders is personally looked after by competent help; shipments 
are put up in the best possible manner, and stock is packed for long distance shipments. 
SHIPPING SEASON—We usually begin digging and shipping nursery stock October 10th and 
with slight interruptions during the bad weather we ship all winter up until May Ist. 
To our old, new and prospective customers, the Boyd Nursery Company wishes you a very 
satisfactory and profitable nursery season. 
F. C. BOYD Cordially yours, 
PRESIDENT 
Father of Boyd Bros. HENRY N. BOYD 
MANAGER 
BOYD BROTHERS 
HENRY N. BOYD Ena BOYD ARS | CLARK C. BOYD 
Vice-Pres. & Manager Treasurer Secretary 
BOYD NURSERY COMPANY, INC. 
