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THREE GENERATIONS OF BOYDS 
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Jo hehe BOYD 
Grandfather of Boyd Bros. 
F. C. BOYD 
CHAIRMAN OF THE 
BOARD 
Father of Boyd Bros. 
HENRY N. BOYD 
President & Manaaer 
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 1955 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 edu- 
cation was the result of his own efforts. His 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. 
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BOYD BROTHERS 
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 has developed. 
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. 
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 
service 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 !0th 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. 
Cordially yours, 
HENRY N. BOYD 
MANAGER 
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J. AUSTIN BOYD F. C. BOYD, JR. CLARK C. BOYD 
Vice-President Treasurer Secretary 
BOYD NURSERY COMPANY, INC. 
