[1901] Descriptive Catalogue of the Yokohama Nursery Co. Ltd.
Information
Title
[1901] Descriptive Catalogue of the Yokohama Nursery Co. Ltd.
Record type
Nursery Catalogues
Original Reference
NC/YOKO/1/2
Date
1901
Scope & content
Printed nursery catalogue of 78 pages, outlining various plants for sale in 1901. Acknowledgment of how Yokohama is now ‘undoubtedly the largest exporting house of this line in this country.’ Lilies have their own featured page, ‘the most beautiful and ornamental of bulbous plants in cultivation,’ and highlights how Yokohama export over 5,000,000 a year.
The contents are: Acer (maple), Aquatic Plants, Azalea, Bambusa, Bamboo-sticks, Camellia Japonica, Camillia Sasanqua, Citrus, Chamaerops, Chestnut, Chrysanthemums, Climbers and Creepers, Conifers, Cycas Dried Leaves, Cycas Revoluta, Diospyros Kaki, Deciduous Trees and Shrubs, Dwarf Thuja, Economic Plants, Euralia Panicles, Evergreen Shrubs, Evergreen Trees, Ferns, Flowering Perennials, Fritillaria, Fruit Trees, Hardy Perennials, Hedges Plants, Hydrangea, Iris, Lilies, Lotus, Lycoris, Magnolia, Maples, Bulbs, Narcissus, Morning Glory Seeds, Nerines, Orange-trees, Orchids, Paintings of Flowers, Palms, Peonies, Porcelain flower pots, Prunus, Rhapis, Roses, Seedlings of Stock Plants, Seedlings of Forest Trees, Seeds, Street Planting. Also has terms of business, shipping times from Japan as well as the names and routes of the steamers.
Black and white printed illustrations littered throughout; some full sized pages, others interspersed with the text. One full colour insert of Iris Tectorum and Iris Kaempferi. Front and back cover are illustrated in colour featuring Dwarfed Prunus Mume on a silver background and a Lotus Pond on the back.
Level
Item
Firm name
Yokohama Nursery Co. Ltd
Physical description
26.1 (h) x 19 (w) cm. Bound printed nursery catalogue of 78 pages, outlining various plants for sale in 1901.