[1904] Descriptive Catalogue of the Yokohama Nursery Co. Ltd.
Information
Title
[1904] Descriptive Catalogue of the Yokohama Nursery Co. Ltd.
Record type
Nursery Catalogues
Original Reference
NC/YOKO/1/5
Date
1904
Scope & content
Printed nursery catalogue of 88 pages, outlining various plants for sale in 1904.
The contents are: Acer (maple), Aquatic Plants, Aralia Cordata, Azalea, Bambusa, Bamboo-sticks, Books, Paintings, 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, Dwarfed Trees, Economic Plants, Euralia Panicles, Evergreen Shrubs, Evergreen Trees, Ferns, Flowering Perennials, Fritillaria, Fruit Trees, Hardy Perennials and Alpine Plants, Hedges Plants, Hydrangea, Iris, Lilies, Lotus, Lycoris, Magnolia, Maples, Bulbs, Narcissus, Morning Glory Seeds, Nerines, Orange-trees, Orchids, Paintings of Flowers and Books, Palms, Peonies, Porcelain flower pots, Prunus, Rhapis, Roses, Seedlings of Stock Plants, Seedlings of Forest Trees, Seeds, Stone Lantern, 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. Eleven full colour inserts, one of an advert involving a Japanese male suggesting to another to ‘place your order’ with Y.N.Co logo boats in the background, porcelain flower pots, Photinia glabra rubens, Wisteria, fern designs, Clematis, Maples, Azaleas, Iris Kaempferi, Peonies, various pot plants. Front and back cover are illustrated in colour featuring Prunus Pseudo-cerasus and Maples on the back.
Level
Item
Firm name
Yokohama Nursery Co. Ltd
Physical description
25.3 (h) x 18.2 (w) cm. Annual descriptive Catalogue of Yokohama Nursery. Bound catalogue made of printed papers and illustrations for 1904.