Nurseries (Horticulture) - New Zealand - Wellington Region

Date: 1950 - 1999

Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-B-1900s

Description: Includes: B & D Roses. 49 Catherine Crescent, Paparangi Wellington. Catalogue miniature roses, 1993. Barnego Nursery 1994 catalogue. Otago Regional Council. Pamphlet / catalogue Bay Bloom Nurseries, Order form. Autumn/Winter 1997. Bennett Bros. Winter sales 1951. Catalogue of Rosedale roses. Te Kowhai R.D., Frankton Junction [1951] Blacks Orchids Ltd. Kathleen Black managing director. Flyer [ca 1981] Norman Burn. New gladioli of merit. 145 Riccarton Road, Christchurch New Zealand [Sales catalogue. 1949-1950] Burnets N.Z. Grass Nurseries. Burnet's dichondra. For a lawn like a billiard table [1981]. Pamphlet Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets, sizes around 200 x 150 mm. Provenance: Catalogues donated from various sources, including Asquith, Duthie and brayshaw, 2004-2005.

Date: 1916

By: C M Banks Ltd; Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-HORTICULTURE-Gibbons-1916-01

Description: Sales catalogue for H C Gibbons of 180 Lambton Quay Wellington. Stock included roses, ornamental trees and plants, fruit trees. Illustrated with black and white engravings. This copy is accompanied by the wrapper in which it was originally posted to Mr Thos. Harris, Putaruru, Auckland. The wrapper was also printed by Whitcombe and Tombs and shows an illustration of roses. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 44 pages, 250 x 188 mm.

Date: 1996 - 2004

By: Chapman, Lloyd, active 1990-2000s

Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-Trinity

Description: Mail order catalogues listing roses for sale. The rose nursery is run by Ann and Lloyd Chapman at Otaki. Years held are: 4 (1996), 6 (1998), 12 (2004) Serials and monographs to be passed on to NZ&P and Serials. Quantity: 3 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklets, each around 215 x 103 mm. Provenance: One catalogue donated by Lloyd Chapman in 2005; one donated by Donal Duthie 2005.

Date: 1920 - 1950

By: T Waugh & Son (Firm)

Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-Waugh

Description: Mail order catalogues issued by T Waugh & Sons, Hutt Valley Nurseries. They also had a branch at 234 Lambton Quay. Titles include: Descriptive nursery catalogue; "Of quality" carnations; Choice daffodils; Chrysanthemums and dahlias; Dahlias; Descriptive rose catalogue; Miscellaneous bulbs flowers and vegetables; Modern hydrangeas; Garden seeds (1928); Hedge and shelter trees (1932); Spring flowering bulbs; New Zealand [native] trees shrubs, plants and ferns. Most are undated; two dated years are 1928 and 1932. Quantity: 17 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklets, each around 170 x 120 mm. Transfers: Transferred from Manuscripts 77-048..

Date: 1924 - 1941 - 1960 - 1949 - 1969

By: F Cooper Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-Cooper

Description: Mail order catalogues illustrated with photographs. F Cooper was a Wellington nurseryman. Years held are: 1924, 1941, 1942, 1949, and 2 from around the 1960s. Quantity: 6 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklets, sizes around 250 x 190 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Arnold Books (Christchurch) in 2003.

Date: 1936 - 1946

By: P Burns & Company

Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-Burns

Description: Mail order catalogues listing gladioli for sale. Years held are: 1936?, 1946 Quantity: 2 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklets, each around 245 x 190 mm.

Date: 1947 - 1949 - 1951

By: Arthur E Martin (Firm)

Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-Martin

Description: Mail order catalogues listing gladioli for sale from this Wellington nurseryman. Years held are: 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951 Quantity: 4 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklets, each around 215 x 140 mm.

Date: 1989 - 2003 - 1997

By: Norm Porter Orchids (Firm)

Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-Porter

Description: Mail order catalogues listing orchids for sale. Quantity: 9 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklets of about 24 pages, each around 210 x 150 mm. Provenance: Two catalogues purchased in 2007.

Date: 2010

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to gardens in specific locations in New Zealand]

By: Wellington (N.Z.). City Council; Cook, Walter Cameron, 1941-

Reference: Eph-A-GARDENS-Wellington-2010-01

Description: Invitation card shows a design (originally by Walter Cook in 1970) of a woman, a curtain and a potted orange tree. The verso shows text and illustrated foliage. The artwork is a re-use of black and white artwork from an invitation to the launch of the new nursery mess rooms 12 November 1970. Walter Cook states that is original design has been coloured and cropped and the image is more concentrated. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Digital print on both sides of light card, 212 x 100 mm.

Date: 1979 - 1994

By: Webling & Stewart Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-Webling

Description: Includes price lists for the following years: 1979 (2 copies), 1981, 1987, 1994 Quantity: 4 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet, sizes varying around 250 x 150 mm. Provenance: Some catalogues from the W E Askwith estate; one catalogue donated by Mr B R Greenslade, Wellington, in 2009.

Date: 1906 - 1949

By: Te Aro Seed Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-TeAro

Description: Sales catalogues for Te Aro Seed Company, Courtenay Place Wellington, including illustrations of flowers and vegetables. Years held are: 7 undated; 1906? (2 copies), 1922, 1923 (2 different), 1925, 1926, 1930, 1931 (2 different), 1932 (2 different), 1934/35, 1940/41, 1941/42, 1943/44, 1944/45, 1945/46 (2 copies), 1946/47 Quantity: 31 booklets. Physical Description: Booklets, sizes under 230 mm.

Date: 1951

From: Te Aro Seed Company :[Garden guide or garden annual - price lists. 1900s-1940s]

By: Te Aro Seed Company Ltd; L T Watkins Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-TeAro-1951-01

Description: Sales catalogue for Te Aro Seed Company, Courtenay Place Wellington, including llustrations of flowers and vegetables. Front cover shows harvested vegetables arranged in a garden, and an inset illustration of a young smiling Chinese woman dressed in a kimono beside two roses. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 64 pages, 213 x 138 mm. Provenance: Purchased at New Zealand Book Auctions, 22 February 2009

Date: 1931

From: Te Aro Seed Company :[Garden guide or garden annual - price lists. 1900s-1940s]

By: L T Watkins Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-TeAro-1931-01

Description: Sales catalogue for Te Aro Seed Company, Courtenay Place Wellington, including illustrations of flowers and vegetables. Quantity: 1 booklet. Physical Description: Booklet of 64 pages, each 232 x 152 mm.

Date: 1934

From: Te Aro Seed Company :[Garden guide or garden annual - price lists. 1900s-1940s]

By: L T Watkins Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-TeAro-1934-01

Description: Sales catalogue for Te Aro Seed Company, Courtenay Place Wellington, including illustrations of flowers and vegetables. Quantity: 1 booklet. Physical Description: Booklet of 96 pages, each 247 x 156 mm.

Date: 1949

From: Te Aro Seed Company :[Garden guide or garden annual - price lists. 1900s-1940s]

By: L T Watkins Ltd; Hale, Allen Matthew, 1890-1973

Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-TeAro-1949-01

Description: Sales catalogue for Te Aro Seed Company, Courtenay Place Wellington, including illustrations of flowers and vegetables. Front cover shows a young Chinese woman reading a Te Aro seed catalogue, with a basket of vegetables in front of her. Quantity: 1 booklet. Physical Description: Booklet of 64 pages, each 218 x 142 mm. Provenance: Donated by the estate of Mr A M Hale in 1976.