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Duncan and Davies Nursery Catalogues
This page provides free access, for non-commercial use, to the historically significant Duncan & Davies series of nursery catalogues.
| Catalogue and year |
 Wholesale Catalogue, August 1994, 68 pp.
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 North Island Spring/Summer Tradelist,
1993, 72 pp.
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 North Island Early Spring Tradelist,
1993, 46 pp.
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 North Island Winter Tradelist, 1993, 58
pp.
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 Wholesale Price List, Summer/Autumn
1993, 41 pp.
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 Time Out!! November’s Novelties [1992],
22 pp.
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 Wholesale Price List, Spring 1992, 30
pp.
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 Wholesale Price List, Autumn/Winter
1992, 38 pp.
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Indent, 1992, 114 pp.
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 Wholesale Price List, Summer 1991–1992,
32 pp.
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 Wholesale Price List, June/July 1991, 36
pp.
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 Wholesale Price List, April/May 1991, 70
pp.
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Indent, 1991, 112 pp.
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 International Young Plant Catalogue,
a treasury of distinctive plants [undated, c. 1991], 68 pp. |
Autumn Trade List, 1990, 52 pp.
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 Amenity Horticulturists, end of season
stock take,
February 1990, 10 pp. |
Spring Trade List, 1989, 64 pp.
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Winter Trade List, 1989, 68 pp.
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 Supplementary list to our current trade
list
for public amenity horticulturists, June–August 1989, 34 pp. |
 Wholesale Trade List, February/March
1989, 52 pp.
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 Letter, freight rates and new product
list,
January 1989, 15 pp. |
 Wholesale Trade List, November/December
1988, 32 pp.
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 Wholesale Trade List, August/September
1988, 52 pp.
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 Late Winter Season Flyer
... until 15 October 1985, 14 pp. |
Wholesale Trade List, May/June 1984, 46
pp.
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Wholesale Trade List, April 1984, 68 pp.
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Wholesale Trade List, March 1984, 60 pp.
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Wholesale Trade List, February 1984, 30
pp.
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 Wholesale Division, 1984 Advance Order
List, 92 pp.
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Blooming Bonanza leaflet,
1984, 4 pp.
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Wholesale Trade List,
December 1983 to January 1984, 20 pp. |
Surplus liner stock,
[undated, 1983?], 6 pp.
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 Surplus liner stock, last
offering for 1983, 6 pp.
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Wholesale Trade List,
November 1983, 24 pp.
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Wholesale Trade List,
October 1983, 22 pp.
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Wholesale Trade List,
August 1983, 46 pp.
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Wholesale Trade List,
July 1983, 52 pp.
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Wholesale Trade List,
June 1983, 46 pp.
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Wholesale Trade List,
May–June 1983, 44 pp.
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Wholesale Trade List, May
1983, 56 pp.
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Wholesale Trade List,
April 1983, 54 pp.
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Wholesale Trade List,
March 1983, 32 pp.
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Advance Order List,
January 1983, 62 pp.
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'High Health' roses for
1983, 18 pp.
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 Wholesale Trade List,
December 1982 to January 1983, 26 pp. |
Wholesale Trade List,
October 1982, 30 pp.
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 Wholesale Trade List,
September 1982, 30 pp.
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Wholesale Trade List,
August 1982, 44 pp.
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Wholesale Trade List,
July 1982, 34 pp.
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Wholesale Trade List,
June 1982, 30 pp.
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Advance Order List, 1982,
48 pp.
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 Wholesale Trade List,
covers two months,
December 1981 & January 1982, 33 pp. |
 Wholesale Trade List,
November 1981, 29 pp.
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Wholesale Trade List,
October 1981, 28 pp.
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 Wholesale Trade List,
September 1981, 34 pp.
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Wholesale Trade List,
August 1981, 56 pp.
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Wholesale Trade List,
July 1981, 49 pp.
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Last orders please before we replant,
September [1981], 14 pp. |
Commercial Cut Flower & Foliage
Growers,
Product List for 1980–1981, 12 pp. |
Wholesale Trade List, January 1980
– forward order list for field grown product, 25 pp. |
 List B, Smaller Grade Plants, [undated,
1980?], 2 pp.
|
 Wholesale Division, [undated, 1980?], 26
pp.
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 Roses for the 1980s [undated], 22 pp.
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 Duncan and Davies' Guide to Fruit and
Nut Trees,
[undated, 1980s–1990s?], 5 pp. |
 Supplementary to November trade list
... closing date: 10th Dec, [undated], 3 pp. |
 Specials. List of trees & shrubs for
parks planting
... July 15 – August 15, [undated], 8 pp. |
 Auckland Yard Special Trade List,
[February–March, undated], 2 pp. |
 Auckland Yard Special Trade List,
[February–March, undated], 6 pp. |
 Wholesale Division, [1979 or 1980?], 8
pp.
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 Wholesale Trade List, September 1979, 32
pp.
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 Surplus Growing On Lines, September
1979, 8 pp.
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 Auckland Holding Yard Trade List, 31
August 1979, 10 pp.
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 Wholesale Tree & Shrub List, April
1979, 14 pp.
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 Wholesale Tree & Shrub List, March
1979, 12 pp.
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 Wholesale Tree & Shrub List, January
1979, 10 pp.
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 UK Catalogue, 1978, 22 pp.
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Trees, Shrubs and Climbers, 1978, 144
pp.
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 Wholesale Tree & Shrub List,
December 1978, 8 pp.
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 Wholesale Tree & Shrub List,
November 1978, 10 pp.
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 Wholesale Tree & Shrub List, October
1978, 10 pp.
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 Wholesale Tree & Shrub List,
September 1978, 18 pp.
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 Wholesale Tree & Shrub List, August
1978, 26 pp.
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 Supplement to Wholesale Tree & Shrub
List, July 1978, 20 pp.
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 Wholesale Tree & Shrub List, July
1978, 28 pp.
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 Wholesale Tree & Shrub List, June
1978, 22 pp.
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 Trees & Shrubs Come to Town.
Yes Sir! We have come to Auckland, May [1978], 17 pp. |
 Wholesale Tree & Shrub List, May
1978, 18 pp.
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 Wholesale Tree & Shrub List, April
1978, 10 pp.
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 Wholesale Tree & Shrub List,
February [1978?], 12 pp.
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 Wholesale Tree & Shrub List, January
1978, 16 pp.
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 UK Catalogue, 1977, 20 pp.
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 Wholesale Tree & Shrub List, Nov-Dec
1977, 22 pp.
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 Wholesale Tree & Shrub List, October
1977, 16 pp.
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 Wholesale Tree & Shrub List,
September 1977, 26 pp.
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 Wholesale Tree & Shrub List, August
1977, 28 pp.
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 Wholesale Tree & Shrub List, June
1977, 26 pp.
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 Wholesale Tree & Shrub List, May
1977, 20 pp.
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 Wholesale Tree & Shrub List, March
1977, 14 pp.
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 Tree & Shrub List, March 1977, 8 pp.
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![...list of container grown plants specially prepared for summer planting [1976], 22 pp.](../images/1976_Duncan_and_Davies_Container_Grown_Plants.jpg) ...list of container grown plants
specially prepared for
summer planting, [1976], 22 pp. |
Catalogue, 1976, 150 pp.
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 Roses, 1975, 20 pp.
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Catalogue, 1975, 146 pp.
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75th Anniversary Catalogue, 1974, 132
pp.
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Rose Catalogue, 1973, 16 pp.
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Catalogue, 1973, 126 pp.
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Catalogue, 1972, 116 pp.
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Shrubs – Trees – Roses, 1971, 92 pp.
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Shrubs and Trees, 1970, 124 pp.
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 Shrubs and Trees Catalogue, 1969, 96 pp.
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 "House of Meilland" (Universal Rose
Selection)
Roses for 1969, 16 pp. |
 Roses for 1968, 10 pp.
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 Shrubs and Trees Catalogue, 1968, 78 pp.
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 Shrubs and Trees (Austerity Edition),
1968, 74 pp.
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 ‘Peach Bonanza’, Shrubs and Trees for
New Zealand Gardens,
1967, 102 pp. |
 Shrubs and Trees for New Zealand
Gardens, 1966, 95 pp.
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 Complete Catalogue and Cultural Guide,
1965, 316 pp.
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 Complete Catalogue and Cultural Guide,
1964, 332 pp.
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 Complete Catalogue and Cultural Guide,
1963, 294 pp.
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 Complete Catalogue and Cultural Guide,
1962, 283 pp.
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 Complete Catalogue and Cultural Guide,
1961, 282 pp.
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 Limited special pre-catalogue offer of
Camellias, 1961, 2 pp.
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 Complete Catalogue and Cultural Guide,
1960, 246 pp.
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 Complete Catalogue and Cultural Guide,
60th Anniversary 1959–1960, 241 pp. |
 Complete Catalogue, 1956 season, 134 pp.
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 Select List of Rhododendrons, 1955, 4
pp.
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 Complete Catalogue, 1955 season, 132 pp.
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 Supplementary List of Trees, Shrubs and
Climbing Plants, 1954, 12 pp.
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![Special List of Rhododendrons, Including many New Hybrids, [undated, c. 1953], 12 pp.](../images/1953_maybe_Duncan_and_Davies_S_List_of_Rhododendrons.jpg) Special List of Rhododendrons, Including
many New Hybrids,
[undated, c. 1953], 12 pp. |
 New Zealand Native Trees, Shrubs and
Plants,
1953–1954, 72 pp. |
 New Zealand Native Trees, Shrubs and
Plants,
[undated, early 1950s], 68 pp. |
 Catalogue of Trees, Shrubs and Climbers,
1952–1953, 180 pp. |
 Hardy Perennials, Alpine and Rock
Plants,
[undated, c. 1950s?], 32 pp. |
 Hardy Perennials, Alpine, Rock Plants
and Aquatics, etc.,
[undated, c. 1950s], 32 pp. |
Catalogue No. 4, Fruit Trees,
with cultural directions and full descriptions, [undated, c. 1950s], 20 pp. |
 Catalogue of Trees, Shrubs and Climbers,
1950–1951, 165 pp.
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 Catalogue of Trees, Shrubs and Climbers,
[undated, 1940s–1950s], 153 pp. |
 Catalogue of Choice Nursery Stock,
[undated, 1940s–1950s?], 128 pp. |
 Catalogue of Choice Nursery Stock,
[undated, c. 1947], 142 pp. |
 Catalogue No. ? Fruit Trees, with
cultural directions and full descriptions,
[undated, c. 1940s], 16 pp. |
 Choice Nursery Stock, 1938, 186 pp.
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Trees and Shrubs, [undated], 173 pp.
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 New Zealand Native Trees, Shrubs and
Plants,
[undated, 1930s], 62 pp. |
 New Zealand Native Trees, Shrubs,
Plants, Ferns and Seeds,
[undated, 1930s?], 76 pp. |
 New Zealand Native Trees, Shrubs,
Plants, Ferns and Seeds,
[undated, 1930s?], 76 pp. |
 New Zealand Native Trees, Shrubs,
Plants, Ferns and Seeds,
[undated, 1920s-1930s?], 68 pp. |
 New Zealand Native Trees, Shrubs,
Plants, Ferns and Seeds, 1930, 48 pp.
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 New Zealand Native Trees, Shrubs,
Plants, Ferns and Seeds,
1929, 44 pp. |
 General Catalogue of Choice Nursery
Stock, 1929, 137 pp.
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 New Zealand Native Trees, Shrubs,
Plants, Ferns and Seeds,
1927, 40 pp. |
 General Catalogue of Choice Nursery
Stock, 1927, 136 pp.
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 New Zealand Native Trees, Shrubs,
Plants, Ferns and Seeds, 1926, 36 pp.
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 General Catalogue of Choice Nursery
Stock, 1925, 116 pp.
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A working list of some of the cultivated plant collections held throughout New Zealand
Cultivar checklists and related articles
Reviews of older gardening and horticultural books
Information on some of New Zealand's poisonous plants
Plants banned from sale, distribution, or propagation within New Zealand
We thank the following funders for making this project possible:
Auckland Botanic Gardens, Wellington Botanic Gardens, Landcare Research, and the libraries at Plant & Food Research and Lincoln University kindly supplied copies of their nursery catalogues for scanning and digitisation.
In 2014 the extensive nursery catalogue collection housed at
Plant & Food Research (Mt Albert, Auckland) was relocated to
the Lincoln University library.
Special thanks to Stepping Stones Nursery Ltd, owners of the
Duncan & Davies name, for their permission to digitise this
catalogue collection.
Duncan & Davies was New Zealand’s largest plant nursery and founded in the late 1800s. A history of this nursery was documented in the book:
Jellyman, A. 2011. The growing world of Duncan and Davies: A horticultural history 1899–2010.
Published by the Sir Victor Davies Foundation for Research into Ornamental Horticulture.
