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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Taranaki, Hawke's Bay & Wellington Provincial Districts]

Nurserymen and Seedsmen

Nurserymen and Seedsmen.

Simmonds, A., and Company, Seed, Grain, and Produce Merchants, Napier. This business was established in the year 1890, and was taken over by its present proprietors in 1899. It is conducted in a two-storeyed brick building in Hastings Street, and the store for bulk stock is at Port Ahuriri. The firm import most of its large and varied stock of garden and field seeds from England, France, and America. It acts as agents for the farmers and fruit growers of the district in the selling and exportation of local produce. Messrs A. Simmonds and Company are agents for Mr. John Goddard, of the Havelock Nursery, and for Messrs D. Hay and Sons, Nurserymen, of Auckland.

Mr. Arthur Simmonds, Managing Partner of the firm of Messrs A. Simmonds and Company, was born in Birmingham, England, in the year 1872. He came to New Zealand at an early age, in the ship “Winchester,” and was educated at the Napier district school. He then learned the grain and seed business with Mr. Fulton, in Napier, and was afterwards employed by Messrs Cranby and Sidey, whose seed, grain, and produce business he subsequently bought out. Mr. Simmonds is a prominent bowler, and, with others, represented the Green-meadows Bowling Club at the Wellington Tournament of 1906, and he is vice-president and one of the oldest members of the Union Rowing Club, which he has represented at various times at interprovincial regattas.

Bunting, photo. Mr. A. Simmonds.

Bunting, photo.
Mr. A. Simmonds.

The Terrace Nursery (John Nicholson Anderson, proprietor), Milton Road, Napier. This nursery occupies valuable sites on both sides of Milton Road, and is one of the finest
Bunting, photo.Mr. J. N. Anderson.

Bunting, photo.
Mr. J. N. Anderson.

page 392 and best-kept nurseries in Hawke's Bay. The property is an acre and a quarter in extent, and a large amount of money and labour have been expended in bringing it to its present condition. The nursery has been formed into terraces, supported by stone and concrete work, and pipes are laid throughout in order to facilitate watering. There are eight glass houses, three of which have hot water laid on, two propagators, and a packing shed. Flowers, pot-plants, bulbs, and shrubs are cultivated, and the supply is retailed in Mr. Anderson's florist shop in Hastings Street. The Terrace Nursery is well known, and orders for products are received from all parts of New Zealand. Mr. Anderson was born in the Shetland Islands in the year 1860, and came to New Zealand in 1874. He was educated at the Napier Boys' High School, and afterwards worked for a time on the Australian gold-fields. Mr. Anderson returned to New Zealand, and was employed on a sheep station for about nine years. He then became a nurseryman, and subsequently established the Terrace Nursery. He has been a member of the Main School Committee for about three years, and for some time was a member of the Order of Oddfellows.