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Brookdale-Kingsway 4th Largest Wholesale Nursery in Canada Brookdale-Kingsway has been intimately intertwined ith the Town of Bowmanville / er since the Brookdale- Kingsway Nurseries were started by the late Mr. Jury, a pharmicist, in 1911. This interest in gardening was but one side of this man's talents, who was also the founder of our Bowmanville Memorial Hospital. Originally Brookdale was centred on King St. and in the, interwar years the plant material produced in the nursery was exported all over the world and the late Mr. Jury travelled abroad exten- sively to bring back to Bowmanville many establish- ed techniques from the Con- tinent of Europe. His desire was to make Canada plant- conscious, and although he did -not live to see al of his plans mature, still those who knew him best feel that Canadian gardens have been made more beautiful through the untiring efforts and vision by the man who preferred to live very close to nature. It was in 1939 that Brookdale made its first attempt to compile what later came to be known as "Your Garden Guide". It is probably through this Guide and beautifully illustrated coloured catalogue that the name Brookdale- Kingsway is still remembered by countless thousands of people throughout Canada. The work of this Garden Guide and catalogue was that of Norman J. Scott, who eventually purchased the ,business from the Jury . family. Through his energy and business expertise, Brook- dale-Kingsway grew into one of the best known mail order nurseries in Canada and it is during this period, right up to the time he sold his interest in 1959' to Mr. lan Smith, that many residents of Bowman- ville have memories of Brook- dale when they worked during their youth on the company's field crews at harvesting and planting time. Ultimately all the King Street land was sold as the Town of Bowmanville grew and expanded eastwards and the operation was centred at its existing location on Duke Street and the Base Line. From 1959 onwards, the nursery began to develop its presenf shape in specializing in deciduous shade and orna- mental tree and shrub pro- duction. The catalogue and Garden Guide were phased out, nursery land was ac- quired in the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, and by the time Gordon C. Gray pur- chased the nursery in 1970, if had become a completely specialized wholesale opera- tion supplying deciduous plant material to the trade, munici- palities and landscapers. In 1970 the Company pur- chased National Garden Supply of Canada Limited, a wholesale company distribut- ing shelf-line goods to the retail garden centre trade, mass -merchandisers and chain store operations. In recent times, further lands have been sold on the industrial park as more and more industry is locating in Bowmanville. To compensate for this, a farm at Elizabeth- ville has been brought into the nursery operation, and will subsequently supply our shade-tree-growing in Ontar- o. Most of our nursery pro- duction is accomplished at our nursery in the fertile Fraser Valley at Rosedale, B.C., and then grown on here in Bow- manville into branched and mature stock. Our National Garden Supply operation is centred in our warehouses here in Bowmanville and we deal in merchandise which is imported from around the world and distributed, on PROGRESS EDITION certain items, c across Canada. weight of thet centered in a wide to the garden c throughout south and a fulîtime sa maintained thro year to service hundreds of deale of the Company. We have no do late Mr. Jury wc proud to have so tion with this Recently Brookda The Canadian Statesman, March 2, 1977 9 oast-to-coast tered on the market its owf The main hardy Mountain Ash, which buýiness is was selected by Mr. Peter distribution Hillbricht, the General Mana- entre trade ger 0f our Rosedale operation. ern Ontario Marketed under the name les force is 'Rosedale Mountain Ash', thi ughout the fastigiate form of Sorbu the many Aucuparia is very hardy and r customers disease-resistant and is ideal for street planting or as a ubt that the specimen where space is at a ould stili be premium. It joins a long list of me associa- outstanding shade trees offer- enterprise. ed by the nursery over the haae has en- years. Canadian Uranium Exploration, 1976 - $50,O0,OOO Uranium exploration is cur- production. Among the great- the tax regime, ail of which rently a very active sector in est uncertainties are the costs weigh as heavily now as the the Canadian resource indus- of safeguarding the environ- traditional risks in mining and try. It is estimated that ment, attracting and keeping miling. uranium exploration expendi- labour in remote settings, and tures in Canada this year will reach $50 million, about 38 per cent of total mineral explora- tion outside the oil and gas area. It is interesting to note that the most aggressive organizations in this increased uranium exploration activity are affiliates of multinational oil companies, governments (including foreign govern- ments) and some utilities. These organizations are mo- tivated by the desire to ensure long-term supply as well as the prospect of an attractive rate of return on their risk capital. In addition, the im- proved economics, the poten- tial security of long-term contracts, and the prospect of prepayments to finance new production capacity have also stimulated the more tradi- tional entrepreneur to explore aggressively for uranium. It is reasonable to assume that sustained aggressive explora- tion will result in significant discoveries over the next five to ten years and lead to an increase in production capac- ity considerably beyond that projected in Mr. Merlin's paper. However, Canadian policy limits the foreign ownership of uranium mines to 33 per cent. Thus the Canadian investor is going to be asked to supply a substantial amount of the capital required for antici- pated development. This capital will only be forthcom- ing if the return is sufficiently attractive to compensate for ,e uncertainties involved in {_nging a new mine into We're now ready to serve you every Thursday until 6:00 p.m. for your added convenience. TORONTO DÔMIN ON the bank where people make the difference 39 TEMPERANCE STREET N. 623-2514