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Bloomingdale
New York,
United States
Daniel Boll, Bloomingdale, New York [Bloomingdale village was a part of upper west side of Manhattan and lies between the 96th and 110th streets, and Broadway and Central Park] (June 25, 1805 Switzerland - September 15, 1862 New York).

[From The American Gardener's Magazine, 1835, p. 464:] Contributions of dahlias were received from....Noe & Boll...

[From Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries, April 1837, p. 124-125:] Noe & Boll, Florists, 42d Street. This is an establishment which has lately sprung up, and is conducted by two Frenchmen. We had the pleasure of seeing Mr. Boll at our visit, and we found him a man who understands his profession. This establishment is famous for its collection of roses; and the intimate acquaintance of Messrs. Noe & Boll with the principal nurserymen and florists and amateurs of Paris, and a residence in the vicinity of that city, has enabled them to procure all the fine kinds.....Messrs. Noe & Boll have just completed a new house, about one hundred feet in length, with a single stage, for roses, stocks, &c. It is built without much regard to finish, but merely as a place of cultivation and propagation. The other houses are three in number, viz. a green-house, geranium house and stove, the latter being quite small. 

[From Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries, August 1837, p. 306-307:] Noe & Boll's, 6th Avenue.—June 22d. We found the fine collection of roses here in full bloom, although the height of their beauty was past. We have before mentioned, in speaking of this place, (p. 124,) that it contained one of the best collections of roses in the country. What is remarkable is, that not any of the tree roses were destroyed by the severity of the winter, while in the vicinity of Boston they were nearly all destroyed, both stock and scion .... Some of the finest of the hardy ones were the crested moss, white moss, flesh colored moss, perpetual Lodoiska, Madame Hardy, and belle Faber; the crested moss was particularly splendid, having a very singular crested appendage attached to the calyx, which constitutes its beauty. Madame Hardy is a lovely white rose; perpetual Lodoiska is one of the most elegant of that class. We also found several noisettes full of flowers; among others, Lamarque, Triumph d'Arcole, (which, Mr. Boll informs us, is the same as the Jaune Déspréz of some English catalogues,) noisette Fellemberg, Amiée Vibert, &c.; the Lamarque was the finest specimen we have ever seen, and fully confirms the high character of this, the finest in truth of all the noisettes. A strong branch (its habit is very robust,) had been thrown up about three feet, which was terminated with a cluster of six fully expanded flowers, and six buds, which had just began to show color; each flower was larger than any of the moss roses, and some idea may be formed of its elegance, when six of such a size are collected into one bunch. This rose was sold, when first raised in France, for the sum of 3000 francs, (upwards of five hundred dollars:) the Amiée Vibert is very pretty, but will not compare with the Lamarque. We also saw, at this time, the Triumph de Luxemborg, of the tea family, in perfection. It is a most exquisite variety; the flowers are large, of globular form, the petals copped, in the way of a provins rose, and of a buff and rose color. This rose also sold in France for 4000 francs. A great many others were blooming, but those that we have particularized here are the most choice and rare. Mr. Boll has a large number of hardy seedling roses; only a few of them had opened their blossoms, but one of these was a very fine variety. The whole collection is in most excellent order, and the management of the plants reflects much credit upon the skill of the cultivator. Mr. Boll has promised us some hints on his mode of growing roses, and our readers may anticipate some valuable information.

[From Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries, 1838, p. 30:] Messrs. Noe & Boll, Florists, New York, have sent us their catalogue of roses for 1838. It contains a very fine collection of Bengal, tea-scented, Noisette, Isle de Bourbon, hybrid, Scotch, moss and annual roses, with a great number of seedlings, of their own production. We have heretofore noticed this collection, which is one of the best in the country. Mr. Boll, being well acquainted wiih the French florists and rose growers, has an excellent opportunity of obtaining everything that is fine. In the cultivation of roses, Messrs. Noe & Boll display much knowledge. We have never seen better plants, or any more protusely laden with blossoms, than those in this collection. Fifty tea-scented roses are enumerated, among which are several new and very fine ones. The seedling roses are all of them yet in the possession of Messrs. Noe & Boll. They are upwards of a hundred in number.

[From Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries, 1843, p. 459:] Sixteenth Annual Fair of the American Institute ....Daniel Boll, Bloomingale, N.Y., for a fine assortment of dahlias, including some fine American seedlings, silver medal

[From Annual Report of the American Institute, on the Subject of Agriculture, 1849, p. 78:] Daniel Boll, 50th-street, cor. Bloomingdale Road, for 20 fine specimens of roses

[From The Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste, February 1850, p. 385:] I recently had the pleasure of calling at several such gardens, both in the city and vicinity of New York....The following are those to which I would call the special attention...Mr. Boll's ...at Bloomingdale...is an extensive establishment, but limited to a few generas, of which the Camellias are his principal stock. There are two large houses devoted to this family....There are two large Rose-Houses, in one of which the plants are planted out in the borders, and the other well stocked with the newest and latest kinds...

[From The Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste, September 1852, p. 385:] Mr. Daniel Boll, long celebrated among amateurs for his fine collection of roses...

[From The Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste, December 1, 1852, p. 573:] Last April we paid a visit to Mr. Boll's nursery, in 51st street, New-York, to see his Seedling Camellias...

[From "The New York Times", September 16, 1862:] DIED. BOLL.-- In this City, on Monday, Sept. 15, of apoplexy, DANIEL BOLL, aged 57 years, 2 months and 20 days. The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of his brother-in-law. Wm. V. Leggett. No. 366 West 43d-st., on Wednesday afternoon, at 2 1/2 o'clock, without further invitation. His remains will be taken to Trinity Cemetery for interment.

[From Documents of the Board of Education of the City of New York, 1862, p. 183:] William V. Leggett, Commissioner, 306 West 43rd street

[From The Gardener's monthly and horticulturist, September 1880,  p. 260:] Mr. Boll, now deceased, who was by birth a Swiss, produced a number of seedling Hybrid Perpetuals of merit; several of these were sold to parties in France, who sent them out as their own. Among these was Mme. Boll. It would be interesting to know, whether any among them besides Mme. Boll, are now famous.

[From Journal des Roses, April 1880, p. 61:] D'autres hybrides ont été obtenus en Amérique, Feu Daniel Boll (d'origine Suisse) en a obtenu plusieurs de mérite, mais il les vendit à des Français qui les mirent au commerce comme les leurs et entre autres Madame Boll.

[From The Heritage Rose District of New York City, October 2009, p. 5:] Swiss-born horticulturist Daniel Boll sold many Portland roses at his nursery located at 52nd street and Bloomindale Road......The nursery of Noe & Boll (located near present day Times Square) listed [Fellemberg] in their inventory. 

[From The Rose Letter, February 2013, p. 6:] Daniel Boll of New York, a Swiss horticulturist, established his Midtown Nursery in 1837, the same year in which he introduced his hybrid perpetual 'Belle Americaine'....According to Gardener's Monthly of 1880, several of Boll's roses were sold by unscupulous persons in France "who sent them out as their own.".....Like George Harison of ‘Harison’s Yellow’ fame, Daniel Boll is buried in Trinity Cemetery of Harlem, New York.

[From Roll Call: The Old Rose Breeder, p. 47:]
'Souvenir de Monsieur Boll'
Hybrid Perpetual Joseph Boyau 1866

[Ibid, p. 37:]
Daniel Boll
New York City, New York
Also much interested in Camellias.
 
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