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H O 11 T 1 C U L T U R E 



December 7, 1918 



DREER'S CROTONS 

 for CHRISTMAS 



An excellent stock of the best varieties, 

 well colored and m good asfcrlmfnf. 



4 inch pots, per dozen $6.00 



5 inch pots, per dozen 9.00 



6 inch pots, each $1.00 to 2.50 



Specimen plants from $5.00 to $10.00 each 



HENRY A. DREER 



714-716 Chestnut St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 

 The above prices are intended for the trade only. 



NEWS FROM ONE OF OUR BOYS 



An interesting letter from Douglas 

 Laird to his friend Dick Johnson, of 

 Dreer's. This shows graphically what 

 our boys have been going through. 

 . The seed trade has contributed its full 

 share to our Thanksgiving of Peace 

 with Victory: 



Mayfleld Hospital, Birmingham, 



Oct. 28, 1918. 

 Dear old Dick: 



It was good to get your letter the 

 other day. I had really "lang syne" 

 given up hope of squeezing a letter 

 from you. Not that I really deserved 

 one, 'cos I think I've confined myself 

 heretofore to P. P. C, but I always 

 hoped that some day you would be 

 sitting in your palatial office in the 

 warehouse looking out on that Phila- 

 delphia "Princess Street" (I don't 

 think!), and having nothing to do, 

 would take it into your head to write 

 me a line. But as I have said, hope 

 was gone, so your letter was a pleas- 

 ant surprise. 



I was very sorry to hear about Mr. 

 Dreer's death. However, he was a 

 comparatively old man and had had 

 his share in this world's offerings, 

 and after all we've all got to peter out 

 sooner or later. Over in Prance young 

 kids are "going west" every minute. 

 Many — too many of them — have seen 

 nothing of life; gone from school to 

 army, and then to death. You and I 

 have seen quite a little of what is 

 Icnown as life, and personally if death 

 comes quick I've no kick coming. I've 

 been at the doors of the "Beyond" 

 many, many times since I took up 

 flying, and in France have flirted with 

 his Satanic Majesty daily, so death it- 

 self would not come as a stranger to 

 me. This very time I was wounded; 

 by all the laws of air, petrol and bul- 

 lets should have been killed, burned 

 to a cinder at that, for my petrol 

 tank was riddled with bullets from 

 the Hun machine or machines which 



peppered me, but some kindly star 

 was shining on me, so all I got was 

 the bullet that actually went through 

 me and pieces of throttle messed 

 about my hand and arm by another 

 bullet. However, my hand and arm 

 are healed up now, and for the first 

 time I am sitting up in a chair for a 

 while, altho' I still have a nice big 

 hole in my leg. 



It's nearly 7 months since I was 

 shot down, but as yet I'm in no way 

 fed up with hospital life. Good food, 

 good attention and plenty, glorious 

 bed — is just my strength. 



We have a gramaphone in the ward, 

 so have music, and as there are but 

 six of us we are a comfy lot. The 

 nurses are V. A. Ds. and peaches — do 

 anything for us. 



Thanks for the address of your 

 lirother, and if I get half a chance I'll 

 look him up the next time I'm home 

 on leave. I hope to be home for 

 Christmas, but that may take some 

 doing; I'll have to heal up quicker 

 if I want to do that. 



Well, mon cher ami, I'll close now, 

 hoping the war will be "finis" before 

 you are called up. 



Regards to all at Dreers. 

 Yours, 



Douglas. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 



AMERICA. 



Report of Committees. 



The following reports of new chrys- 

 anthemums exhibited have been sub- 

 mitted by the committee appointed by 

 the society: 



At Cincinnati, Nov. 16, by Elmer D. 

 Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich., Titanic, 

 white, Jap, inc., points com. 90; Silver 

 Ball, white, Jap., inc.. points com. 90. 



At Chicago and Boston, Nov. 16, by 

 Robt. L. Dunn, St. Catharines, Ont., 

 Robt. E. Mills, yellow, sport of Wm. 



Turner, Jap. inc., points com., Chicago 

 87, Boston 89; points Ex., Boston 89. 

 At Chicago, Nov. 23., by Elmer D. 

 Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich., Victory, 

 white, inc., points com. 87; Loyalty, 

 yellow, inc., points com., 88, Nov. 27, 

 by Davis Floral Co., Davenport, Iowa, 

 Mary Louise, bronze sport of variety 

 Patty, inc., registration. 



HYDRANGEAS 



Pot-grown, 1 year old, out of pots. 

 Varieties such as Mnie. Riveraiue. Gen. de 

 Vlhraye. Kadlaut. Bouquet Rose, Avalanche. 

 Mnie. Ti-auffault. Mnie. Mouilliere. Souv. de 

 Chautard, Lily Slouilliere. 



lininches Per lOO 

 :i to I $ 20.00 



4 to ."i 2.5.00 



.1 to ij 30.00 



7 to S 35.00 



5 to 10 40.00 



10 to 1:; 50.00 



K! to 15 75.00 



11 to IS 100.00 



Specimens $1.50 to $2.00 eacli 



Olaksa — extra large 2.50 to 3.00 each 



Terms: Cash with order. Packing charges 

 of 5% of value of order will be added. 



ANTON SCHULTHEIS 



College Point, L. I., New York 



NURSERY STOCK 



Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shmbs, 



Small Fruits, Clematis, Fversrreens 



and Roses. 



WritP for Tra'le List 



W. & T. SMITH COMPANY, Giiiva, N. T. 



We are subscribers to the Nurserymen'! 

 Fund for Market Development 



HOLLAND NURSERIES 



BEST HABDT BBODODKNDBOITI, 

 AZALEAS, OONrFERS, CLKMATU, 

 H. P. ROSES, BHBCB8 AND UWM- 

 BA0ROU8 PLANT*. 



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