September 23, 1916 



H R T I C U L T U B E 



411 



DREER'S ARAUCARIAS 



AKAl (ARIA (NORFOLK ISLAND PINE) !*t;;«^S! 



We have a good supply of Araucarias. You 

 gain the benefit not only of the fall's growth by 

 laying in your supplies now but to many points 

 shipments by freight can now be made with 

 safety at a saving of transportation charges. 



Araucaria Excelsa 



i::H.-h 



ri-iiich pots. S to 10 iiiehi-H liigli. 2 to li tiers $0.40 



5-mcli pots, 10 indies liigh. :i tiers ."0 



(i-iuch pots, 10 to 12 liiehes hig:h, :'. to 4 tiers ISO 



(i-luch pots, 12 to 15 inches bigli, '.', to 4 tiers 7.") 



C-ineL pots, 1(1 to IS inolies liigti, 4 tiers 1.00 



7-inch pots. IS to 20 inclies liigli, 4 to .1 tiers 1.25 



Araucaria Excelsa Glauca 



Eacli 



n-incli pots. S to 10 inebes high, 3 tiers $0.75 



«-ineli pots, 10 to 12 inclies high, 3 to 4 tiers 1.00 



Araucaria Robusta Compacta 



Kach 



G-incli pots. 12 inches liigli. 2 to 3 tiers $1.00 



(i-inch pots, 14 to 1(5 inches liigh, 3 tiers 1.50 



7-inch pots, IS to 20 inches tiigh, 3 to 4 tiers 2.00 



Tie abnie pricts are in/ended for /he trade ontv 



HENRY A. DREER 



714-716 Chestnut St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



an(3 GartJeners' Club announces that 

 the fourth annual flower show under 

 the auspices of the club will take place 

 in Northampton, Mass., City Hall, Nov. 

 1 and 2. The committee, which met r(v 

 cently in Northampton is as follows: H. 

 E. Downer, Northampton, chairman; G. 

 H. Sinclair, D. J. Gallivan and Geor 

 Rackliffe of Holyoke, F. D. Keyes o!| 

 Florence, A. H. Nehrling of Amherst 

 and K. B. Uhlman of Northampton. 



Beauty"; Andrew Whitelaw, vote of 

 thanks for tomatoes "Yellow Pon- 

 derosa." After the regular business 

 the members enjoyed a social session. 

 The next meeting will be held Oct. 13. 

 A display of dahlias and other season- 

 able flowers will be in order. 



P. W. Popp, Cor. Secy. 



The monthly meeting of the Lenox 

 (Mass.) Horticultural Society was 

 held September 13th. A paper for the 

 evening entitled "Diabroticas" was 

 read and well discussed. There was 

 also a discussion on the pine tree dis- 

 ease which this season is very preva- 

 lent in the Lenox district. It was 

 voted to hold the annual Field Day on 

 Thursday, September 21. A good pro- 

 gram of sports has been arran.sed. 

 There was a large attendance and two 

 new members were proposed. At the 

 next meeting, October 11, there will 

 be a lecturer from the state college. 



An interesting meeting of the West- 

 chester and Fairfield Horticultural 

 Society was held in Greenwich, Conn., 

 Sept. S. For the fall show several sub- 

 stantial additions to the premium list 

 were received. The judges reported 

 the following awards on the evening's 

 exhibits: Mills & Co., Mamaroneck. N. 

 y., highly commended for display of 

 dahlias, also special mention for scrd- 

 ling dahlias: Wm. Graham, certificate 

 ■of merit for display of rose Ophelia 

 and vote of thanks for Centaurea 

 Americana: Anton Pederson, certificate 

 of merit for new tomato "Stamford 



THE OLD, OLD SUBSCRIBER. 



How dear to my lieart are the old tilings 



in general. 

 When fond recollection presents tlieiii to 



view : 

 Old pewter, old linen, old friends and old 



china. 

 Old books and old songs are far better than 



new. 

 And old slioes for comfort (we need new 



ones badly), 

 The old corncob pipe I shall always hold 



dear — 

 Cut the old. old subscriber, I mention him 



gladly. 

 Even faithful and true, he renews by the 



year. 



The old, old subscriber, the dear pld sub- 

 scriber. 



The faithful old friend who renews every 

 year. 



Old wine and old sweethearts, the oM(;r 

 the better; 

 The old, folks at home — what Is home 

 without them? 

 Tlie old swimming hole — It must not l)e 

 forgotten — 

 The jewel of Memory's whole diadem ; 

 ')M times and old customs, and e'en the 

 old dances 

 (Well have to admit we cannot turkey 

 trot) 

 liut of the old Institutions, if one must 

 take chances. 

 The old, old subscriber's the best of the 

 lot. 



The old, old subscriber, the dear old suli- 



scriber. 

 The paid up subscriber's the best of the lot. 

 — yat. Stockman <f Farmer. 



GROVELLING ACCURACY 



Being too precise about things is 

 a grave mistake. 



If yoil are charged fifteen cents 

 where it ought to be ten and you pro- 

 test then you are a nuisance and a 

 victim to grovelling accuracy. 



My friend '(Jene at Dreer's is a 

 past-master on this point and has con- 

 signed me to the lowest academic pit 

 — the pit of grovelling accuracy. 



"We have no time in our business 

 for drawing fine hairs." said he. "We 

 are too busy." 



Granting all that, about the busy 

 end of it, isn't it permissible to 

 ask where would the advancement of 

 horticulture have started if some 

 long haired individual hadn't started 

 drawing tine hairs and giving us Kil- 

 larneys and things. Getting out the 

 orders and getting the money are big 

 things. But the 



Big Spirit 



Lack of all that is what makes the 

 business possible! 



If it were not tor that big spirit 

 there would be no Dreer's. Make no 

 mistake about that and when we say 

 Dreer's wc mention them as typical 

 in leadership and we know that 'Gone 

 does not mean what he says about 

 academic and hair-drawing. 



We trust he will have a change of 

 heart towards the dear public here- 

 after and put his remarks in such 

 form as may be useful to the world 

 beyond the confines of Philadelphia. 

 George C. Watso.v. 



