DREER'S GARDEN BOOK 



for 1926 



EIGHTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL EDITION 



IT HAS always been and will continue to be 

 our aim to supply only the best grade of 

 Seeds, Plants and Bulbs obtainable and by a 

 strict adherence to the broad principle of 

 giving all purchasers the full worth of their 

 money has our business grown from a small 

 beginning eighty-eight years ago to one of the 

 largest and most complete Seed, Plant and 

 Bulb Establishments in the World. 



For over fifty years we were located at 714- 

 716 Chestnut Street, with a storage ware- 

 house at 710 South Washington Square. These 

 proving too small to take care of the steadily 

 increasing volume of business, we acquired 

 two years ago, our present location, 1304 to 

 1310 Spring Garden Street, and erected there- 

 on a modem building designed especially to 

 meet our requirements. This gives us about 

 54,000 square feet of space, which we believe 

 will be sufficient to enable us to handle more 

 expeditiously than ever the orders entrusted 

 to our care. 



While we are organized and prepared to give 

 the same prompt service to which our patrons 

 are accustomed, we call special attention to 

 the conditions which are peculiar to the Seed, 

 Plant and Bulb business, in that the great 

 bulk of the season's business is crowded into 

 a comparatively few weeks' time in the spring 

 of the year. Under these conditions it will 

 greatly aid in preventing undue congestion if 

 our customers will send in and take delivery 

 of their orders as early in the season as 

 possible. 



The New "Dreer Building," 1306 Spring Garden Street. Philadelphia, Pa. 



Many of our customers have been on our mailing list for more than half a century and our business shows 

 an increase every year, and we will spare no effort to handle every order entrusted to us, no matter how small 

 or how large, in such a manner that will merit the continued confidence of the purchaser. 



We call your special attention to the notes regarding the ordering and forwarding of Plants on page 119. 



The offerings of the various Departments will be found in this book in the following order: 



Pages 



Vegetable Seeds 3 to 45 



Grass Seed 46 to 48 



Lawn Grass 46 to 47 



Farm Seed 49 to 50 



Flower Seeds 52 to 118 



Roses 120 to 135 



Gladiolus 136 to 138 



Dahlias 139 to 154 



• Pages 



Hardy Perennials 168 to 197 



Shrubs 198 to 202 



Hardy Climbers 203 to 206 



Hedge Plants 206 



Aquatics 207 to 209 



Small Fruits 210 to 211 



Vegetable Plants and Roots 212 



Tools and Sundries 213 to 224 



FOR COMPLETE INDEX SEE PAGES 2 AND 3 



