The DREER Exhibit 



AT THE 



LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION, 

 ST. LOUIS, 1904. 



General View of Our Exhibit of Bedding Plants and Lawn Grass on the Plateau Between the Agricultural and 



HOKTICiILTURAL BuiLDINGS. 



OUR EXHIBITS RECEIVED THE FOLLOUVING ATVARDS: 



Silver fledal for Crimson Fountain Grass. 



Silver Hedal 

 Silver Hedal 

 Silver fledal 



Tritoma Pfitzerii. 

 Petunias and Phloxes. 

 Ornamental Grasses. 



The Qrand Prize for Water Lilies and Aquatics. 

 Gold riedal for Exhibit as a whole. 

 Silver fledal " Caladiums. 

 Silver fledal " Salvia " Bonfire." 

 Silver fledal " Zinnia Jacqueminot. 



While no doubt many of our customer=; visited the great Exposition, held at St. Louis the past season, and saw for themselves 

 our exhibit in the Horticultural Department, it is more than likely that a great many did not go at all, or w ent early or late in the 

 season, and not when the Horticultural Section was looking its best, which was from July until the end of Oclober. For such 

 the notes and photo reproductions on this and the next page may be interesting. 



Our exhibit, by far the largest and most comprehensive in the Horticultural Department, occupied a space of 175,000 square feet, or 

 a little over four acres, and was located between and to tne east of the Agricultural and Horticultural Buildings. The plateau directly 

 between the buildings was laid out with ornamental beds, filled with a few of our leading Sjecialties, of which a list appears on 

 the next page. The slope to the east of the buildings was planted with Petunias and Nasturtiums, which made a glorious show 



during their flowering season. At the foot 

 of the slope were our Lily Ponds, over an 

 acre in extent, filled with a complete collec- 

 tion of both Hardy and Tender Nymphseas, 

 Victorias and other Aquatics, most of which 

 did splendidly, and the verdict of the Jury 

 of Awards (a copy of which appears on page 

 J20), as well as that of the general public, 

 was that it was the finest feature in the Horti- 

 cultural Section. The plantings around the 

 margins of the ponds included such moisture- 

 loving jilants as Monardas, Zizanias, Sagit- 

 tarias. Cat-tails, Cyperus, Papyrus, Callas, 

 etc., etc., and were much admired. Close 

 by was a bed of Hydrangea Panitulala, and 

 a triangular bed of Caladium Fsculenlum 

 (Elephant's Ear) edged with (iur new Crim- 

 son Fountain Grass iyPenniset-unt Macro- 

 phylhim Atrosnvgtiineiim] attracted as much 

 attention as any bed within the Exposition 

 walls. The entire space was sown with 

 " Dreer " Lawn Grass, that around the 

 ponds being sown in the fall of ] 903, and 

 was pronounced the best piece of lawn in 

 the Exposition. The plateau between the 

 buildings was not seeded down until late 

 spring, the railroad tracks running into the 

 Agricultural Building not being removed 

 until then, and, considering the short time, 

 the general unfavorable conditions and 

 climatic drawbacks, it produced by early 

 summer a most creditable turf, and showed 

 clearlv the excellence of the combination of 

 grasses which go to make up this, the best 

 of all lawn grass mixtures. 



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View Showing Bed of Caladiums Bordered with the New Crimson Fountain Grass, and 

 Part of Our Aquatic Display in the Rear. 



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