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'ITH the opening of the New Year, we again 

 send our annual Catalogue to our customers, 

 trusting therein will be found something to 

 meet. their wants. Our lists of seeds and plants contain 

 only varieties that have been well tried and proved valua- 

 ble, while among the novelties offered are some things that 

 will not soon be forgotten. Amateur and professional 

 ■gardeners will find Dreer's Eclipse Asparagus a large 

 and extra fine flavored sort. Dreer's Golden Cluster 

 Bean, the best of the pole varieties. Cardinal Globe, White 

 Bo.x, and Dreer's Scarlet Frame Radishes, are three dis- 

 tinct types of early or forcing sorts. Red Mikado and 

 Ringleader Tomatoes, Roslyn Hybrid Corn and Wax 

 Date Beans and the other offerings, will certainly please 

 the most fastidious. 



Our seed growers are the most experienced that can 

 be secured, many of them having grown for us for a 

 jquarter of a century. They are all experts in specialties, 

 and are situated in localities best adapted to the full de- 

 velopment of the varieties grown. The trial system that 

 M'e employ gives us full assurance that what we sell can be absolutely relied upon as being true to name and type. 



Among plants, Allamanda Wardleyana, with its large and showy flowers, the two lovely Plumbagoes, the curious 

 and beautiful Aristolochias, and the Mammoth Verbenas, will meet the wants of buyers of good things. Our plants 

 are well grown and healthy. The Palms and Ferns for decorating are in excellent condition. Our lists of Roses, Dah- 

 lias, Chrysanthemums, etc., are revised yearly and contain only reliable sorts that will give pleasure to the growers. 

 Among our specialties are Double Petunias, of which we grow many thousand plants of superior sorts each year. For 

 •decorating the greenhouse in summer we offer fine Fancy-Leaved Caladiums and Gloxinias, which can be interspersed 

 -with pretty Ferns, thus making a usually desolate place a point of attraction. 



When large quantities of plants are wanted, we shall be pleased to make prices, and will endeavor to fill all 

 orders in a satisfactory manner. Under the title of Directions to Correspondents on page 2 will be found sufficient 

 information to enable our customers to make remittances and receive their goods safely. 



Owing to the reduction in postage, we now send postpaid Vegetable and Flower Seeds in quantities 

 ■of pounds or less when ordered at retail rates. On Peas, Beans and Corn, customers should add to price 8 cts. per 

 pint, 15 cts. per quart to Catalogue price when ordered to be sent by mail. 



In making our Catalogues it is our aim to give descriptions free from all appearance of outrageousness and to 

 make our engravings as true to type and nature as possible, considering well the fact that a seedsman's Catalogue 

 should be rational in its tone, educational in its matter, and as clearly descriptive of the things offered as a limited 

 space will allow. It is our desire to make our Catalogue serviceable as a book of reference, and as clear as possible, 

 ■so that it will not be simply considered as relating only to a passing event. 



The policy of the house has always been to be as liberal as possible, and to send out only the best, and we wish 

 in conclusion to thank our many friends and customers in all parts of this country and abr©ad for their kind appre- 

 ciation and liberal support through a long series of years. 



HENRY A. DREER, 



714 Chestnut Street, 

 WM. F. DREER. Philadelphia. 



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