Established 1838. 



SIXTY=TH1RD YEAR. 



Incorporated 1892. 



DREER^S 



GARDEN ♦ CALENDAR 



FOR 1901. 



IN presenting our Annual Catalogue for 1901 we desire to thank our customers 

 for tlieir liberal patronage in the past. This has been the means of enabling 

 us to extend our business to its present almost perfect state, and giving us the 

 best facilities for prompt and efficient service. Fur sixty-three years our aim 

 has been to supply the best quality in Seeds, Plants and Bulbs. That we have suc- 

 ceeded in gaining the confidence of our customers is shown by the fact that we hold 

 their patronage from year to year, and in addition also make many new customers. 

 We are constantly on the alert for improvements, and each year our representatives 

 make tours through Europe, visiting the most noted specialists and hybridizers ; 

 thus securing new and valuable varieties of Seeds, Plants and Bulbs. Our growing 

 crops in this country are also critically inspected and carefully handled, so that they 

 may be absolutely pure and of best quality. 



Other than our three books, " Open-.A.ir Vegetables," "Vegetables Under Glass" 

 ami "Grasses and Clovers," we offer no premiums, chromos, or other devices which 

 lead the unwary to believe that they are getting " something for nothing;" but the 

 full worth of their money to all is the broad principle on which we always dsal. 



Very truly yours, 



HENRY A. DREER, Inx, 



VEGETABLE SEED DEPARTMENT.—^Ne offer in this cata- 

 logue many standard varieties of vegetables, having omitted those sorts having little 

 or no merit. We aUo offer a number of special varieties on pages two to seven 

 inclusive. All of these have been carefully tested at our Experimental Grounds at 

 Riverton, New Jersey, where each year we make thorough field trials of all the 

 varieties we sell. We also test many new introductions of other seedsmen, and 

 those found to be meritorious are included in our catalogue the following year. 



FLOWER SEED DEPARTMENT.— We give close attention to 

 this department, which is probably the largest in this country, both in variety offered 

 and quantity of seed we sell. Our constant aim is to procure the very best strains 

 obtainable, both of home and foreign growth, and we spare no time or expense 

 with this object in view. 



PLANT DEPARTMENT.—Oar nursery and greenhouse establishment, 

 situated at Riverton, New Jersey, is the most extensive on this Continent. We ex- 

 tend a cordial invitation to all who are interested in plants to visit us. Many things 

 of interest can be seen at all seasons of the year, althouijh the summer months 

 are best, during which time there can be seen upwards of five acres under glass, 

 devoted to the growing of Palms, Ferns and miscellaneous Decorative Plants, also 

 three acres of Aquatics, comprising the finest and rarest varieties of this marvellous 

 class of plants. In addition to these, we also devote five acres to growing Cannas, 

 one acre to our celebrated Fringed Petunias; also much space is given to the grow- 

 ing of many standard and new varieties in bedding plants, and the largest, most 

 complete collection of Hardy Perennials. 



MARKET GARDENERS.— We issue a Special Catalogue for Market 

 Gardeners, and only send it to those who make a business of trucking. All who 

 are thus engaged are entitled to a copy, which will he sent free, providing the appli- 

 cant when writing, states that he is a Market Gardener. We make a specialty of 

 this trade, and furnish only such seeds as are true and of reliable germination. 



HOW TO flAKE A HOT=BED AND COLD FRAME. 



THE HOT-RED is made ready in February or March in this latitude, and should be located in a sunny part of the garden 

 facing South. The sash, which are 3x6 feet, can be purchased of us ready made and glazed ; the sides and back can be made 

 of rough lumber. Begin by digging a trench two feet deep and a few inches short of the width and length of sash to be used, 

 line the sides with boards about one inch thick, making the back extend 18 inclies above the soil level and the front 12 inches, in 

 or<ler to give proper slant to sash, so as to admit the sunlight, and also that the rain may flow oflf freely. The framework should 

 be banked up on the outside with coarse manure, straw or litter, in order to keep out the cold air. The manure to be used should 

 be thoroughly forked over about one week before making the bed, and a sprinkling of hot water made to hasten fermentation. In 

 about a week, when heat has gone down to 95° to 100°, the manure is ready for the bed. After tramping the prepared manure 

 firmly in the hot-bed to a depth of one foot, cover it with at least four inches of clean, well rotted soil, and put on the sashes. 

 Place a thermoineter in the bed and await results. In the course of two or three days the thermometer should register 70°, then 

 the bed may be trusted with the seeds. 



THE COLD FRAME.— The function of the cold frame 

 sash is to winter plants of cabbage, cauliflower and lettuce. In con- 

 structing it, use boards one inch thick, making the back of frame 

 one foot and front six inches high, the length to be as desired, using 

 standard 3x6 feet sash arranged as illustrated herewith. The soil 

 of bed should be rich, easily worked and well drained. On mild 

 days air should be admitted in order to keep the plants in a dor- 

 mant state, care being taken not to freeze them. 



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