Extract from "The City of Philadelphia. As it appears in the year 1894." 



"A compilation of facts supplied by distinguished citizens for the information of business men, travelers, and the 

 world at large. Prepared under the auspices of the Trades League of Philadelphia." 



ESTABLISHBD 1838. 



HENRY A. DREER, 



INCORPORATED i8g 



Seed, Plant and Bulb Growers and Merchants. 



It is as fitting as true that the art of the seedsman has reachi 

 its highest development in the immediate vicinity of Philadelphi 

 all the conditions of soil, climate and communication being high 

 favorable to superlative results. The price of success in tb 

 important rural pursuit is almost infinite patience and boundk 

 research. 



From the store of Henry A. Dreer, at 7r4 Chestniit St., Phil 

 delphia, and the extensive growing and testing grounds at Riverto 

 New Jersey, upon the shore of the Delaware River above Phil 

 delphia, vast quantities of selected stock seeds are sent far ai 

 wide to farmers who return in due time "an hundred fold " in tl 

 wide variety of seeds of vegetables and flowers, which this gri 

 concern supplies to the public. Thus, for instance, the seed of tl 

 pea is returned from Northern New York, Canada and Michigai 

 lima beans and onions from California ; beets from Pennsylvania ; cabbages from Long Island; carrots from Connecticut 

 fact, some particular species of vegetable life in seed form from almost every section of the country, all soils and conditio 

 being thus laid under contribution, the best conditions being found usually upon or north from the latitude of the pare 

 or stock seed farm. 



The firm of Henry A. Dreer has been in existence above half a century. It is now incorporated, and its President 

 Mr. \Vm. F. Dreer, the son of the founder. The establishment at Riverton covers nearly 100 acres, upon which are local 

 forty-four large greenhouses, each devoted to a special class of plants, four packing houses, a cold storage cellar and mai 

 minor structures. The rich soil is devoted to the production of constantly improved stock seeds, which, obedient to natun 

 beautiful and generous laws, here attain, under the fostering care of specialists, their greatest perfection. 

 The Dreer Catalogues, published periodically are prized by all gardeners and agriculturists. 

 The trade of the firm extends to not only all American points, but to many foreign countries as well. 



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