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We herewith present 



Dreer^s Garden Calendar for 1872^ 

 containing select lists of seeds, plants, small fruits and other requisites 

 of the garden. One feature of our Catalogue is this, it is not a com- 

 pilation made up from Foreign catalogues, or Botanical works, con- 

 taining innumerable varieties unsuited to our climate, or without any 

 special merit, but presents a list of everything that is desirable, and 

 of the stock we actually possess at the time of its publication, the 

 best in every department, and which w^e flatter ourselves a praciical 

 knowledge and experience of over thirty years enables us to give. 



OUR SEED DEPARTMENT 

 Is one of the most complete in America, occupying the large and 

 beautiful four-story building, 



No. 714 Chestnut Street, 

 which has been fitted up and arranged expressly for the business. 

 Here, in addition to our extensive wholesale trade, is conducted the 

 largest retail in the city, not only with our tens of thousand patrons, 

 scattered over the entire Union, who yearly obtain their supplies either 

 b}' mail or Express, but also with our Home Customers^ among 

 whom we have the pleasure of including the leading market gardeners, 

 florists, and amateurs. 



The advantages of sending to head-quarters for seeds must be ap- 

 parent to every one who has occasion to use but a few papers, as the 

 garden seeds usually kept at country stores are mostly unreliable, 

 being known as commission seedSj put up to sell, regardless of quality 

 or freshness, or purchased for their chea])ness, the purchasers finding 

 in most cases more paper than seed for their money, or seeds that are 

 utterly worthless. 



Our Seeds are Fresh and Genuine. 



No seeds of a doubtful character are permitted to leave the establish- 

 ment, and purchasers are sure of obtaining the full value for their 

 money, as our prices upon comparison with other catalogues will be 

 found unusually reasonable ; and all garden seeds {excepting Beans^ 

 Peas, Corn and other bulky articles of little value) Avill be forwarded 

 by mail, post-paid by us, at the prices quoted in this catalogue. 



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