DREER'S RELIABLE SEEDS. 



The best results are obtained by the use of our superior English Mushroom Spawn, which is largely used by the 

 most successful growers around Philadelphia. Full and explicit instructions are contained in our " Vegetables under Glass," 

 which we will mail for 25 cts. The quality of our Spawn is well known. A Bucks County mushroom grower says : 

 " Used samples of mushroom spawn from several leading seedsmen. Found none better than Dreer's. Grew about 

 600 lbs. of marketable mushrooms from 450 square feet of bed. Average net price (above expenses of shipment, com- 

 mission, etc.) 55 cts. a pound. The sum of 5250 in winter, from a cellar under a farm building came in handy. Used 

 only about 75 lbs. of spawn." 



Best English Milltrack Spawn. Per brick 15 cts. ; 12 bricks $175 ; 100 bricks $12.50. By mail, 25 cts. per brick. 

 French Spawn. In 3 lb. boxes $1.00. 



Okra, or Gombo. 



This vegetable is extensively grown for its green pods, 

 which are used in soups, stews, etc., to which they impart 

 a rich flavor and are considered nutritious. Sow the seed 

 thickly in rich ground about the middle of May, or when 

 the ground has become warm, in drills 3 feet apart and 

 1 inch deep ; thin out to 10 inches apart in the drills. 



Dreer's Little 

 Gem. The best 

 of the dwarf sorts. 

 Pods long, slen- 

 der, and of a 

 light green color. 

 Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 

 10 cts.; £lb. 25 

 cts.; lb. 80 cts. 



White Creole. 



(White Velvet) 

 This variety i s 

 largely grown in 

 the South, and is 

 preferred by many to 

 the green-podded sorts, 

 is considered more ten- 

 der and of better flavor, 

 perfectly round, free 

 ridges. Pkt. 5 cts.; 

 ) cts.; i lb. 20 cts.; 

 cts. 

 Improved Green. A very 

 desirable sort for market 

 gardeners ; of medium 

 height, very productive, 

 bears long pods, which re- 

 main tender a long time and 

 are free from hard ridges. 

 }lb. 20 cts.; lh 60 cts. 



Improved Green Olrra. 



Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 10 cts. 



flustard. 



One ounce will sow about eighty feet of drill. 



A small pungent salad used with cress ; the seed is also 

 used for flavoring pickles, pepper sauce, etc. For salads 

 sow thickly in shallow drills 6 inches apart, or in frames or 

 boxes during the winter, where frost can be partially ex- 

 cluded. Successive sowings may be made every week or 

 two. To grow seed sow in April in rows 1 foot apart, and 

 thin out to 3 inches apart when 2 inches high. 



White London. For salads and flavoring purposes. Oz. 

 5 cts.; £ lb. 10 cts ; lb. 30 cts. 



Chinese. Leaves twice the size of the white, flavor sweet 

 and pungent. Oz. 10 cts.; J lb. 25 cts ; lb. 75 cts. 



flartynia. 



The seed pods are used for pickling, when gathered 

 young and tender. Sow in the open ground in May, in 

 hills 3 feet apart each way, or in a hotbed, and afterwards 

 transplant. 

 flartynia Proboscidea. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 30 cts. 



Nasturtiums. 



Four ounces of seed to one hundred yards of row. 



Cultivated both for use and ornament. The seed pods, 

 which resembles capers, are gathered while green and ten- 

 der for pickling, and the leaves are used for mixing with 

 salads. Sow early in the spring, in drills about 1 inch deep, 

 in light rich soil, when all danger of frost is over, train the 

 Tall on brush, trellises, or fences, and grow the Dwarf in 

 beds. 



Tall nixed. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; \ lb. 40 cts.; lb.35cts. 



Dwarf nixed. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; \ lb. 40 cts.; 

 lb. §1.35. 



(For special colors of named varieties see flower seeds page 80.) 



Mushrooms How to Grow Them," by Wm. Falconer, Postpaid, $1.35 " Mushroom Culture" (Robinson), postpaid. 50 cents, 

 mushrooms, now to urow mem, p y DREER>s .. V egetable« under Glass," ascents. 



