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Noh i i on ERTS oc 26 
Abutilon ...........e6. 6/ PRBaby Blue Eyes....... Ry aE POE Ree IS IS ig 
Achillea=............ -. 6 Baby Primrose........ ADEs a ecclea Gotan tee 61 
Aconitum: see. eee ence 6| Baby’s Breath .......... Diem eincee Et "95 
ACrochinivlmiaccccchindenee 6; Bachelor’s Button..... 17-19 aeelose ‘Sea. “7 
Adlumia Byec Se sai aaecee 6| Balloon Flower.......... Bulbs : 51-58 
African Daisy ........... 12| Balloon Vine ............ | Burning Bush’ “28 
Agathaea ............... 2Gra Balin se a. sete soa ome eet Bush Beans... ...... 59-60 
Ageratumtix-cnin ys cae. 6| Balsam ................- | Bush Eschscholtzia...... 28 
Agrostemma’ ©2- cfr... (i WE ORE Siedainsnncaceanon se | Bush Lima Beans 60 
Agrostis’ it. ere 263( Bartoniag: Ses. occ. neni Butterfly Flower ........ 43 
All America Novel- 1 Basil, ‘Sweeb......-..:.s- Butterfly Weed ......... 12} 
ties - 3A AE eh ee 2| Basket Flower .......... u peed eh aay STs 2 
Allegheny Vine........... 6| Basket of Gold.......... C Cabbage Jo5edoe son0005 62 
Alkanetiteetn nope sane | PBEANS) weeriiecicie | “’Cabbage, Chinese ..... 62 
Alonsoa .... - 6} Beans, Hyacinth _ | Cabbage, Red ...... 62 
Althaea .. 27| Beans, Lima ...... 5 Cabbage, Savoy 62 
Alum Root ogo ale BeanmheOlewe ca an micn cee Cacalia ........ no UR! 
Alyssum ites. ... 1} Beans, Pole Lima......:. 60+. Cactis (ove os. = sere o13 
Amaranth, Globe........ 26 | Beans, Scarlet Runner... 43} Calceolaria .............. 13 
Amaranthus. .....:...... iP BeAans, SHE Os. in eae 60 | Caladium ............5-. 51 
Amaryllis: Sie eo. Beans {Soy tee. . sce sae 60)|:Galendulanity a. cstemtletctere 14 
IATAD EL DOS ie sy varcreeye Beard Tongue ..... 25... 41 | California Bluebell ...... 41 
Amethystwpasckions oo 4- Beets cece ore 61) California Poppy ........ 25 
Ampelopsis .............. pBeetSs SUBATRS eo cecaie Gla Callatecieoteeniseiaicere 
Anagallist jy ss es iaceice BeZOnNIa Gee see ees 13-51 | Calliopsis 
ANnChuUSa) = aeee eine Bellflower, Chinese ...... 6 | Callirhoe 
Anemone |PBellisitactemen ecient 13 | Campanula 
AniISC 5.) epiners | Bells of Ireland..... .. 12} Canary Bird Vine..:.-... 15 
Annual Mallow. Birds Secdsmeesee- os: wp 99s (Candytuttee. ae sieiaeliae 16 
Annual Poinsettia Birdispeyvestnriee ce Be clepi(CDst \adsoneobedsucccooudls 52 
Annuals, Collection of... 50| Black-Eyed Susan Vine.. 47, Cantaloupe ............. 68 
Anodagrern ener ee eneoee 9)| Blanket Flower .......-. 26! Canterbury Bells ........ 15 
Anthemis G43 ee OeBlazingaStareercn noose 12 | Cape Forget-Me-Not .... 7 
Antirrhinumy% 025i. 22 8| Bleeding Heart ......:.. 24| Cape Hyacinth .......... 
AMUIEgIA Vo ooo Sa. te cee Oi PBIUebelisieeesece ese tual 15 Cape Marigold .........- 
ATabis een aeons 12 | 44 Cape Primrose .......... 
ATCiOlISHe eee oer 12} fCaraway, =2r oo s.)-n ee eer 
Armeria .......... : 12 | Cardinal Climber 2 
Asclepias ..... 12] Cardinal Flower . 
Asparagus .. en 59}) | Cardiospermum 
Aster .... 10-11 | Garnationeraase i 
Aubrietia ... 12} Carolina Lupine ...... an 
Autumn Daff DSi @BOraren ree on a eats 78 | Carrot nn tees Reece 
AVENS tee Hoe 26+ Borecole=aruzccirec cise le 667 Castor Bean <-.-2.7.. 0. 

Directions to Customers 
Name and Address—Please remember to write on each order and letter your full 
name, Post Office, County, and State. Also give the street name and house 
number, or P. O. Box besides the nearest Express Office. Do not omit the Postal 
Zone number if you live in a zoned city. 
Cash With Order—Remit by Post Office Money Order. Express Money Order. 
Draft, or Check. If you send cash, register your letter. We cannot be held 
responsible if these directions are not followed. If you request goods which 
are ‘Not Prepaid’’ to be shipped by Parcel Post please include in your remittance 
the cost of postage. No perishable goods sent C. O. D. (Collect on Delivery) - 
The prices quoted are subject to change without notice. 
Charge Accounts—Dreer’s are glad to offer the convenience of a charge account. 
Just write on your order the name of your bank or a retail store where you have 
a charge account. 
Packing—No charge is made for boxes or packing on express or freight shipments 
nor for delivery to freight depot or express office in Philadelphia. 
Shipments in the U. S. A. and Possessions 
Seeds and Bulbs Sent ''Prepaid''—All Vegetable Seeds, Flower Seeds, Bulbs, 
and Lawn Grass Mixtures are sent ‘‘Prepaid’’ to any Post Office in the United 
States or its possessions at the rate effective Jan. 1, 1949, or at our option by 
Express or Freight Prepaid. Customer bears the cost of transportation on all 
other articles. 
Roses—We offer dormant plants. Add postage if wanted by parcel post as ex- 
plained on page 80. 
Sundries—Sundries, except where quoted “‘Postpaid,’’ are sent either by express or 
freight, the purchaser paying transportation charges. Shipments by express offer 
the safest and quickest method of transportation but they are also more expensive 
than’ freight. 3 
Free Delivery of purchases of $1.00 or more at Dreer’s Garden Centers, or by 
mail or telephone, within our -delivery zone. 
Canadian Shipments 
Flower Seeds and Bulbs are sent ‘‘Prepaid.’’ The complicated regulations concern- 
ing the importation of Vegetable Seeds from the United States into Canada force 
us, much to our regret, to decline all Canadian orders of Vegetable Seeds. All 
other goods are sent ‘‘Not Prepaid’’ by Express or Freight, purchaser paying 
all transportation charges as well as customs duties. Orders for bulbs, corms, 
tubers, and plants require a Canadian Import Permit obtainable from Canada 
Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, which is to bé sent to us with the order. 
Foreign Shipments 
Foreign Customers will please remit in U. S. Funds. Flower Seeds, Vegetable 
Seeds and Bulbs quoted ‘‘Prepaid’’ (except Beans, Peas; and Corn) will be pre- 
paid only for domestic postage as in effect on Jan. 1, 1949, but transit and sur- 
charges as well as any costs for Consular invoices, clearance papers, and other 
official forms are to be included in the remittance. All other goods are forwarded 
“Not Prepaid.’’ Customs duties cannot be prepaid. 
Time of Shipment—All Seeds, Dormant Roots, Bulbs, and Sundries are for- 
warded as soon after receipt of order as possible unless shipment at a later time 
is requested on the order sheet. 
Safe Arrival of Packages—W’e guarantee safe arrival of all goods sent by express 
or mail to any point within the United States proper. If such packages are in- 
jured or lost we will replace them as soon as notified of the fact. Goods sent 
in any other way travel at purchasers’ risk. Claims for damages.or errors must 
be made on receipt of goods. We cannot be held responsible for failure after 
delivery of goods in good condition. 
“Henry A. Dreer, Inc. gives no warranty, express or implied, as to the 
productiveness of any seeds or bulbs it sells and will not be in any 
way responsible for the crop. Our liability, in all instances, is limited 
to the purchase price of the seeds or bulbs.” 
Henry A. Dreer, Inc., 202 North 21st St., Philadelphia 3, Pa. 













Catananche ...... meet a= 14 
44 
34 
Catnip ere eereee eee 7e 
Caulifiower .... 62 
Celeriac 5 63 
Celery) 2. ceeeeeee 63 
Celery (Flavoring) 78 
Celery Cabbage .. . 62 
Gelosia 533 5-Seee ene 16 
Centaurea ..2...2 2220) 17-19 
Centranthus 20 
Cerastium: gerceee cee 
Chard, Swiss .. 
Charity) <2) aeeeeeeeee eee 
Cheddar Pink _.......... 24 
Cheiranthus)2 ees -nee 20 
[hGherry, Pie fees 27 
Cheryill 22 seeeeceeenee 78 
CDICOLY see eee 61 
China Pinks Wosesee see 24 
Chinzse Bellflower ...... 6 
Chinese Cabbage ........ 62 
Chinese Forget-Me-Not.. 22 
Chinese Houses ......... 21 
Chinese Woolfiower ..... 16 
Chives roe eee eee eee 78 
Christmas Cherry .....-. 44 
Chrysanthemum ........ 20 
Cineraria 
Cinquefoil 
Clarkia 
Clematis . 
Cleome . 
Climbing Pano ocodan os 52 
Clouds Grassaeyneeree ee 26 
Clover. see see) 2 ieee 160 
Cobaea) ete eseer eee eer 21 
Gockscomb) 23222222 eae 16 
(oft eeonaion 5545 9nbca55 26 
Colchicum\ Seeree eee eeee 58 
Coleus ...... 
Collards 
Collections, Flowers ..... 50 
Collections, Vegetables ... 78 
Columbine: ese eres 9 
Collinsiat eens eeceeerioe 21 
Goneflower) - {ei sateen 42 
Convolvulus ............: 31 
Coral’Bells ia eeeeeneree 27 
Coral Ploweres.-ceeeeue 15 
Coreopsis te -eieeieere 21 
Conandermeana ee eee 78 
Corn, Pop ..... =. 65 
Corn, Sweet - 64 
Corn Salad .. -. 65 
Cornflower ..... 17-19 
Cornflower Aster ........ 45 
Cosehettuces-eerene lmao ce 67 
COSMOS epee ee eeesipe 22 
Creeping Zinnia sea nigs 
Cressieern- ieee eee 65 
Cress, Rainbow Rock.... 12 
C@ressMROCK Renicseccmeme 65 
Cressi OWa ter iecccemie ones 65 
Crocus, Fall ... Eee oS 
CucumberPeere ee eee aes 65 
Cucumber Vine, Wild.... 25 
Cup and Saucer Vine.... 21 
Gupheat ee See 21 
Cupidis) Daxtac ars cpaicseis se 14 
Cyclameneee eee neeer 20 
Cynoglossum .......... 7, 22 
Cypress! Vines. medeceenis 22 
DB Datodil, Autumn .... 58 
Daffodil, Peruvian .... 57 
Dahlia Seed............. 23 
Dahlia Roots ......... 54-55 
Daisy, African .......... 12 
Daisy, Dahlborg ........ 4 
Daisy, English ........0. 13 
Daisy, Livingston ....... 31 
Daisy, Michelmas ....... 11 
Daisy Persian spares 42 
Daisy, Kingfisher ....... 26 
Daisys shasta ene eee 
Daisy, Swan River 
Daisy nan OKaren jet er 
Daisy, Transvaal 
Daisy. Yellow .. 
Dame’s Violet 




Dandelion Pere. sere 
Delphinium ......-....:. 
Delphinium, Annual. ..18-28 
Devil-in-the-Bush .-..-. 34 
Dianthuswe aces 24-20 
Dicentrag asa pe ide cere 24 
Dictamnus) jose see 24 
IGISCUSINer jer scart 25 
Digitalis) ever ee 25 
Dill. een Sek Beers OS 78 
Dimorphotheca ......... 25 
DolichOs#..o--v ek. eee eee 25 
Dusty Millers ........... 19 
Echinocystis .......... 
Echinops ; 
Echium-:....... 
Edible Soy-Bean 
Egg Plant .... 5S 
Elecampane ..........-.. 
ASN GIVOnae ~~ -)s 1 ered ciepeinmeenicls 66 
TIPeCrOn E>» csi c-eiteseee 25 
iNvUME 4A BAaGnosbondsaooso 25 
IWAN Saseqecs sa =- = 25 
POYNB WM <ile cle eee lal 25 
English Daisy ........... 13 
Eschscholtzia ........... 25 
Eschscholtzia, Bush ..... 28 
euphorbia tic he eer 26 
Evening Primrose ....... 34 
Evening-Scented Stock... 31 
FEairy MU IOS oP eis alatermneene 57 
Fairy Trumpet ........ 29 
Fairy Wallflower ........ 20 
Fairy Wings .... -. 30 
Fall Crocus .......... -. 58 
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_Layender 
False Indigo 
Felicia! 222-2: - 
inpernal psa an csqsongog 
Feverfew ... . 
Finnochio 
Rlapsmeeee 
Flame Flower 
Flame Nettle .... nab 
BEV S Waa sccgncmboncnouec. 
Florence Fennel ......... 
HIOSSERIOWEN: ser (rairel 
Flower Novelties ...... 
Flower of the Incas...... 
Flower Seed Collections. - 
lower, seedsiereceii 2 
Flowering Tobacco ...... 
Forget-Me-Not ........- 
Forget-Me-Not, Chinese. 2% 
Four O’Clocks ........-.- 3 
OxPlOve Ns peecle ee eae 
French Endive .......... 
Fringe Flower .......--. 


















Gaillardia ........... 
Galftonia. >. 03--.-+sens 
Garden Heliotrope ...... 
Garden Sorrel .......... 
GarliegSetsiP rere -lr-1 
Gay, Beathen =. s0o---- 
Gazaniumir er ercc -ieleatr 
Geraniinivey sees da enter 
Gerberaie tees cme picercets 
Giliale eee eee 
GHliflowenerre series. 
GJadiolusipperie csr ri 
Globe Amaranth ........ 
Globeflower ~.--.........- 
Globe Thistle ........... 2b 
GIOEIOSS bee aeelernsetegte tse) 
Gloxinia ..- 
Godetia ... 
Golden Afric 
Golden Ageratum . 
Golden Feather ......... 
Golden Flower of the Incas 4’ 
Golden Marguerite ...... y 
Gold Lutte ea. eee 
Gomphrena ..........-.- 
Gourds, Ornamental .... 
Grasses, Ornamental .... 
Grass) Pasture sees 
Grasse in kere eee attri 
GrassS6ed Frente ne 
Greek Valerian ......... 
Grevillewiiee seiner 
Gimbhowee pees eee eee 
Gypsophila .......-...-- 
, SN el oe ee eee 
Hardy Amaryllis...... 
Hardy Aster ... 
Hardy Candytuft 
Hardy Larkspur .. 
Hardy Lobelia .......... 
Hardy Plants ...... 
Hardy Sweet Pea........ 2 
Hardy Zinnia ........... 
Harebel Heer cee snes tse 
Hedge Mustard ......... 
Heleniums eeectetrei)-eeiee 
Helianthus cree tle i=)- 1 
Helichrysum ............ 
Heliopsisyeeee age ee 
Heliotropes escent 3 = 
Heliotrope, Garden ...... 
Helmet Flower .......... 
Hemerocallis 
Herbs) ieee nti ae 
HeSPeCLiS§ een = 
Heucheraee-e ae 
ERI DISCUS teste reer ete ls 
Hollyhocks . 
Honesty 
Horehound . 
Horseradish .... C 
Hunnemannia ........... 
Hyacinth Bean .......... 
Hyacinth, Summer ...... 
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Ngayk SodqcuctadyouD. 
Tee Plantie-tccteteis nee 
Iceland Poppy ...:...... 
gn diaPinks seems 
Indigo, False ..........- 
Pe lh al <celh —nelh—l —elh — l —el l = al oh lhl lh ll — dl ll l= dl 
IAN ENCE hbo so) ssonu Sano Ni 
POMOC Mier teeter dias M 
TSP ere ease roe x 
IGM SS bases sos cosds XM 
Jacob’s Ladder ........ 
Jewel Flower .... - 
Jewel of the Veldt. 
Job’s Tears .. 
Joseph’s Goat 
Johnny Jump-Ups 
Kale soubor anegoso7ed0 
Kenilworth Ivy 
Kingfisher Daisy 
FeGchia Pierce lee atete miele) = 
Kohl-Rabiteescepeetssrie 
Lied Slippers tcicisciei)-te 
HENCE One Sano pooon 
Barkspureee eee cee 
Lathyrus 
Lavatera 
Lavandula .. 
Lavender Catmint 
Lavender, Sea-......:... 
Lawn Grasses .. 
1B) BOBSSaSbo2 50 
Lemon Day Lily.. 20 
Leptosiphon ............ 2¢ 
Leptosyne .....:... 
98 The Special Dreer Order Blank is for your convenience, it requires no postage. 
