Plant, Root and Bulb Department 



li^=- PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE ORDERING PLANTS, ROOTS OR BULBS 



TIME OF SHIPMENT. -All plants, whether the stock is 

 seasonable or not, are forwarded as soon after receipt of the order 

 as possible. Many of our customers who have facilities for their 

 care, purposely order plants out of season so as to have them on 

 hand when planting conditions are favorable. As we do not know 

 whether you have such facilities, you should specify on the order 

 when you want shipment made, if you do not wish them at once. 



RESERVATION OF PLANTS FOR PLANTING 



TIME.— While we try as far as possible to reserve plants on 

 orders placed in advance, to be sent at planting time, it must be 

 borne in mind that plants are highly perishable, and cannot be 

 packed and stored for future shipment like most other kinds of 

 merchandise. Weather conditions frequently interfere with mak- 

 ing such reservations at the time the order is received, and when 

 Spring opens there is usually such a congestion of orders for 

 immediate shipment that it is impossible to make reservations. 

 Customers may rely on us doing our utmost in making reserva- 

 tions, but if we fail we assume no responsibility, and all advance 

 orders are accepted on these conditions only. 



SAFE ARRIVAL GUARANTEED. -We guarantee the 

 safe arrival of all goods sent by express or mail to points within 

 the U. S. proper. If a package sent by express or mail is injured or 

 lost we will replace it as soon as informed of the fact. Goods sent 

 in any other way are solely at purchaser's risk. Claims for damages 

 must be made on receipt of goods. We do not hold ourselves re- 

 sponsible for failure after delivery of the goods in good condition. 



SHIPMENT BY STEAMBOAT. -Fast Imes of .steamboats 

 connect Philadelphia with Baltimore, Boston, Jacksonville, Miami 

 and Savannah. This forms a convenient, cheap and safe method 

 of transportation, except during severe cold weather. 



PLANTS BY RAILROAD FREIGHT. -Shrubs, Hedge 

 Plants and other dormant stock can be forwarded safely by fast 

 freight lines, even to distant points. 



PACKING.— We make no charge for boxes or packing on 

 Express, Freight or steamboat shipments. The extra labor of 

 packing Parcel Post shipments is included in the additional 5, 10 

 and 15 per cent, cost noted in the next column. 



HOW WE SHIP. -All Plants, Roots and Bulbs are forwarded 

 by Express, purchaser paying charges. For those of our customers 

 who prefer to receive their goods by Parcel Post, we will be pleased 

 to forward in this manner such Plants, Roots and Bulbs as can be 

 sent in this way at the following additional cost, to cover postage 

 and special packing, which must be added to the value of each 

 order for Plants, Roots or Bulbs: 



5 per cent, additional to the following States: . 



Connecticut, New York, 



Delaware, Pennsylvania, 



District of Columbia, Rhode Island, 



Maryland, Vermont, 



Massachusetts, Virginia, 



New Hampshire, West Virginia. 

 New Jersey, 



10 per cent, additional to the following States: 



Alabama, Mississippi, 



Arkansas, Missouri, 



Florida, Nebraska, 



Georgia, North Carolina, 



Illinois, North Dakota, 



Indiana, Ohio, 



Iowa, Oklahoma, 



Kansas, South Carolina, 



Kentucky, South Dakota, 



Louisiana, Tennessee, 



Maine, Texas, 



Michigan, Wisconsin. 

 Minnesota, 



15 per cent, additional to the following States: 



Arizona, New Mexico, 



California, Oregon, 



Colorado, Utah, 



Idaho, Washington, 



Montana, Wyoming. ■ 

 Nevada, 



We recommend our customers to have their orders forwarded 

 by express, as our experience shows that this method is usuaUy 

 the most satisfactory, except on small packages. 



Specialities in the Plant and Bulb Department 



We call special attention to the following Plants and Bulbs described on the succeeding pages of this book: 



Dreer's Garden Chrysanthemums, illustrated in colors on page 161, will give color in the garden at a time when other plants 

 have been destroyed by frost. 



The Primulinus Hybrid Gladiolus, illustrated in color on page 160, if planted at different periods will furnish most desirable 

 flowers for house decoration during the summer. 



The Dreer Dozen and the Gold Medal Dozen of Hardy Everblooming Hybrid Tea Roses, described on pages 132 and 

 133, all of them well tried varieties, have been especially selected for the novice who is not familiar with many varieties and who would 

 feel puzzled in making a selection from a long list of sorts. 



On pages 121 to 126 we describe the choicest selection of New Roses that has yet been offered; the best recent introductions of 

 the Rose World's most noted specialists. 



Six New Climbing Roses of outstanding merit are described and illustrated on page 134; among these we especially recommend 

 Chaplin's Pink Climber, a variety that originated in the same nursery that gave us the popular Paul's Scarlet Climber to which it is 

 similar except in color, a rich lively pink. Primrose of French origin is the first real hardy yellow climber, but most important of all is 

 "The New Dawn," an everblooming sport of the universally acknowledged best climber "Dr. Van Fleet", with which it is identical 

 in every way excepting that it is a real perpetual bloomer, it flowering continuously throughout the summer and fall months. The origi- 

 nators of this variety have applied for a patent for it under the new natent law, by which they will control the rights of its propagation 

 for a period of years. We believe this is the first Rose perhaps the first plant for which such application has been made. 



Clematis Montana Undulata, illustrated in colors on page 199, will we are certain prove a most valuable addition to our list of 

 hardy climbing vines. 



The New Golden Marguerite and the older though not sufficiently known Blue Japanese Speedwell "Veronica Longi- 

 folia Subsessilis, ' ' illustrated on page 198, will prove welcome in any garden. 



Among bulbs the New Giant Montbretias, described on page 157 will furnish most acceptable graceful flowers for cutting during 

 the summer months. (117) 



