DREER'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF BULBS, ETC 47 



BASS, MATS, TOOLS, ETC. 



Cuba Bass and RofFea, for tying up plants and vines, budding, etc per lb. GO and 75 



Mats (Russian Bass), for tying, etc., second-band, first quality. ..30 cts. each, per doz. $3 00 



Mats " for covering hot-beds " second " 20 " " 2 00 



Sphagnum Moss for packing plants ; also used for growing Orchids..per bbl. of 5 bush. 2 00 



Jersey Peat for potting house-plants (to be mixed with the soil) per bbl. 2 50 



Savnor's Pruning Knives, various patterns and sizes each, §1 2.3 to 2 00 



" Budding " " " " each, 1 25 to 1 f.fl 



ETaH&Son and other makers' Pruning Knives, various patterns and sizes, each. 50 to 1 00 



Budding " " " each, 1 00 to 1 5u 

 West Chester Hand-Pruning Shears, made of the best material, can be used for 



cutting oft good-sized branches 1 75 



Hand-Prunina: Shears, of different sizes, for pruning Fruit Trees, Grape- Vines, 



etc 1 00 to 3 00 



Hand-Pruning Shears, sliding cut 'cuts as clean as a knife* 2 00 to 3 50 



Pruning Saws, 14, 16 and 22 inches long 1 00,1 25 and 1 75 



Water's Improved Tree Pruner, with pole and wire attachment for cuttinc, 6, 8 and 



10 feet poles 3 00, 3 25 and 3 50 



Pole Pruning Shears (Averancator), for poles and cord from 2 50 to 7 00 



Long-Handled Lopping Shears, for pruning Tree.-, etc from 2 50 to 5 00 



BOOKS ON WINDOW-GARDENING, GREENHOUSE, ETC, 



"Will be mailed free on receipt of price. 



Gardener's Dictionary (G. W. Johnson :, an excellent English work, giving the Botanical 



Names, their origin, etc $3 50 



Lenchar's How to Build and Ventilate Hot-Houses 1 50 



Rands Flowers for the Parlor and Garden 2 50 



(i Hardy and Tender Bulbs 1 50 



" "Window Gardener 1 00 



Randolph's Parlor Gardener 1 00 



Robinson's Sub-Tropical Garden, English work 4 50 



Song Bird Fancier (Dreer's: 25 



Window Gardening H. T. Williams), Elegantly Illustrated . 1 50 



William's (B. S.) Choice Stove and Greenhouse' Plants, 2 vols., English works 



" " Orchid Growers' Manual, English work 2 50 



" " Select Ferns and Lycopods, English work 2 50 



For other books, seeBreer's Garden Calendar, which will be mailed to all applicant*. 



SPRING GROVE NURSERIES AND SEED FARM, 



RIVERTON, N. J. 



We invite our friends to visit our establishment located as above. Riverton is one of the 

 most delightful and attractive suburban towns near Philadelphia. Situated on the Dela- 

 ware River, 30 minutes ride from the wharf, and of easy access by hourly trains on th£ 

 Camden and Amboy Division of Pennsylvania R. R., from Market Street Ferry, also (with 

 exception of the winter months by two first-class steamboats, which leave Chestnut 

 Wharf, and touch at Riverton four times daily. Our grounds are within five minutes' 

 walk of the Railroad Station or Steamboat Landing. 



0TTE PLANT DEPARTMENT 



Contains one of the largest and finest selections of plants in the country. Direct corre- 

 spondence with the leading houses in Europe enables us to import every novelty as it 

 appears. Especial attention is paid to the introduction of the best new varieties of 



ROSES, FUCHSIAS, GERANIUMS, GLADIOLUS, Etc., Etc. 



Nearly fifty acres are devoted to the growing of the hardier kinds of Shrubs, Rose-. 

 Dahlias, Bulbs, and Flower Seeds; and upwards of 50,000 square feet (Sglcs:^ are em] 

 in the propagation and cultivation of choice Exotics and plants suitable for the decoration 

 of the house or garden. 



THE SEED AND TRIAL GS0TJNDS 



Are under the care of an experienced gardener. Every new variety of vegetable is fully 

 tested, and all new and choice varieties grown with great care for seed, thus insurii 

 customers at all times from loss by spurious or defective seeds. In short, every efiort is 

 made on our part in the sending out 'of Seeds. Plants, Bulbs, etc., in the character of the 

 article sent, as well as in packing, to insure our customers against loss. 



