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FERTILIZERS 



Dreer's Peerless Plant Food. A fertilizer for house 

 Plants that is made to our specifications, one that 

 you can use to advantage in your greenhouses or 

 offer to your customers with the assurance that you 

 are dealing with a properly balanced plant ration. 

 % lb., 15 cts.; per dozen packages, $1.00; per lb., 25 

 ets.; per dozen packages, $1.50; 25 lbs., bulk, $1.75; 

 50 lbs., $2.50; 100 lbs., $4.50; 500 lbs., $20.00. 



Aluminum Sulphate. The proper material for creating 

 soil acidity in the growing of rhododendrons, azaleas, 

 etc. 25 lbs., $1.00; 50 lbs., $2.00; 100 lbs., $3.50. 



Ashes Canadian. Hardwood. 25 lbs., $1.00; 50 lbs., 

 ^$1.50; 100 lbs., $2.50; 1000 lbs., $18.50; per ton, $35.00. 



Blood Meal. 15% Ammonia. 25 lbs., $1.50; 50 lbs., 

 $2.50; 100 lbs., $4.50; 500 lbs., $18.50. 



Bone Flour. Very finely pulverized. 25 lbs., $1.00; 50 

 lbs., $1.75; 100 lbs., $3.00; 500 lbs., $13.50; 1000 lbs., 

 $25.00; ton, $47.50 

 Bone Meal. Pure Raw Bone. 25 lbs., $1.00; 50 lbs., 

 $1.75; 100 lbs., $3.00; 500 lbs., $13.50; 1000 lbs., $25.00; 

 ton, $47.50. 



Is just plain Cow manure from which 

 all moisture has been removed 

 immediately after the manure has 



Ubeen taken from the barns. 

 As the result of careful experiments 

 at our Nursery, upon potted and 

 field grown plants as well, and 

 upon lawns, we are convinced that 

 Bovung is superior to any similar fertilizer. 

 The plant food in Bovung is quickly available and 

 being an organic fertilizer it will improve the soil 

 itself. 

 Bovnng is entirely free of dirt and live weed seeds. 

 5 lbs., 25 cts.; one dozen 5 lb. packages, $2.50; 10 lbs., 

 40 cts.; one dozen 10 lb. packages, $4.25; 25 lbs., 

 85 cts.; 50 lbs., $1.35; 100 lbs., $2.50; 500 lbs., $11.25; 

 1000 lbs., $20.00; ton, $37.50. 



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organic 

 fertilizer 



Clay's Fertilizer. Imported. Per bag of 28 lbs., $3.00; 

 56 lbs., $5.00; 112 lbs., $9.50. 



Horn and Bone Shavings. 25 lbs., $1.75; 100 lbs., $5.00. 



Hyper Humus. 100 lbs., $1.75; 500 lbs., $8.00; 1000 lbs., 

 $13.00; ton, $22.50. 

 Special prices on carload shipments. 



Lime. "Very finely pulverized. Hydrated. 50 lbs., 65 

 cts.; 100 lbs., $1.00; 500 lbs., $4.50; ton, $16.00. 



Limestone. Pulverized. For correcting soils that are 

 sour or acid. 50 lbs., 50 cts.; 100 lbs., 85 cts.; 500 

 lbs., $4.00; 1000 lbs., $7.00; ton, $13.00. 



Loma. A scientifically prepared plant food, rich in 

 nitrogen, potash and phosphates. 25 lbs., $1.50; 

 $2.50 per 50 lbs.; 100 lbs., $4.00. 



Muriate of Potash, German. Very high in potash. 10 

 lbs., 75 cts.; 25 lbs., $1.25; 50 lbs., $2.50; 100 lbs., 

 $4.00; 1000 lbs., $35.00; ton, $65.00. 



Nitrate of Soda. 25 lbs., $1.00; 100 lbs., $3.00. Larger 

 quantities prices upon application. 



Plantabbs. The fertilizer in tablet form, for the feed- 

 ing of all sorts of potted plants. Package of 30 tab- 

 lets, 25 cts.; one dozen packages, $2.0O; 75 tablets, 

 50 cts.; one dozen packages, $4.00; 200 tablets, $1.00; 

 one dozen packages, $S.OO. 



Sheep Manure (Wizard Brand). 100 lbs., $2.75; 500 

 lbs., $13.00; 1000 lbs., $24.00; 2000 lbs., $45.00. 



Soot. Imported Scotch. Bag of 25 lbs., $1.25; 50 lbs.. 

 $2.25 100 lbs., $3.50. 



Tankage. 7% Ammonia. 25 lbs., $1.25; 50 lbs., $2.25; 

 100 lbs., $3.50; 500 lbs., $15.00. 



Tobacco Stems, Uncut. Per bale of about 100 lbs., 

 $2.00; 500 lbs., $S.75; 1000 lbs., $12.00; per ton, $21.50. 



Ground Tobacco Stems. 100 lbs., $2.50; 500 lbs., $10.00; 

 1000 lbs., $18.50; per ton, $35.00. 



Vigoro. A specially prepared food for lawns, flower 

 gardens, shrubbery, trees, etc. $1.50 per 25 lbs.; 50 

 lbs., $2.50; $4.00 per 100 lbs. 



Peat Moss. The addition of one part of peat moss to two parts of soil produces a most satisfactory 

 medium for the rooting of cuttings. As a mulch it has no equal and should be used generously in 

 setting out azaleas, rhododendron, etc. Per bale, $2.75; 5 bales, at $2.50 per bale; 10 bales, per bale. $2 25 



CONDITIONS OF SALE 



PARCEL POST- — We will be pleased to send such items 

 as can be mailed by Parcel Post if customers will re- 

 mit for postage. We do not deliver any goods free 

 at Wholesale prices. 



PRICES — This list cancels all previous offers. The 

 prices quoted in this list are net, and subject to no 

 discounts. Plants offered in our Retail Catalogue 

 and not offered in this list will be supplied to flor- 

 ists at retail prices less a discount of 33%% excepting 

 small fruits, on which the discount is 20%. 



TERMS OF BUSINESS — Unknown correspondents de- 

 siring to open an account will please furnish three 

 references to parties in the trade with whom they 

 have had credit relations, and sufficient time to in- 

 vestigate otherwise cash much accompany order. 



Remittances should be made by Post-Office Money 

 Orders, Drafts on New York or Philadlphia Banks, 

 or Express Money Orders, in amount sufficient to 

 cover the complete order. Where it is not possible 

 to obtain these, the letter should be registered. We 

 cannot guarantee receipt of money sent in any other 

 way. WE DECLINE SENDING GOODS C. O. D. 



PATENTED PLANTS — All patented plants offered in 

 this catalogue are sold by us under License from 

 the Patent owners, and it is understood and agreed 

 to by the purchaser that they are for resale at re- 

 tail only. The asexual reproduction of patented 

 plants is reserved by the Patentees, and is strictly 

 prohibited under the provision of the Plant Patent 

 Act. 



CANADIAN SHIPMENTS — All goods are sent by Mail, 

 Express or Freight, purchaser paying all charges. 

 Patrons who wish to purchase Plants and Bulbs 

 must secure a permit from the Department of Agri- 

 culture, Ottawa. 



All goods are offered subject to crop failures, 

 shortages or other causes beyond our control and 

 to being unsold on receipt of order, and we reserve 

 the right to advance prices without notice. 



No charge is made for boxes or packing, nor for 

 delivery to Freight Depots or Express Offices in 

 Philadelphia. 



In filling out your order always give Shipping Di- 

 rections, and write Name and Address Distinctly 

 on each and every order. 



SHLPPING — It is customary for our patrons to re- 

 ceive their orders from us in perfect condition, but 

 all shipments are made at purchaser's risk, our re- 

 sponsibility ceasing after we deliver the goods In 

 good order to transportation company. Claims for 

 shortages, etc., must be made within 5 days of re- 

 ceipt of goods. 



NON-W ARRANT Y — Henry A. Dreer* Inc., gives no 

 warranty, express or implied, as to description, 

 quality, productiveness or any other matter, of any 

 Seeds, Bulbs, or Plants they sell, and will not be in 

 any way responsible for the crop. If the purchaser 

 does not accept the goods on these terms, they are 

 at once to be returned. 



JANUARY, 1934. 



CONTENTS 



Begonia Bulbs 35 



Boxwood 45 



Bulbs, Tubers, and Roots 34-43 



Cannas 37 



Chrysanthemum 51 



Clover Seed Back Cover 



Dahlias 40-43 



Ferns 48 



Fertilizers 64 



Flower Seeds 1-33 



Grass Seed Back Cover 



Greenhouse Plants 44-49 



Hydrangeas 60 



Insecticides Third Cover 



Lilies 36 



Palms 49 



Roses 52, 53 



Succulents 47 



Sundries 58-64 



Vegetable Seeds 54-57 



A complete list of Hardy Perennial Plants, Hardy 

 Vines, and Hardy Shrubs will appear in our Wholesale 

 Catalogue to be issued about March 15. Until that 

 time the prices quoted in Dreer's Wholesale Price List 

 for Florists, Autumn, 1933, will prevail for these. 



