Directions to Customers 



Order Early — We suggest that you send us your order as early as convenient. 

 Please keep a copy of the order with which to check the goods when received. 



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. 



Cash With Order — Remit by Post OfSce 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 and special packing as explained below. We decline sending 

 goods C. O. D. (Collect on Delivery). 



Packinti — No charge is made for boxes or packing on e.xpress or freight shipments 

 nor for delivery to freight depot or express office in Philadelphia. The extra 

 cost of "special packing" for parcel post shipments of plants and roots is included 

 in the charges noted below. 



"Prepaid" and "Not Prepaid" Shipments in the 

 U. S. A. and Possessions 



(For Canada and Foreign, see below) 



Seeds Sent "Prepaid" — .\11 Vegetable Seeds, Flower Seeds, and Lawn Grass 

 Mixtures are sent "Prepaid" to any Post Office in the United States or its 

 possessions, or at our option by Express or Freight Prepaid. Customer bears 

 the cost of transportation on all other articles quoted "Not Prepaid." 



Plants, Roots, and Bulbs Forwarded "Not Prepaid" — All Plants, Roots, 

 and Bulbs are forwarded "Not Prepaid" by E.xpress which means that the cus- 

 tomer pays the cost of transportation. Goods that can be sent by Parcel Post 

 as noted in the catalog will be mailtd if you add to your remittance for postage 

 and special packing: 



10% of their value, east of the Mississippi 

 15% of their value, west of the Mississippi 

 Minimum charge 10c 

 We recommend to our customers to have their Plants, Roots, and Bulbs for- 

 warded by Express as our experience shows that this method is usually the 

 most satisfactory, except on small packages. 



Sundries — Sundries, except where quocec "Postf)ald," are sent either by express or 

 freight the purchaser pa>"ing transportation charges. Shipments by express offer 

 the safest and quickest method of transportation but they are also more expensive 

 than freight. If undivided you may safily leave the method of transportation to 

 our judgment, otherwise please state on your order whether they are wanted by 

 express or freight. 



Local Delivery — There is no charge for delivery of goods in Philadelphia and 

 immediate suburbs. 



Shipment by Steamboat— Fast lines of Steamship connect Philadelphia with 

 Baltimore, Boston, Jacksonville, Miami, and Savannah. This forms a con- 

 venient, cheap, and safe method of transportation for heavy goods except during 

 severely cold weather. 



Plants by Railroad Freight — Shrubs, Hedge Plants, and other dormant stock 

 can be fonvarded by fast freight even to distant points. 



Canadian Shipments 



Flower Seeds are sent "Prepaid " The complicated regulations concerning the 

 importation of Vegetable Seeds from the United States into Canada force us, 

 much to our regret, to decline all orders of Vegetable Seeds to be sent into Canada. 

 All other goods are sent "Not Prepaid" by Express or Freight purchaser paying 

 all transportation charges as well as customs duties. Patrons who wish to pur- 

 chase Plants or Bulbs must first secure a permit from the Department of Agri- 

 culture, Ottawa. If mailable Plants, Roots, and Bulbs are wanted by Parcel 

 Post add 20% of their value to your remittance to cover postage and special 

 packing. Minimum charge 10c. Remittances from Canada must be made in 

 U. S. funds. 



Foreign Shipments 



Foreign Customers will please remit in U. S. Funds. Flower Seeds and Vegetable 

 Seeds quoted "Prepaid" (e.xcept Beans, Peas, and Corn) will be prepaid for 

 regulair postage but transit and surcharges as well as any costs for Consular 

 invoices or clearance papers are to be in iuded in the remittance. All other goods 

 are forivarded "Not Prepaid." If mailable Roots, Plants, and Bulbs are wanted 

 by Parcel Post add 25% of their value to your remittance to cover postage and 

 si>ecial packing. Minimum charge 10c Customs duties cannot be prepaid. 



Time of Shipment — All Seeds, Dormant Roots and 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. Roses and all TIardy Plants for the garden 

 (Perennials, Shrubs, Hardy \'ines, etc.) will be shipped at proper planting season 

 unless otiierwise specified on the order sheet. 

 Safe Arrival of Packages — We guarantee safe arrival of all goods sent by express 

 ■ or mail to any point within the United States proper. If such packages are 

 injured or lost we will replace tliem 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. 



Non-Weu-ranty 



We give no warranty, expressed or implied, as to description, quality, or productive- 

 ness of any of the seeds, bulbs, or plants we send out and will not in any way 

 be responsible for the crop, and every order for articles purchased from this cata- 

 log wiQ be accepted'on these conditions only. 



Correspondence — Your inquiries will have our prompt attention but we ask that 

 all questions be stated clearly and briefly. Give them on a piece of paper separate 

 from the order sheet and always add yoiu" full njme and address to each. 



Henry A. Dreer, 1306 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Dreer's 



NOVELTIES 



and 



SPECIALTIES 



for 



1935 



The gre.it interest in new and improved varieties 

 manifested by American gardeners throughout the 

 country prompts us to present to you this special 

 catalog of Novelties and Specialties for 1935. 



In order that one may have a well divMsified 

 garden it is a<lvisable to combine novelties with 

 the best of the standard varieties, and the specialties 

 which we have included in this catalog will serve 

 this purpose exceptionally well. 



It is our hope that the gardeners who receive this 

 special catalog will find it of value in planning their 

 gardens. Anyone interested in Dreer's Garden 

 Book for 1935— oiur complete 200 page catalog — 

 is welcome to write for a free copy. 



The development of new plants from seed is a 

 slow and tedious process depending upon careful 

 cross pollination and selection. Occasionally nature 

 presents us with a worth-while sport of her own. 

 Usually it takes a number of years before a new 

 type has been worked up properly so that it will 

 come true to form. In the case of plants propa- 

 gated vcgetatively by divisions or cuttings con- 

 siderable time is required before sufficient stock 

 ran be grown to supply the demand. 



The prices of novelties must necessarily be 

 higher than those of old standard varieties but for 

 the little extra cost the gardener will have the 

 finest and latest because novelties offered by 

 reputable houses are not merely different from 

 others but represent a marked and desirable im- 

 I>rovement in one or more ways. 



We believe that the novelties offered in this 

 catalog represent the best that have been originated 

 for this year's introduction. The new Rust Proof 

 Snapdragons are bound to appeal to all gardeners, 

 particularly those who heretofore have found the 

 growing of this showy flower difficult on account 

 of the prevalence of the rust disease. Other new 

 flowers that deserve your special attention this 

 year are the new Sunshine Asters offered in sepa- 

 rate colors. Also Orange Shaggy Calendula. Korean 

 Hybrid and Riverton Seedling Chrysanthemums, 

 Early Orange Flare Cosmos, Scarlet Gleam and 

 Glorious Gleam Hybrid Nasturtiums, Dwarf 

 Alpine Mixed Sweet William, Early-Flowering 

 Tithonia, and the beautiful Chrysanthemum- 

 Flowered Fantasy Mixed Zinnias. 



Among the hardy plants the New Dwarf Hybrid 

 Border Asters pictured and offered on the front 

 cover have special value because of their late 

 blooming season and compact habit. They are 

 splendid for beds, bor;Ier=. and for rock garden 

 planting. The thret mw Roses offered on page 

 24 have our full endorsemont and we feel confident 

 that you will find them of exceptional merit. 



You may rest assured that we carefully gu ird 

 the quality of our see is, bulbs, and plai ts and 

 that we endeavor to supply you with tne best 

 strains, be it novelties, specialties or the old 

 standard varieties. 



HENRY A. DREER 



