It is our sorrowful duty to announce to our friends and patrons 

 tJie decease of MEXRT ^. DRIVER on December S2d, 1873. 



TJie Seed and JPlant business will be carried on under the iianie 

 of Sennj A.. Dreer by his son, William F. Dreer, and his nepJieu-, 

 William S. Stnith, wiho have been associated with him for many 

 years. 



We solicit the patronage of our "kind friends and -customers. 

 All orders shall receive the same prompt attention as hrrefof)rc. 

 » MART DREER. 



Philadelphia, January 1, 1874. 



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SEED FARM, 

 RIVERTON, N. J. 



WE invite our friends to visit our establishment located as above, 

 Riverton is one of the ftiost delightful and attractive suburban 

 towns near Philadelphia. Situated on the Delaware River, about 8 miles 

 above the city, and of easy access by hourly trains on the Camden & Amboy 

 Division of Pennsylvania R. R., from Market Street Ferry, also (with ex- 

 ception of the winter months) by two first-class steamboats, which touch at 

 Riverton four times daily. Our. grounds are within five minutes' walk of 

 the R. R. Station or S. B. Landing. 



OUR PLANT DEPARTMENT 



contains one «f the largest and finest selections of plants in the country. 

 Direct correspondence with the leading houses in Europe enables us to im- 

 port every novelty as it appears. Especial attention is paid to the intro- 

 duction of the best new varieties of 



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

 Nearly 50 acres are devoted to the growing of the more hardier kinds of 

 Shrubs, Roses, Dahlias, Bulbs, and Flower Seeds, and upwards of 30,000 

 square feet of glass are employed in the propagation and cultivation of 

 choice Exotics and plants suitable for the decoration of the hoHse or garden. 



THE SEED AND TRIAL GROUNDS 



are under the care of an experienced gardener. Every new variety of vege- 

 table is fully tested, and all new and choice varieties grown with great care for 

 seed, thus insuring our customers at all times from loss by spurious or de- 

 fective eeeds. In short, every efi'ort is made on our part in the sending out 

 ' ^f Seeds, Plants, Bulbs, etc., in the character of the article sent, as well as 

 packing, to insure our cvjstomers against loss. 



