. Dreer's 1838 1908 garden book. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. is valuable only for the lessons it teaches. Its History records must mark either progression or retro- ^ gression. There can be no standing still. Espe- cially is this true in the Seed, Bulb and Plant trade where a successful continuance is dependent wholly upon intelligent and persistent efforts toward betterment of sorts by selection and toward improvement in methods of cultivation and distribution. In pr
. Dreer's 1838 1908 garden book. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. is valuable only for the lessons it teaches. Its History records must mark either progression or retro- ^ gression. There can be no standing still. Espe- cially is this true in the Seed, Bulb and Plant trade where a successful continuance is dependent wholly upon intelligent and persistent efforts toward betterment of sorts by selection and toward improvement in methods of cultivation and distribution. In presenting, then, this brief history of seventy years' success- ful achievement, the house of Henry A. Dreer, Inc., seeks not only to give an interesting record of events but to impress upon its patrons the adherence to high aims and purposes which has made possible its present eminence in the trade. For a business house to live through 70 years is something. In all the hundreds of business houses which to-day line Chestnut Street, in Philadelphia, Henry A. Dreer, Inc., is the only one which had exist- ence in 1838. But to grow from small beginnings into a vast organ- ization which reaches into all parts of the world and supplies Veg- etable, Flower and Grass Seeds, Bulbs and Plants to thousands of planters is much more. Such is the development of the venture which Henry A. Dreer established in partnership with Henry Hirst in Philadelphia in 1838. The first store was established at 97 Chestnut Street, next door to the Bank of North America, which is the oldest banking institution in the country. Mr. Hirst's connection with the project was very brief, less than two years. ;sis »^ PIII?..4I>:. THE FOUNDER HENRY A. DREER Born. Philadelphia, 1818 Died, Philadelphia, 1873 Thoxsdky, Septeuebcr 36,1830. A rara traat m the way of an a^hij)ition or flowers, has bten provided for, o,ur citizens at |.he saloone of the ftlessrs. Parkinson, it! Chesnut street, opposite ihe
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