Dreer's 1838 1908 garden book Dreer's 1838 1908 garden book dreers18381908ga1908henr Year: 1908 1 This department divides itself naturally into two divi- sions, ist.âSummer Flowering Bulbs. 2d.âSpring Flowering Bulbs. The first division comprises such important articles as Begonias, Caladiums, Gloxinias, Gladiolus, Ismenes, Montbretias, Tigridias, Tuberoses and a host of others of less importance. Most of these have been wonderfully improved since this business was founded seventy years ago. The present state to which, for example, ias, Gloxinias and Gladiolus have been brought under the ski
Dreer's 1838 1908 garden book Dreer's 1838 1908 garden book dreers18381908ga1908henr Year: 1908 1 This department divides itself naturally into two divi- sions, ist.âSummer Flowering Bulbs. 2d.âSpring Flowering Bulbs. The first division comprises such important articles as Begonias, Caladiums, Gloxinias, Gladiolus, Ismenes, Montbretias, Tigridias, Tuberoses and a host of others of less importance. Most of these have been wonderfully improved since this business was founded seventy years ago. The present state to which, for example, ias, Gloxinias and Gladiolus have been brought under the skillful hands of the hybridizers being simply marvelous. This, as a matter of course, has augmented the sales until now thou- sands are sold annually where dozens were sold half a century ago, and hundreds a score of years back. Large quantities of these are grown at our own Nurseries, while others are specially grown for us by experts. f 7f7f/ in Store during the Fall Bulb Season View in Cellar of Store where many Bulbs are kept Great as have been the strides in the development and distribution of the Summer Flowering Bulbs, it is nothing to be compared to the now enormous proportions to which the business in Spring Flowering Bulbs has attained. This class, which numbers among its members such popular subjects as Hya- cinths, Tulips, Narcissus or Daffodils, Crocus, Jonquils, Lily of the Valley, ' f; 1 : .'â¢â '^''iij^ Iris, Snowdrops, etc., are for the most ' â ' ond Columbus, Ohio, or almost from Boston to Richmond, Va. This large and ever increasing growth in this class of Bulbs could not be maintained if we did not strive to send out good stock. Our supplies are drawn from the the best sources, many of them from growers wl have been sending us Bulbs for almost half a century, and careful tests are made annually of many new varieties, which offered if they prove to be worth the high price which nov- elties in Bulbs usually command. Out Tulipsplanticim the famous Sunke
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