. Dreer's 1897 autumn catalogue : bulbs, plants, seeds &c. Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. ESTABLISHED 1838. INCORPORATED 1893. ^iDREER'SiS- AUTUMN * CATALOGUE OIF BUhBS, SEEDS, PhflfiTS, Etc., TO the lover of flowers, there is no class of plants so much prized as those which are produced from bulbs. The reason is easily found, because within the bulbs are stored all the future glory of leaves and flowers, only requiring the simplest culture to develop them in their highest
. Dreer's 1897 autumn catalogue : bulbs, plants, seeds &c. Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. ESTABLISHED 1838. INCORPORATED 1893. ^iDREER'SiS- AUTUMN * CATALOGUE OIF BUhBS, SEEDS, PhflfiTS, Etc., TO the lover of flowers, there is no class of plants so much prized as those which are produced from bulbs. The reason is easily found, because within the bulbs are stored all the future glory of leaves and flowers, only requiring the simplest culture to develop them in their highest perfection. Success is therefore the rule, and to the many amateurs who year after year give much of their time and attention to the cultivation of various plants with little success, our advice is, TRY SOME BULBS. Another reason why bulbs are prized so highly is that a large number of them pro- duce their flowers in very early spring, when the rest of Nature is asleep. Then it is that a clump of Snowdrops, Scillas, or Chinodoxas impart to the garden an air of warmth and cheer that cannot be accomplished in any other way. Following these modest flowers come the showier Crocus, Narcissus, Hyacinths, Tulips, Iris, etc., etc., in all their dazzling colors, keeping up a con tinuous display well into the summer. With no other material can be secured such a wealth of charming flowers of infinite va- riety of form and coloring, with so little trouble and at so small an outlay. TIHE OF PLANTING. To the beginner, we would particularly emphasize the fact that now and not spring-time is the time to plant all kinds of spring flowering bulbs. The larger part of the bulbs offered in this cata- logue reach us from Holland early in September, and the sooner they are planted after that the greater will be the measure of suc- cess; therefore, ORDER EARLY, Plant ill Open Ground. As a general rule the bulbs should be planted in October or November, so that the roots may make a good growth before t
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