. Dreer's garden book : 1905. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. LOWER SEED DEPARTMENT. We give close attenlion tu ihis Utpartmeiu, which is pioL)al)ly tlie largest in quaatily and variety in tins cuuiury. Our constant aim is to secure the very best strains obtainable, both of home and foreign growth, and we spare no puins or expense with this object in view. Our strains of Asters, Carnations, Cineraria, Pansy, Petunia Primula Veibena etc., are grown by the leading private g
. Dreer's garden book : 1905. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. LOWER SEED DEPARTMENT. We give close attenlion tu ihis Utpartmeiu, which is pioL)al)ly tlie largest in quaatily and variety in tins cuuiury. Our constant aim is to secure the very best strains obtainable, both of home and foreign growth, and we spare no puins or expense with this object in view. Our strains of Asters, Carnations, Cineraria, Pansy, Petunia Primula Veibena etc., are grown by the leading private gardeners and commercial florists of the' United States and Canada, and are acknowledged to be superior in all respects. Success with Flower Seeds. We are convinced that many of the failures with flower seeds are due to lack of proper conditions; and while it would be iippossible in the space at our dis- posal in this catalogue to give explicit directions for each and every variety which we offer (but which is given on each packet of flower seeds we sell), we feel sure that if the general directions given below are followed that success will be the rule. l"hese directions, we may say, are written for the latitude of Phila- delphia. Customers living in other sections can readily adapt them to their localities. For all (lower seels which should be indoors, and this includes m\ay of our best and brightest summer flowers, includ- ing Heliotrope, Celodr, Lobelia, Salvia, Vinca, Verbena, etc., the bsit plan is to sow .vare seed pans, house frame-â see offer at foot of page âr: boxes (about 2 in ches deep), which should be filled to the depth of an inch with broken pits, coal a^hes, or any rough m iterial that will furnish perfect drainage. The upper inch should be nicely sifted soil, composed, if possi ble, of about oae-third each sand, leaf mould and light garden Press firai and evenly, and water thoroughly the day be- f)re SDwing. So at the seels
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