. Dreer's garden calendar for 1888. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. 1838. DREER'S 1888, -^Kolden^AniiiYeTsary.'^- 50 YEARS OF SUCCESSFUL CONTINUANCE IN THE SEED TRADE. Philadelphia, Jan. i, i. CT T is with a feeling of pleasure as well as pride that we look back to (v>) the year 1838; when the house now known all over the land was founded under the name of Hirst & Dreer at No. 97 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, with its nursery at " Woodlands on the Darby road one mile south of the permanent ; The following year the firm d
. Dreer's garden calendar for 1888. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. 1838. DREER'S 1888, -^Kolden^AniiiYeTsary.'^- 50 YEARS OF SUCCESSFUL CONTINUANCE IN THE SEED TRADE. Philadelphia, Jan. i, i. CT T is with a feeling of pleasure as well as pride that we look back to (v>) the year 1838; when the house now known all over the land was founded under the name of Hirst & Dreer at No. 97 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, with its nursery at " Woodlands on the Darby road one mile south of the permanent ; The following year the firm dis- solved, and was succeeded by Henry A. Dreer, a man of stern integrity Nf: / and of liberal views, who laid the foundation of a business which has . A % -^ifat "- \ steadily grown in influence and prosperity by sending out the best seeds and plants that it was possible to secure at fair prices. In 1840 our first seed catalogue was issued. This very modest sheet offered a general collection of vegetable, flower and farm seeds. The vegetable list embraced many of the sorts that are offered to-day, showing that the varieties have changed only in the improvement of the strains. The United States Gazette in an editorial in 1842 says : " Mr. Dreer has an advertisement in our columns to-day calling attention to his assortment of garden and field seeds. We feel a pleasure in assuring our readers that they may without hesitation place implicit confidence in Mr. Dreer"s recommendations. His assortment, we know, is not excelled by any other in Philadelphia, and from our experience we are fully sat- isfied of the genuineness and good quality of the articles he keeps on ; In 1849 the sending of seeds through the mails was instituted by this house. We copy the following advertisement: " Flowers for the million. Twenty select and choice varieties of flower seeds of easy culture are put in post paper, each separately and distinctly labeled, with a descriptive c
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