. 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. Dahlias in 1895, twelve years ago, amounted to less than 8000 roots ; to-day over forty acres are devoted to their culti- vation, and over 300,000 roots are grown for one season's sales. In connection with the above we wish to state that our Dahlias are grown under the supervision of some of our most experienced and careful men, that every precaution has been taken to prevent mixtures, and that our customers
. 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. Dahlias in 1895, twelve years ago, amounted to less than 8000 roots ; to-day over forty acres are devoted to their culti- vation, and over 300,000 roots are grown for one season's sales. In connection with the above we wish to state that our Dahlias are grown under the supervision of some of our most experienced and careful men, that every precaution has been taken to prevent mixtures, and that our customers may rely on getting stock absolutely true to Cannas 0)it ('/ ill,- J'eni Houses brought to a state of perfection in size, color and freedom for the garden in such a short period, our own country prominent part in this improvement. The fact that we distribute annually nearly a quarter million of these roots gives ample proof of their popularity. This department, in addition to the specialties already mentioned, embraces many other plants which are handled in enormous quantities and whose culture are under the care of competent men. Space does not permit us to go into details, the thirty- eight pages of this catalogue devoted to this department are filled with the best of such plants as Carnations, Chrysanthemums, Fuchsias, Gera- niums, Heliotropes, Petunias, Violets, etc., etc. When the French hybridizer, the late M. Crozy, in 1892 introduced his first important collection of what were then known as Dwarf French, or Crozy Cannas, he little realized that he was giving us the ideal American bedding plant, a plant which would not only delight and flourish perfectly in our hot sum- mers, but which would also withstand our extremes of dry and wet weather. Two of these original sorts are still among the popular and standard vari- eties. The plant to-day has been of bloom not accomplished in any other flowering plant as well as France, Germany and Italy having taken a. Please n
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