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COLLERETTE 



DAHLIAS. 



With few exception^ the Collerette Dahlias 



are of French origin, where they have been 



very popular for some years. In our own 



grounds and exhibits during the past three seasons 



they were much admired, and we are convinced of 



their coming popularity here. 



Anyone only familiar with the first introductions of 

 this type can form no idea of the beautiful artistic 

 blending of soft and rich colors which is found in most 

 of the newer sorts. All have single flowers with an 

 additional row of short petals around the disc, this 

 forming a frill or collar, which is usually of a different 

 color from the rest of the flower. 



Group of Collerbttc Dahlias. 



Exposition de Lyon. A very gay flower of a bright garnet, 



with clear yellow collar petals. 

 Geant de Lyon. A grand novelty and the largest and most 



brilliant of the CoUerettes. Flowers from 6 to 7 inches in 



diameter, composed of large massive petals of an intense rich 



garnet. Plants ready April 1.5th. 75 cts. each. 

 Goldstern. A pretty self-colored deep canary-yellow, both 



ray and collar petals being of the same color. 

 Grand Papa Charmet. One of the best of the new varieties, 



of a brilliant velvety French purple with white collar. 35 cts. 



each. 

 riaurice Rivoire. Ox-blood red with deeper shadings in the 



centre of petals and a. pure white fringed collar. 15 cts. each. 

 Mme. Capron. One of the largest, a brilliant reddish-purple, 



collar petals unusually large, of same color, but striped and 



marked with white; very distinct. 

 iVIme. E. Poirier. Deep purple suffused with lighter shades, 



which gives it a violet-blue effect; collar petals white. The 



nearest approach to a blue. 



Price 



Balmoral. Deep aniline-red shaded purple, with 

 long narrow white collar petals; a very perfect round 

 flower with massive petals. Plants ready April 15th. 

 .50 cts. each. 



Capella. Luminous reddish maroon intensified by the 



pure white collar. Plants ready April 15th. 35 



cts. each. 



Cocarde Espag^Ole. Anew and tiovel variety, the large perfect flowers of which 



both the petals and collar are a brilliant combination of red and gold. Plants 



ready April 1.5th. 50 cts. each. 



Comte Cheremeteff. Vermilion-red shading to orange at tips; creamy-white 



collar. 

 Diadem. One of the finest; flowers very large, of a brilliant carmine-rose, the 



collar is white with light carmine markings. 

 Diomede. Ground white, suffused and touched with blotches of brilliant purple- 

 red, centre yellow, collar petals white, very attractive. 

 Director Rene Gerard. Flowers 5 inches in diameter and perfect, ground color 

 creamy-white suffused and marked with French purple; very long narrow creamy- 

 white collar petals. 



Mme. Gygax. Very conspicuous on account of its rich color- 

 ing; a bright cochinealred, passing to yellow tips and excep- 

 tionally long primrose-yellow collar petals. 

 Mons. L. Ferard. Flowers perfect, 4J inches in diameter, 

 ground color rich purplish-garnet, edged and marked white, 

 collar white with carmine markings. 

 Queen Bess. Brilliant chocineal-red with large pale yellow 

 collar; a semi-double flower, entirely distinct. 50 cts. each. 

 Signorlna Rosa Esengrini. Heavy shell-like petals form- 

 ing a large perfect flower of a bright lemon-yellow suffused 

 and marked with orange-scarlet, collar petals very abundant 

 of a bright lemon-yellow. 

 Souvenir de Chabanne. Very showy, 5 to 6 inches in 

 diameter, ground color lemon-yellow with coral red markings, 

 collar petals very abundant and long, lemon-yellow tipped 

 white. 

 Souvenir de Rene Bernardeau. Bright carmine with sul 

 phur-yellow centre, collar petals of same color suffused with 

 carmine. 

 Any of the above, except where noted, 30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz. 

 A collection of one each of the 20 varieties for $5.00- 



DREER'S THREE COLOSSAI^ DAHLIAS 



Shown on plate, page 1J9, and described on pages 128 and 139, are extra fine. 



BREER'S "SIX INCOMPARABI.E " DAHI.IAS FOR GARDEN 



DECORATION 



Shown on plate, page 131, and described on pages 128, 130 and 141, are kinds that always do well. 



