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DREER'S SELECT DECORATIVE DAHLIAS 



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Millie Rodgers. Flowers of large size, color bronzy old rose, 

 shading to amber, a pleasing autumn tint. The flowers are on 

 perfect stems held well above the foliage; a splendid cut flower. 

 $1.50 each. 



Millionaire. One of the largest Dahlias grown, a good exhibition 

 variety of a delicate lavender-pink. $1.50 each. 



Mina Burgle. This is the popular California cut flower variety, 

 it is one of the freest flowering decorative varieties; thirty large, 

 perfect open flowers on one plant at a time being not unusual; 

 in color a rich luminous dark scarlet, splendid stems. 35 cts. each. 



Minamota. A brilliant velvety cardinal-red with deeper shad- 

 ings, flowers of enormous size and great depth, holds its fine 

 shape to the end of the season, stems long and stiff, a fine cut 

 flower and excellent for garden decoration. $1.50 each. 



Miss Minnie McCullough. One of the most popular cut- 

 flower varieties, particularly valuable for use under artificial 

 light. Color soft yellow, overlaid with bronze; a beautiful 

 autumnal tint. 35 cts. each. 



Mme. A. Lumiere. Distinct and attractive, ground color 

 wliite, suffused towards the ends of the petals with red, the tips 

 pointed bright violet red. 35 cts. each. 



Mme. Marie Collet. Not very large but much admired; cop- 

 pery yellow with golden suffusion; free flowering. 50 cts. each. 



Mont Blanc. An early, free, continuous flowering creamy- white 

 on good stiff stems. A most important cut flower variety. 35 

 cts. each. 



Moorkoop. A most effective garden variety of compact habit, 

 one of the earliest to come into bloom and continues a mass of 

 bloom to the end of the season. Color an intense cardinal-red 

 with deep garnet shadings. 50 cts. each. 



Mrs. Carl Salbach. This is one of the Californian varieties 

 which has been seen at most of the Dahlia Shows throughout the 

 country during the past two seasons, and which has been ac- 

 corded many honors. The plant is of exceptional clean, vigorous, 

 erect habit, producing its flowers on unusually long stiff stems. 

 These are of splendid decorative form,- measuring fully nine 

 inches acrosS; and are of a pleasing lively shade of solferino- 

 pink with white suffusion, which brightens and intensifies its 

 color, which is equally fine under natural as weU as artificial 

 light. $2.00 each. 



Mrs. C. H. Breck. A splendid all around variety either for 

 garden decoration or for cutting. Its flowers are always of 

 perfect shape, fuU double to the centre of a soft yellow deeply 

 suffused with carmine, produced ir great profusion on long 

 stiff stems. 50 cts. each. 



Mrs. Furbush. The best dark variety, a rich purplish-garnet 

 with maroon shadings; flowers of good size and form. 35 cts. 

 each. 



Mrs. J. Gardner Cassatt. A large flowered mauve-pink; 

 very pleasing; a fine cut flower. 35 cts. each. 



Mrs. Nat Slocombe. No other variety approaches this for a 

 good all around bright primrose-yellow; it is fine in color, of 

 splendid shape with good stems and very free flowering over a 

 long season. 75 cts. each. 



Mrs. Richard Lohrman. Another fine, pure deep golden 

 yellow of large size holding its flowers high above the foliage on 

 long upright stems, an excellent cut flower, and a splendid 

 exhibition variety. $1.00 each. 



Mrs. R. R. Strange. Burnished copper with tracings of old 

 rose and gold, a splendid autumn color, flowers large, long good 

 stems, very free. $1.50 each. 



Nancy Mae. An intense scarlet with maroon shadings, flowers 

 perfect, very free; a splendid cut flower. 35 cts. each. 



Oregon Beauty. We doubt if there has been a single visitor 

 to our Dahlia fields who has not included this brifliant gorgeous 

 variety in his selection. Its rich color, an intense Oriental-red 

 with golden sheen and garnet suffusion, makes it one of the 

 varieties that stands out prominently. 35 cts. each. 



Ouray. Rich, deep velvety maroon of good form and very free 

 flowering. 50 cts. each. 



Paul Bonyon. A most desirable autumn tint, a beautiful sal- 

 mony-pink with a golden sheen which intensifies the coloring, 

 flowers of perfect form, good size, and very free. 75 cts. each. 



Pink Perfection. This is a pink flowered form of the popular 

 Hortulanus Fiet. Pink Perfection, we believe, will even surpass 

 Hortulanus Fiet in popularity. Like the latter it is of giant size, 

 over 8 inches in diameter, of perfect decorative form held erect 

 on stiff stems and free flowering. In color it is a beautiful shade 

 of salmon-pink, with old rose suffusion and iUuminated with a 

 lively golden sheen. $1.00 each. 



Polar Bear. A California introduction which we first offered 

 last year. Another season's observation convinces us of its 

 great superiority and merits. It is of the purest white, the 

 flowers of great size and excellent form, borne very freely on 

 good long stems and last wonderfully either on the plant or when 

 cut. $1.00 each. 



Pride of California. A brilliant, glowing cardinal-red, of 

 very large size held on extra good stems, very free and a wonder- 

 ful keeper as a cut flower, the best of its color. 75 cts. each. 



Princess Juliana. An ideal pure white for all purposes. A 

 splendid cut flower and a good decorator for the garden. It is 

 one of the earliest to flower, and continues in good shape through- 

 out the season. It holds its flowers well above the foliage on 

 stiff, wiry stems. 50 cts. each. 



Providence. The color combination not unlike that of Geisha, 

 a pretty medley of bright yellow and red, but the petals, unlike 

 Geisha, are not curled or twisted, but form a beautiful decorative 

 flower. A fancy variety of special merit. 75 cts. each. 



Queen Mary. A splendid long stemmed cut flower, not large, 

 but of perfect form and of tender, soft, apple-blossom pink color. 

 35 cts. each. 



Red Flag. A splendid garden variety of large size, of a bright 

 velvety crimson-red, held on long rigid wiry stems and produced 

 very freely. 50 cts. each. 



Red Flamingo. Very large with broad wavy or curled petals, 

 forming unique rich luminous crimson-red flowers of unusual 

 attractiveness. A splendid free flowering garden variety. 75 cts. 

 each. 



Roem van Aalsmeer. An exceptionally early and free flower- 

 ing pure white variety of medium size on good long stems lasting 

 particularly well as a cut flower. $1.00 each. 



ShelikofE. A rich glowing deep garnet, large sized, deep flowers 

 of great substance and good form, always full to the centre, one 

 of the very good dark colored' varieties. $1.00 each. 



Shower of Gold. One of the very pretty autumn tints that is 

 always in great demand. It is a large decorative flower with 

 fluted petals, a brifliant yellow deepening to a soft apricot 

 towards the centre, strong stems, flowers very freely; a splendid 

 cut flower. $1.00 each. 



Stella. Flowers of good size, of a peach blossom pink with 

 yellow shading; very free, a fine cut flower. 50 cts. each. 



Sylvania. A favorite cut flower of medium size held on good 

 stems, of very regular form with cleft or fringed petals. Color 

 a delicate soft pink shading lighter at the centre. 75 cts. each. 



Sylvia. Soft, pleasing, mauve-pink, changing to white in the 

 centre; a fine cut flower. 35 cts. each. 



Takeo Sakata. Good sized flowers with quilled petals very 

 regular in form and on stiff long stems, color light flesh-tinted 

 white, free and early and continues perfect to the end of the 

 season. 50 cts. each. 



Tom Lundy. An exhibition flower of immense size; a gracefully 

 loosely arranged flower of a brifliant carmine-red with deeper 

 suffusion. 75 cts. each. 



W. D'Arcy Ryan. An attractive and striking fancy variety, 

 which is a rich violet-purple, with a heavy white tip, unlike other 

 fancy varieties, rarely produces self-colored flowers. 75 cts. each. 



Zeppelin. A medium sized well shaped flower entirely distinct 

 in color. Bishop's violet with silvery suffuson, free flowering. 

 35 cts. each. 



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One dormant root of proper planting size each of the 66 Select Decorative Dahlias as offered (j»n pages 146 and 149, a grand 

 collection, for $40.00. 



