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DREER'S TEN GREAT DAHLIAS 



Ten distinct varieties offered on this and the next page which we have singled out from among the Decorative and Cactus types 

 as worthy of every Dahlia fancier's special attention. While some of these are recent introductions the majority are varieties which have 

 stood out most prominently for several years as the most desirable for either garden decoration or for cutting for house decoration and 

 which prominent position they still hold. 

 AH of the varieties listed under this heading will be supplied in dormant field roots of proper planting size. 



California Beauty {Cactus). Probably the 

 nearest approach to a pure copper, a flower of 

 excellent form and dainty appearance produced 

 most prolifically on long stiff wiry stems; 

 a gem in the garden and a splendid cut 

 flower. 75 cts. each. 



Cigarette (Hybrid Cactus). This distinct 

 and novel Dahlia attracts more atten- 

 tion in our fields than any other varie- 

 gated variety. In color it is creamy 

 white, heavily edged with pomegranate 

 red, but it varies greatly, no two flowers 

 being exactly alike. The petals are 

 long and inclined to roll, forming a 

 large, deep, well-shaped flower of great 

 substance on very long stems of best 

 quality. $1.50 each. 



George Walters {Hybrid Cactus) . While 

 introduced some ten years afo, it is still 

 one of the most popular large flowered 

 Californians, producing its bloom very 

 freely on long stiff stems, of a pleasing 

 salmon with shrimp-pink shadings; a 

 fine garden variety and good rut flower. 

 75 cts. each. 



Cactus 



Dahlia, 



California 



Beauty 



Jean Chazot or Gay Parbe Dahlia 



Jean Chazot or Gay Paree {Hybrid Cactus). 

 This French introduction is one of the very best 

 all-around varieties that has yet been produced. 

 It is a fine exhibition flower, splendid for garden 

 decoration, and unsurpassed by any of the 

 autumn tints as a cut flower. The habit of the 

 plant is all that could be wished for, a free up- 

 right grower, long stiff, wiry stems hold the 

 flowers well above the foliage in such a manner as 

 to display their full beauty; it is one of the most 

 prolific to flower, coming into bloom early and 

 continuing in good condition to the end of the 

 season; we have never seen an imperfect flower, 

 these are of good size, of splendid hybrid-cactus form, and in 

 color a beautiful golden-bronze with just a faint suffusion of 

 Nasturtium-red that intensifies its brilliancy and adds to its 

 charm. $1.00 each. 



Dreer's Ten Great Dahlias continued on page 144. 



