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DREER'S SELECT DAHLIAS 



While the past season in many sections of the country and particularly so in this latitude was not ideal for the development of the 

 Dahlia, they having suffered during the entire month of September not only from a severe drouth hut also from an unprecedented 

 and unusually long and continuous spell of extreme heat which did great damage to the buds which were then forming, and which 

 usually give not only the main crop, but also, the season's best flowers; however, favored by a late fall the display during a greater 

 part of October made up for much of the disappointment earlier in the season. 



Our list has again been carefully revised and many new and promising varieties of both foreign and home production have been 

 added making our offerings of the various classes up-to-date in every particular. 



All of the Dahlias offered in this catalogue are supplied in strong, dormant field-grown roots, excepting some of the newer or 

 scarcer kinds, which we can only furnish in plant form and which are noted in the catalogue. These plants are usually ready to send 

 out any time after April 25th. As the season advances our supply of roots of some of the older varieties becomes exhausted, in which 

 case green growing plants are sent instead. These will give equally as good results as dormant roots, flowering just as freely, and 

 many experienced planters prefer them, and by the time they are cut by frost in the autumn they will have produced strong roots, 

 which can be carried over winter in the usual way. 



Notes on the culture of Dahlias are included in our new book. "Dreer's Hints on the Growing of Bulbs," price 50 cts. or a 

 copy will be sent free to customers who asks for it when ordering. 



New Cactus Dahlias of 1915 and 1916 



We offer on this and the following 3 pages a carefully revised list of the novelties of 1915 together with the most promising of the 

 1916 introductions. 

 Abundance. Exceedingly prolific, narrow pointed petals, 



cerise passing to light rose at tips, flowers borne on strong stiff 



stems. Plants ready April 25th. 50 cts. each. 

 Acme. An early and free slightly incurved flower with high 



centre, long narrow petals, madder-crimson overlaid maroon. 



Plants ready April 25th. 50 cts. each. 

 Alicia. Large distinct looking flowers of a primrose-yellow 



with rose suffusion, habit erect and free. Plants ready 



April 25th. 50 cts. each. 

 Amity. Flowers of medium size, of fine curling incurved 



form of a bright garnet-red. Plants ready April 25th. 50 



cts. each. 

 Andromaque. A fine flower of a soft reddish- 

 salmon, with rosy suffusion, a distinct and delicate 



blending. Plants ready April 25th. 50 cts. each, 

 Ariel. A much admired form and color; peculiarly 



curled and twisted petals of a unique blending of 



yellow and salmon-rose. Plants ready April 25th. ^W 



50 cts. each. 

 Aviateur Garros. Light sulphur-yellow shading 



almost to white at the tips of the broad pointed 



petals. Flowers of medium size and borne freely 



on strong stiff stems. The earliest flowering cactus 



to date and a valuable addition. 50 cts. each. 

 Bergeronette. Pure white with cream centre, petals broad 



and slightly incurved, of good substance and very free. 50 cts. 



each. 



Bertha Qassman. Broad straight petals, very regularly ar- 

 ranged, forming a splendid medium-sized flower, of a most 

 pleasing shade of rosy-carmine. 50 cts. each. 



Bianca. An exceptionally well formed, broad petalled hybrid 

 cactus of a pleasing soft rosy-lilac; of excellent habit, very free- 

 flowering. Plants ready April 25th. 50 cts. each. 



Botivereuil. Broad petalled hybrid cactus, at times showing 

 Paeony centre, but desirable in either form, in color, golden- 

 yellow at base, passing to crimson-carmine at edges. 50 cts. 

 each. 



Breslau. A variegated novelty of real merit, plum color 

 shaded deep carmine and lipped white. Habit dwarf and very 

 free, one of the best of this class. Plants ready April 25th. 

 50 cts. each. 



Collignotte. 



dwarf habit. 



Rich, velvety-purple flowers, distinct and free 

 50 cts. each. 



New Cactus Dahlia, Aviateur Garros 



Conqueror. An exceptionally free-flowering crimson on stiff 



stems. Plants ready April 25th. 50 cts. each. 

 Conway. A splendid refined pure white, flowers composed of 



long narrow recurving petals, habit erect and very profuse. 



Plants ready April 25th. $1.00 each. 

 Cordove. Lively shade of red on an orange colored ground, a 



splendid flower. Plants ready April 25th. 50 cts. each. 

 Critic. Large flower, freely borne on stiff stems of a lovely 



shade of rose-pink passing to white at the centre. Plants 



ready April 25th. $1.00 each. 



New Cactus Dahlias of 1915 and 1916 are continued on pages 134 to 136 



