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"THE DREER COLLECTION" OF 



CACTUS DAHLIAS OF SPECIAL MERIT 



This is a selection of twenty-five varieties made with a view of supplying the amateur with an assortment of Cactus sorts, which 

 in our own experience we have found to be the freest-flowering under the most varied conditions of soil and climate, and which can 

 be depended upon to make an early and continuous display in the garden, and at the same time furnish an abundance of choice 

 flowers for cutting. The varieties are all introductions previous to 1914, and have been under observation ample time to establish 

 their superior qualities. 



Aurora. A beautiful, reddish-apricot, suffused with flesh-pink, 

 shading lighter to the tips. (See cut. ) 



Candeur. A wonderful pure white, which in the fully de- 

 veloped flower more closely resembles an incurved Chrysan- 

 themum than any other sort; a valuable cut flower. 



Countess of Lonsdale. A peculiar but pleasing blending 

 of salmon-pink and amber, a color difficult to describe." This 

 is the Dahlia for the million. Blooms freely under all con- 

 ditions 



Eise. A charming variety, with a combination of deli- 

 cate colors. The base of the petals is 



of buttercup-yellow, gradually passing -^^^ ▼ 



to amber; finished with a tip of 



Fernand Olivet. Re- 

 markably free - flowering 

 on stiff, wiry stems; bril- 

 liant maroon with scarlet 

 shadings, the centre almost 

 black. 



Qalathea. A me- 

 dium-sized flower 

 of splendid form, 

 especially appre- 

 ciated on account 

 of its delicate color, 

 which is an even, 

 tender soft pink. 



General French. 

 Flower of good size 

 and form of a most 

 pleasing shade of 

 reddish-orange; a 

 favorite cut flower. 



Qlory of Wilts. 

 A magnificent 

 bright golden-yel- 

 low, of large size, 

 splendid quality 

 and very free. 



Goidland. A splen- 

 did primrose yellow, of perfect form and very free-flowering. 



Graefin von Schimmelmann. Salmon-rose, shading to a 

 yellow centre; long, narrow, incurved petals, very free and of 

 exceptional merit. 



H. Wearing-. Pure salmon, passing to bright amber at the 

 base of the petals, which are long, narrow and straight, forming 

 a model flower. 



Lawine. White, with just a suggestion of blush as the flower 

 matures; a fine, full, large flower; one of the best. 



Libellule. Of splendid form, sulphur-yellow shaded with 



- rapucine-red; exceptionally free-flowering. 



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Marathon. A brilliant, rich purple, illuminated with higher, 



brighter shadings; entirely distinct in color and form. 

 Marguerite Bouchon. We have no hesitancy in saying that 

 this is the most beautiful Cactus Dahlia yet introduced. It is 

 absolutely perfect in form, color a charming shade of brilliant 

 yet soft rose with a very large white centre and distinctly de- 

 fined white tips 50 cts. each. 

 Master Carle. Very large, bright saffron-yellow; splendid. 

 flauve Queen. A dainty variety, formed 

 of long tubular, incurved petals of a pleas- 

 ing shade of clear mauve, shading lighter 

 towards the centre. 



Cactus Dahlia Aurora 



Mme. Marie Doucet. 



One of the freest-flow- 

 ering, a lovely mauve- 

 pink, passing to a white 

 centre; of good size, 

 with fine stems.' 



Mrs. C. G. Wy= 

 att. This vari- 

 ety in our fields 

 has produced 

 most wonderful 

 exhibition flow- 

 ers; it is one of 

 the finest white 

 varieties, with 

 long numerous 

 petals, forming a 

 flower of great depth and 

 of highest quality. 

 Mrs. H. J. Jones. Very 

 large, perfect, rich, bright 

 scarlet, with cream-color- 

 ed edge; occasionally 

 comes self-colored. 

 Mrs. Henry R. Wirth. This is a 

 splendid companion to Countess of 

 Lonsdale, it being the first Cactus variety to come into bloom, and 

 the perfect, fiery-scarlet flowers are produced continuously until the 

 end of the season. A customer in Missouri writes under date of 

 Nov. 2, 1915, "have cut from the one plant of Mrs. Henry 

 R. Wirth, bought from you last Spring, two hundred and 

 ninty-five perfect flowers." 

 Rene Cayeux. Brilliant geranium-red; early and free; a 



great favorite. 

 Sherlock. Orange-scarlet with apricot suffusion, one of the 

 pleasing autumn tints; flowers very large on good stems for 

 cutting; free, early and continuous bloomer. 

 Thais. The rather broad petals make up an informally-shaped 

 flower; in color a pure white with a soft mauve suffusion which 

 is deposited over the snowy petals like a dew, one of the most 

 delicately colored sorts. 

 Vivid. A dwarf variety with splendid incurved flowers com- 

 posed of long incurved petals of the most intense fiery-red 

 color, very free, good stems and fine for cutting. 



Price. Any of the above, except where noted, 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. ; §18~b0 per 100. One each of the 25 varieties for $5.00. 



