Dreer's Select DAHLIAS 



Dreer's Decorative Dahlias 



This has for many years been the most popular type of Dahlias. 



Its wonderful varieties have achieved world renown for size, form, 



and freedom of bloom. Their outstanding decorative value has 



made them favorites for exhibition purposes, and they adapt 



themselves fully to home decoration. We offer twenty-one 



outstanding varieties of established merit. They are offered as 



tubers only and can be delivered at any time during the spring. 



Avalon. A beautiful, large, bold flower carried on a fine, strong, 

 heavy stem. The color of the large well-shaped blooms is pure 

 clear yellow. 25c each. 



City of Trenton. An exceptionally fine exhibition variety — a 

 beautiful reddish apricot with rose suffusion with a charming 

 sheen and lustre throughout the flower. The plant is of robust 

 habit, about 6 feet tall, producing flowers up to 12 inches in 

 diameter. 50c each. 



Elite Glory. This is the yardstick by which all other bright red 

 Dahlias have been appraised. It has magnificent flowers of 

 huge size and excellent form. 50c each. 



EUinor Vanderveer. An incomparable Dahlia of exquisite 

 beauty, and of great size and depth having every desirable 

 quality. Color a rich glowing satiny pink. One of the earhest 

 to come into flower. 50c each. 



Galli-Curci. A scintillating combination of brilliant salmon- 

 orange with a suffusion of rich gold. Beautiful, large, deep 

 blooms carried on excellent sturdy stems. 35c each. 



Harry Mayer. A most satisfactory and attractive Dahlia. It 

 has size, depth, splendid stem, and holds an even full center. 

 A sturdy, healthy grower. Beautiful silvery pink with rose 

 reverse. 35c each. 



Jane Cowl. A most popular exhibition variety of vigorous 

 growth, splendid stems, and extra large size. The deep blooms 

 combine lovely shades of bronzy buff and old gold with the 

 suffusion richest in the center. 50c each. 



Jean Chazot {Gay Paree). This is one of the very best all- 

 around varieties that has yet been produced. A beautiful 

 golden bronze with a faint touch of Nasturtium red and unsur- 

 passed by any of the autumn tints as a cut flower. 35c each. 



Jersey's Ideal. A very distinct variety tvith beautiful, large, 

 deep Amaranth pink blooms. 35c each. 



Jersey's Radiant. Of a remarkable color. The large blooms 

 are a beautiful Bittersweet orange. Very popular. 35c each. 



Jersey's Rose. Luminous tyrian rose with red sufiusion. Of 

 splendid size, and long stemmed. 35c each. 



Margaret Woodrow Wilson. An exhibition variety of great 

 size and beauty. The color is opalescent pink, the upper 

 surface of the petals being creamy white whereas the reverse 

 is a shiny Phlox pink. 35c each. 



Mrs. I. de Ver Warner. This old favorite is still one of the most 

 satisfactory for the amateur. Of vigorous growth, free flower- 

 ing, and with beautiful long-stemmed blooms of a charming 

 soft purplish lilac color. 25c each. 



Pink Imperial. A very large deep flower with a high well- 

 finished center. Carried on unusually strong stem. Petals 

 long and wavy; color bright rose-pink with a small amount of 

 gold at base of petals. Plant tall and vigorous. 50c each. 



Pride of San Francisco. Of strong, vigorous, but compact 

 habit of growth. Flowers of good size and of most perfect 

 form, borne on stiff stems of sufficient length to make them as 

 valuable for cut flowers as for garden decoration. Its color is 

 difficult to convey. The petals are a pleasing shade of salmon- 

 pink, with soft rose suffusion towards the tips of the outer 

 petals, and with golden base. The color effect as a whole is a 

 pleasing brilliant golden salmon-pink. 50c each. 



Riverton Snow. A pure white Decorative of small to medium 

 size. Wonderfully profuse and splendid for cutting. Forms a 

 compact, free flowering plant. 35c each. 



Roman Eagle. A typical autumn shade combining brilliant 

 shades of flaming burnished copper. Very large blooms. 25c 

 each. 



Sagamore . Light saffron yellow with a tint of red and a suffusion 

 of gold. Blooms very profusely. 50c each. 



Treasure Island. Bright apricot with golden suffusion. One 

 of the most cheerful varieties in the autumn shades. Very 

 free flowering and always dependable. 50c each. 



Vivandiere. Of immense size and great depth. The color is 

 lively cherry-carmine, shading lighter towards the tips. 50c 

 each. 



Waldheim Sunshine. A favorite of giant size, 10 inches in 

 <liameter, over 4 inches deep, but graceful in spite of its size. 

 The true deep yellow color will show yellow even in artificial 

 light. The reflex is darker with a rich golden suffusion around 

 the full high center. 50c each. 



Special OfEer 

 One each of the Twenty-One Decorative 



Dahlias, value SS.55, for $8.00. 



Jersey's Beauty 



Jersey's Beauty Dahlias 



{Formal Decoralives) 



The great popularity of Jersey's Beauty is being enhanced 

 by the springing up of sports of it in different shades. We have 

 joined two of them with Jersey's Beauty itself to make a trio of 

 beautiful Dahlias not merely similar, but absolutely the same in 

 habit as the type, differing only in color. They are offered as 

 tubers only, ready for delivery at any time. 



Blue Jersey. Is the same as Jersey's Beauty except that the 

 color of the flowers is a cheerful lilac. This variety is still 

 quite scarce. SI. 50 each. 



Jersey's Beauty. 



each. 



The original and very popular pink. 25c 



Kentucky. The flowers of this are much more salmon than 

 those of the type through the infusion of yellow and gold tones. 

 50c each. 



Set of Three Jersey's Beauties, 

 value S2.25 for $2.00. 



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The varieties on this page are ofFered as tubers only 



