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DREER'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF BULBS. 



CALADIUMS— Continued. 



EACH. 



Hookerianum, crimson veins, scarlet spots; extra fine 1.00 



Houlleti, spotted, veined and marbled beautifully with various shades of 



green, straw color and white 50 



Keteleeri, centre rich crimson ; beautifully shaded to light green 1.00 



Major Benson, clear pale red, surrounded with green.. 1.00 



Marmoratum, various shades of green, spotted and marbled 50 



Neumanni, green ground, pink and white spots 1.00 



Pictum, dark green, with large distinct light colored spots 50 



Picturatum, sagittate leaf, green, with distinct red stripes 1.00 



Prince Ircsbesey, dark red, shaded and margined with green 1.00 



SagittifLcrum Picturr , gray color, nearly white marks 50 



Splendens, dark rich crimson, shaded to a green margin ; extra fine leaves.. .1,00 

 Wighti, green ground, singularly painted with clear white and red stripes 50 



®4SMA, 



Of this attractive flower we have several hundred varieties, and are constantly 

 adding all the newest and best as they are offered, and rejecting older and inferior 

 kinds. Our collection has received numerous prizes at the exhibitions of the Penn- 

 sylvania Horticultuial Society. 



Dahlias delight in a rich sandy loam, highly manured with decomposed cow 

 manure. To insure perfect flowers, mulch during the summer with short manure. 

 Thin out superfluous branches, and keep them well tied up to strong stakes, firmly 

 driven in the ground at the time of planting. The best time for planting is about 

 the first of May for the roots, and the plants can be set out as late as the tenth of 

 June. The roots can be preserved during the winter in dry sand, free from frost, 

 damp, or fire heat. 



New American Seedling Dahlia, Defiance. 



Price 50 cents each ; $5.00 per dozen roots. 

 Bright yellow, tipped with white, perfect form, uniformly double, early, con- 

 stant, profuse bloomer,and dwarf habit ; received the first premium in 1867, as the 

 best American Seedling Dahlia. 



NEW AISiD RARE DAHLIAS. 



Price 50 cents each. 

 Amazement, yellow spotted crimson. 

 Autumn Glow, rich orange scarlet. 

 Carnation,buff, crimson and lilac stripes. 

 Celestial, deep lilac, splendid form. 

 Chieftain, Orange red. 

 Colossus, pure yellow ; large flower. 

 Conqueror of the Whites, pure white. 

 Copperhead,large bronze, perfect form. 

 Crimson Monarch, crimson, extra. 

 Dulep Singh, lilac and buff. 



SELECT 



Price 25 cents each. 

 Alba Multiflora, pure white. 

 Alice, pure white, laced with rose. 

 Ali Baba, deep bright scarlet. 

 Amourette, light rose, edged with lilac . 

 Ariana, lilac, globular form. 

 Beauty of the Grove, buff, edged 



with crimson. 

 Bila Bila, aurora, on yellow base. 

 Blanch Fleur, white, good form. 

 Bob Ridley, large ruby crimson. 



S5.00 per dozen roots. 

 Emily, pure white, lavender edge. 

 Felicie, vermilion, shaded with buff. 

 Glowing Coal, fine crimson scarlet. 

 Ko-Hi-Nor, fine yellow. 

 Madame Simonson, primrose, shaded 



with lilac. 

 Miss Kennedy, white edged rose. 

 Snowdrift, pure white, extra. 

 Sunbeam, white, striped and spotted 



with orange scarlet. 



DAHLIAS. 



$2.50 per dozen roots. 

 Californica, pure yellow. 

 Carminata Striata, blush, striped with 



crimson. 

 Caroline Caste, blush, shaded. 

 Charivari, yellow, striped and dotted 



with carmine. 

 Champion, brilliant purple. 

 Cora, crimson, white edge. 

 Crepuscula, orange red, fine. 

 Dodas, superb yellow, the finest. 



