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DREER'S SELECT DAHLIAS 



ONE OF OUR LEADING SPECIALTIES 



All of the Dahlias offered in this catalogue will be sup- 

 plied in dormant field roots or in strong divisions of proper 

 planting size, not clumps, excepting the Eight Select 

 American Dahlias of Recent Introduction, offered 

 on page 140, and the Five Select Imported Dahlias 

 offered on this page, which can only be supplied in 

 green or growing plants. 



Notes on the cultivation of Dahlias 

 are included in our book, " Dreer's 

 Hints on the Growing of Bulbs," price 

 25 cts., or a copy will be sent free to 

 customers who ask for it when ordering. 



Five Select 



Imported 



Dahlias 



These five varieties can be supplied 

 only in green or growing plants. De- 

 livery will be made about May 15th. 



FIEI<D MARSHAL 



(Hybrid Cactus) 



A first-class yellow Cactus Dahlia has long been a 

 desiderata, and we believe we have such a variety in 

 Field Marshal which we are now offering for the first 

 time. In fact we have no hesitancy in pronouncing it 

 the best yellow Dahlia of any type whether considered 

 as a cut flower or for garden decoration. 



In our trials it has proven itself one of the earliest, 

 freest and most continuous bloomers. The flowers are of 

 good size. Under ordinary cultivation, without disbudding, 

 they will average fully seven inches in diameter, and are held 

 erect on stiff wiry stems with good necks, so that each flower 

 shows its full profile to best advantage. In form it is a hybrid- 

 cactus, with gracefully arranged petals of medium breadth 

 and of great substance, in color a rich primrose-yellow with 

 a slight suffusion of rose on the reverse of the petals, there 

 being just sufficient of this suffusion to intensify the yellow. It 

 is one of the few yellow Dahlias that shows its color under ar- 

 tificial light, the great majority of which appear white under 

 night light. 



We feel enthusiastic in recommending Field Marshal as the 

 ideal Dahlia of its color, and we are supported in this by every 

 visitor who saw it flowering in our grounds during the past 

 summer. Plants, $2.50 each. 



MARQUISE DE POMECH 



(Decorative) 

 Rich maroon with scarlet shadings, a good sized flower of 

 good form and substance; the best decorative of its color. 

 Plants, $1.50 each. 



We win supply one plant each of the five varieties, delivery about May 15th, for $10.00 



It is of a 

 I^lants, 



Hybrid Cactus Dahlia Field Marshal 



PAUI. DAVID (Show) 



The largest and most perfect show Dahlia grown, 

 brilliant carmine-red on good stems and very free. 

 $2.50 each. 



PIXK PERFECTIOIS (Decorative) 



This is the pink flowered form of Hortulanus Fiet, a most pop- 

 ular variety described on page 141 of this catalogue. Pink Per- 

 fection, we believe, will even surpass Hortulanus Fiet in popu- 

 larity. Like the latter, it is of giant size, over 8 inches in dia- 

 meter, of perfect decorative form, held erect on stiff stems and 

 free flowering. In color it is a beautiful shade of salmon-pink, 

 with old rose suffusion and illuminated with a lively golden 

 sheen. Plants, $1.00 each. 



QUEEN OF THE ROSES (Decorative) 



A beautiful pink variety of giant size, decorative in form early 

 in the season, but late flowers approaching the Peony in form. 

 In color it is a pleasing luminous soft salmon-pink, shading to 

 silvery points. Flowers held erect on rigid stems. Plants, 

 $3.00 each. 



