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DREER'S SELECT LIST. 



DAHLIAS. 



Within the last year or two a wonderful revival of interest in the 

 Dahlia has resulted in their now being important rivals of those standard 

 bedding plants the Canna and Geranium. This, to a great extent, is 

 due to the introduction of many new varieties of American and Euro- 

 pean origin, which succeed under our extreme climatic conditions, and 

 the marvelous results obtained augur well for their continued popularity. 



The collections of the various types offered on this and the next 

 page are the "cream" of over five hundred varieties, selected after 

 critical examination and combining in a superlative degree purity of 

 color, perfection of form, free and continuous flowering, and that succeed 

 under the most ordinary garden culture. 



Twelve Best Large Flowering Show and Fancy Varieties. 



COPYRIGHT 1898 



H.A.DREER, 



Mrs. .Gladstone. Exquisite shell-pink 



Mrs. Stancombe. A pleasing fancy sort. Straw suffused 



amber striped red, mottled and tipped blush white. 

 Psyche. Pale primrose, tinted and shaded rose. Very free. 



Client. Bright gloumg crimson. 



Geo. Rawlings. Dark velvety maroon. 



Jas. Stephens. Bright orange scariet. 



John Walker. Finest pure white, abso- 

 lutely perfect in form. | Xo. 1 in illustra- 

 tion above. ) 

 One of the finest. 



Queen of Yellows. 



above. ) 

 S. B. Pennybaker 



Lottie Eckford. White spotted and 

 striped pink and crimson. Very pretty. 



Miss Cannell. White tipped rosy pink, 

 fine flower. 



Hiss Hay Lomas„ Pure white, deli- 

 cately suffused with soft rosy lavender. 

 A most unusual shade. 

 The best yellow (No. 3 in illustration 



Silvery white, inner petals tinged pink, 



outer petals heavily tipped rosy red. 

 Price, 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz., or the Set of 12 Varieties for $1.50. 



SIX SUPERB DOUBLE QUIEEED VARIETIES. 



We have brought together under this heading six of the choicest quilled sorts, of which A. D. Livoni, No. 2 in the illustration 

 above is a representative flower. All are of exceptionally fine form, and are interesting either as cut flowers or for garden decoration. 



A. D. Livoni. Beautiful clear pink, of perfect form, and one 1 Grand Duke Alexis. Large massive flowers, ivorv white, 



of the freest-flowering of all. (No. 2 in the illustration j with a faint tinge of rose at the extremities of the petals. A 



above. 1 grand handsome flower. Perfect form. 



Bessie. ( n.- of the prettiest of the quilled pompones, creamy i Le Petit Jean. Beautiful rich crimson maroon pompone. In 



white. shape a perfect ball. 



Elegans. Rosy purple, tipped and striped white. ' Queen Victoria. Handsome deep yellow finely quilled. 



Price, 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz. Set of 6 Varieties, 75 cts. 



Special attention is directed to the grand new Double and Single Dahlias offered in the 



Novelties. See pages 11 to 17. 



A new book, "The Dahlia," by L. K. Peacock. Price, 30 cts. postpaid. 



