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DREER'S SELECT DECORATIVE DAHLIAS 



The Decorative Dahlias are an intermediate form between the Show and Cactus types. Many beautiful varieties have been intro- 

 duced, some with fiat petals, other reflexed, incui ved or curiously twisted; but nearly all are without formality or stiffness, and practically 

 all of them are leaders as cut flowers, bearing their large perfectly formed blooms on long, stiff stems, and standing in good condition 

 longer than most kinds; furthermore, they are of easy culture, and seem to adapt themselves to and succeed under the most varied 

 conditions, a combination which assures their continued popularity. 



The collection contains many important recent introductions and ft selection of the tery best standard 

 sorts and all of these will be supplied in dormant field grown roots of proper planting size. 



AugUStinuS. One of the Chrysanthemum-flowered type of decoratives, 



the flowers are very large, composed of long petals which are more or less 



twisted, forming a most graceful pleasing flower. The ground color is a 



rosy salmon overlaid with bright metallic lilac. 75 cts. each. 



Aval On. Pure clear yellow, the large flowers are very distinct and 



pleasing, always with a full centre. One of the best of its color. 



S2.00 each. 



Barbara Latz. Nothing can beat this attractive, 

 medium sized, lemon-yellow for earliness and freedom 

 of bloom. While only five inches in diameter every 

 flower is perfect. 50 cts. each. 



Bashful Giant. One of the largest Dahlias yet intro- 

 duced; a great attractive exhibition flower; color apri- 

 cot with golden suffusion and shadings. 75 cts. each. 



Bertha Jost. A very free flowering handsome Dahlia 

 of large size. Color at base sulphur-yellow, the 

 outer petals blended with peach-pink while the 

 centre is tinted with burnt-orange; quite distinct. 

 SI .50 each. 



Bon. A brilliant rich velvety blood-red. A well-built 

 large flower on long stiff stems. $1.00 each. 



Bordeau. One of the most admired reds, a brilliant car- 

 mine-red of large size; valuable for cutting as well as for 

 exhibition and garden decoration. $1.00 each. 



Cadiz. One of the Bessie Boston introductions of which we give 



Mrs. Lymbery's own description, "Some color combinations in 



Dahlias are bewildering and Cadiz is one of these. Picture a 



flower of reddish orange shading to chrome-yellow at the base of the 



petals with a reflex of pale gold, note how the petals twist and 



turn with so much of the reverse visible, making a novel and 



attractive blend of colors." A profuse bloomer with sp'endid 



$2.00 each. 



Carmencita. A fancy variety of large size, of unusual graceful formation of a bright 

 yellow, striped with red. The plant is a compact grower, and a mass of bloom through- 

 out the season. $1.00 each. 



Decorative Dahlia. 

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Adoration. Attractive soft pink, medium to large size, a strong 

 grower and very free-flowering. One of the best of its color and 

 very attractive under artificial light. 75 cts. each. 



Altesse. A gem of a bright buttercup-yellow, shading deeper at 

 centre, a large perfect flower, very free and early. $2.00 each. 



Amigo. Of large size and marvelous coloring, a bright gold 

 illuminated with a sunset glow, the petals being deeply cleft 

 adds greatly to its attractiveness. $1.00 each. 



Amulet. A new and distinct coloring, a light jasper-red with 

 golden salmon suffusion like richly tinted autumn foliage, a 

 most desirable addition to the autumn tinted sorts. As a cut 

 flower, it is one of the best keeping sorts. $3.00 each. 



Amun Ra or The Sun God. Amun Ra is wonderfully distinct 

 both in color and formation, and while a giant in size, is without 

 coarseness, it being perfect in shape. The outer petals of the 

 mammoth flowers are of gorgeous copper and orange tones 

 shading to gold and amber, deepening in the centre to a dark 

 reddish brown, the effect as a whole being that of a gorgeous 

 sunset. $1.00 each. 



Argonaut. A splendid rich golden-yellow with apricot suffusion 

 passing to pure apricot at centre. A large deep-flower perfect in 

 every way, beautiful in the garden and particularly fine as a cut 

 flower under artificial light. $1.50 each. 



Aster. Formed like an Aster with long straight petals of a deep 

 rose shading darker at the centre with more or less creamy fawn 

 shadings. A large flower that always attracts attention and an 

 incessant bloomer. $2 00 each. 



Champagne. Aside of being one of the largest Dahlias this 

 wonderful variety has not only size to commend it but is a 

 model for shape, habit of growth, and above all, its remarkable 

 and distinct color; very aptly described by its introducer as 

 golden champagne with chamoise shadings, which color 

 combination no doubt suggested its appropriate name. $1.50 

 each. 



Charm. A greatly admired autumn shade of burnt orange shad- 

 ing to yellow, flowers large of splendid form. $1.00 each. 



Claude Harlan. A beautiful clear lavender-pink, very large, 

 petals wavy forming a most graceful flower, usually comes in 

 sprays of 4 to 5 flowers opening simultaneously on the same 

 branch. $1.50 each. 



Clifford E. White. This variety in form, habit, size and free- 

 dom reminds one of the popular variety Judge Marean, and like 

 it, its colors vary as the flowers pass through different stages of 

 development; having a combination of glowing salmon-pink, 

 brilliant red, iridescent orange and gold, all blending most 

 harmoniously, but all more intense and brilliant than in its 

 prototype. $1.00 each. 



Conchita. Reminds one in formation of the favorite variety 

 Rookwood, from which, however, it is entirely distinct; its 

 color being a soft rose-pink with deeper shadings. The formation 

 is just irregular enough to make it a most charming flower; ex- 

 ceptionally free; particularly for such a large bloom, attractive 

 for the garden and as a cut flower. $1.00 each. 



Copper Oplis. A wonderfully brilliant coppery orange-red 

 shading to deep yellow in the centre, a fine large exhibition 

 flower of perfect shape, a splendid cut flower that lights up 

 particularly well under artificial light. 75 cts. each. 



