Dreer’s Hardy Garden Chrysanthemums 
The World’s Best Collection 
Gorgeous autumn-blooming plants producing a lavish profusion of colorful flowers just at a time when 
other plants are beginning to fail. 
ered with leaves or loose litter during the winter. 
They are reasonably hardy if planted in a well-drained soil and cov- 
We offer strong young plants. 
For a quarter of a century we have been selecting and producing new varieties of Chrysanthemums, 
constantly endeavoring to increase their desirability and usefulness for garden display. 
As newer, better, and hardier varieties appear we are obliged to discard the older ones. 
You may rest 
assured that the new ones selected in the same colors have qualities of superiority justifying their trial and 
adoption by you. 
Niobe 
Dreer’s Ten Early-Flowering 
Korean Hybrid Chrysanthemums 
of 1936 
These ten extra-early flowering varieties introduced by us in 
1936 have won universal acclaim. We offer them this year at a 
reduced price. 
Clio. Dwarf compact plant of pleasing habit producing masses 
of deep carmine-rose duplex flowers. 
Fortuna. Very vigorous plants of medium height covered with 
unique curly-petaled ox-blood red flowers, 3 to 4 inches in 
diameter. 
Hestia. The nicely formed semi-double flowers are very freely 
produced on compact bushy plants of medium height. The 
color is a delicate rose-pink with a white halo around the small 
yellow disc. 
Juno. Very dwarf compact plant producing an abundance of 
single flowers opening a coppery red and fading with age to a 
salmon flesh. 
Niobe. A vigorous plant of dwarf compact habit. Clear glisten- 
ing white flowers with yellow discs, 2} inches across, covering 
the plants completely. 
Nysa. A large, rather tall, upright plant growing 2} to 3 feet in 
height and producing a great abundance of single flowers 3 
inches in diameter. The color is a clear rosy lilac. 
Psyche. Dainty single blooms 4 to 5 inches across, produced 
on wiry stems. Strong healthy plants of medium height. A 
clean and lively shell pink color. 
Sappho. Compact dwarf plant covered with good-sized single 
pure yellow flowers. 
Thalia. A compact bushy plant growing 18 to 24 inches in 
height. The duplex flowers are of a bright orange shade and 
excellent form, 
Vesta. A plant of medium height and great vigor, literally 
covered with deep golden orange flowers over 2} inches in 
diameter. Almost a duplex. 
Any of the above: 35c each; $3.50 per doz. 
One each of the Ten Early-Flowering 
Korean Hybrid Varieties for $3.00. 
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Six Original Korean Hybrids 
These six varieties, introduced several year ago, were the fore- 
runners of a new type which has become very popular. They are 
still unique with their rather small flowers on long stiff wiry stems. 
Their colors are very pretty. 
Apollo. 
salmon. 
Ceres. Old gold blended with yellow and dusted coppery bronze. 
Daphne. Splendid pink with a sheen of lilac-rose. 
Diana. Triple ray petals of rose-pink, suffused lilac-rose and 
salmon. 
Mars. Deep Amaranth red changing to wine red with velvety 
sheen. 
Mercury (Plant Patent No. 58). 
changing to coppery bronze. 
Bronze, red, and gold combination suffused glowing 
Opens as bronze-red, gradually 
Splendid cutflower. 
Any of the above: 35c each; $3.50 per doz. 
Any six of the Original Korean Hybrids for $1.75. 
Recent Korean Hybrids 
from Other Sources 
The following varieties are originations by other hybridizers. 
They have proved of real merit and we recommend them to our 
customers. 
Aphrodite. Beautiful single flowers of pink and ivory. A very 
profuse bloomer. 35c each. 
Araby. Very distinct double flowers of a unique purple shade. 
Offered for the first time this year. 75c each. 
Hebe. Luminous pink single with golden vellow center. 35c each. 
Indian Summer. Beautiful double flowers of a vivid glowing 
orange. A real acquisition. 50c each. 
Innocence. No white Korean Hybrid variety has surpassed 
this exceptionally pretty single variety. 25c each. 
King Midas. Offered for the first time this year. The colorisa 
fascinating shade of golden apricot in a fully double flower. 
75c each. 
Louise Schling. A very rich salmon-red single flower which 
has made a place for itself in this class. 25c each. 
Orion. Brilliant canary yellow. Single. Quite distinct. 35c 
each, 
Romany. Very attractive double orange-carmine-red. A 
perfect flower of fascinating form and brilliance. 50c each. 
Saturn. Sparkling orange and bronze. Single. 35c each. 
Venus. A dainty lilac-pink. Single. 35c each. 
Vulcan. Single glowing carmine with crimson suffusion. 35c each. 
Double Extra-Early Aster-Flowered 
While all varieties offered by us are early-flowering, the following 
bloom from one to two weeks ahead of the general collection. 
Aladdin. Very early bronze. 
Albert Muller. Attractive shade of apricot suffused with pink. 
Aletta. Dwarf light pink. 
Amelia (Pink Cushion). Very compact, free flowering, and very 
early small soft rose. 
Barbara Cumming. Extra-early yellow. 
Glomero. Medium-sized orange. Blooms most profusely. 
Glorietta. Very double ball-shaped light pink. Of dwarf habit 
and very free. 
La Somme. A pleasing shade of bright mauve-pink. 
Marie duPont. Very large pure white flowers. Dwarf. 
Sunkist. Bright orange of fine double form. Much deeper than 
Glomero. 
Tasiva. Large pure white. Floriferous and of compact growth. 
Yellow Normandie. Early large yellow. 
Any of the above: 25c each; $2.50 per doz. 
Any six of the Double Extra-Early 
Aster-Flowered Varieties for $1.25. 
Chrysanthemum and Its Culture (White). A complete guide to the culture of 
Chrysanthemums in the garden and in the greenhouse. $2.00 per copy postpaid 
