HENRY A-DREERS 
CHOICE CACTUS DAHLIAS 
(Continued) 
Lolita Velasco. There are many good white Cactus 
Dahlias and all of them have some distinctive merit of their 
own. We should hesitate to designate any one of them as 
the best white on all points, but if we had to select one 
individual sort, we would take this splendid variety 
which is composed of long straight petals which form into 
a flower of perfect shape, borne on long stiff stems, fine 
for cutting and for exhibition. $2.00 each. 
Marian Moore. A clear pinkish cerise without the 
slightest taint of magenta, the reverse of the petal being 
of alighter tint. The flowers are large, of perfect incurv- 
ed formation with perfect stem, a free and early bloomer. 
$1.00 each. 
Marguerite Bouchon. Beautiful in form and color, a 
good sized flower of a charming shade of brilliant, yet 
soft rose-pink with a large white centre and distinctly 
defined white tips, entirely distinct. 75 cts. each. 
Mercedes. A gay and entrancing flower of large size, of a 
creamy-yellow suffused with sunset pink, the reverse of 
the petals a deeper shade of pink. One of the earliest and 
freest bloomers. $1.00 each. 
Mme. Diesny. A fine Dahlia of good size composed of 
moderately loosely arranged petals of a beautiful lively 
shade of amaranth-pink. A very free producer; a wonder- 
ful exhibition and garden variety. 75 cts. each. 
Mrs. Edna Spencer. One of the best of the narrow petaled 
Cactus varieties, the large flowers are produced on strong 
stems and are of a most delicate lavender-pink color with 
white suffusion. One of the best for cutting. 50 cts. each. 
Mrs. Ethel F. T. Smith. Creamy white shading to lemon at 
the centre. This is a close counterpart except in color to 
Gladys Sherwood; the flowers are of the same formation but still 
larger and not quite so deep in the centre; a remarkable Dahlia. 
$1.00 each. 
Mrs. J.L. Gardner. An attractive and refined flower of perfect 
formation on perfect stem. Color deep red with white tips. 
This without question is the finest of the white tipped red vari- 
eties, very free. 75 cts. each. 
Nagel’s Glory. A distinct and pretty large incurved flower 
composed of long narrow petals of a soft naples yellow with 
salmon suffusion. Flowers produced very freely supported on 
unusually stiff stems, a most unique and novel flower both in 
color and formation. $1.50 each. 
Nagel’s Wonder. A gorgeousy colored flower and unique 
in formation reminding one in this respect of a big semi-incurved 
Chrysanthemum. The petals are long and narrow, more or less 
tubular and curled with deeply cleft tips adding to its graceful 
make-up. The color is a brilliant scarlet-red, lightly tipped and 
more or less striated with yellow. $1.50 each. 
Nibelungenhort. This is always greatly admired, with 
flowers composed of rather broad, more or less curled and twisted 
petals of a beautiful shade of old rose with golden-apricot 
suffusion. 50 cts. each. 
Nichu. Flowers of immense size of very incurved shape on good 
stems, producing an abundance of beautiful light yellow flowers 
with good centres to the end of the season. $1.00 each. 
Paradise. Of the well known George Walters type in formation 
but entirely distinct in color; creamy old-rose suffused with 
gold in such a manner as to give it a striking brown tone; ex- 
tremely free with perfect stems. $1.00 each. 
Picotee. Color of rich luminous crimson-carmine with the re- 
verse of petals a silvery white color, the petals being fluted on the 
ends; this reverse side presents itself in such a manner so as to 
give the flowers the appearance of being tipped with white. 
50 cts. each. . 
Cactus DauHLia, CALIFORNIA BEAUTY 
Pierrot. A unique and striking color, and of unusual grace, 
being composed of very long, narrow tubular petals, which 
are of a deep amber color, usually showing white tips, but 
even when it comes a self color without these tips it possesses 
an neat refinement different from all other sorts. 50 cts. 
each. 
Rising Beauty. Flowers large. Of the most brilliant carmine 
with scarlet suffusion, each petal being tipped with golden- 
yellow, giving a rich color combination. $1.50 each. 
Shirley Brown. One of the largest of the Hybrid Cactus varieties. 
It can be grown to over ten inches in diameter. The flowers are 
of splendid form of rich old gold, with rich orange-red shadings; 
an early free-flowering variety with splendid stems. $1.00 each. 
Sinbad. Color a bright maroon with the reverse of the petals a 
lighter shade, and as they twist and turn the effect is a blossom 
tipped with mauve. The form is incurved. $1.00 each. 
Springfield. An improvement over the variety Countess of 
Lonsdale, which for many years was considered one of the very 
best Cactus varieties for general cultivation, in Springfield, we 
have the same beautiful blending of salmon-pink and amber, 
possibly more intensified and luminous, and even freer flowering. 
50 cts. each. 
Sulphur Queen. A splendid large flower of true Cactus form 
of a clean sulphur-yellow, early and free; the best of this color 
yet introduced. 50 cts. each. 
Talisman. A gorgeously colored flower of a deep blood-red 
with maroon shadings. Many ol the long petals incurve 
slightly showing the reverse of the tips which gives the flower a 
more or less buff tipped appearance. 75 cts. each. 
Zante. A large golden-yellow but decidedly different, it is heavily 
suffused with apricot pink with deeper shading. The flower has 
great depth, built of heavy evenly rolled petals. An early free 
bloomer that will please for all purposes. 75 cts. each. 
SPECIAL OFFER.—One dormant root of proper planting size each of the 41 Choice Cactus Dahlias, as 
offered on pages 164 and 165, amounting at single rate to $35.50 for $30.00. 
