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HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA, PA., WHOLESALE PRICE LIST 



DREER'S DECORATIVE DAHLIAS 



Doz. 100 



Mrs. Carl Salbach. This is one of the 

 California varieties which has been 

 seen at most of the Dahlia Shows and 

 has been accorded many honors. Flow- 

 ers of splendid decorative form, meas- 

 uring fully nine inches across, of a 

 pleasing shade of solferino-pink with 

 •white suffusion 97 50 



Mrs. C. H. Breck. Soft yellow, deeply 



suffused with carmine 1 50 $12 00 



Mrs. I. de Ver Warner. The best known 

 and one of Judge Marean's finest in- 

 troductions. A ■wonderful Dahlia that 

 has justly gained a great reputation, 

 produces great masses of absolutely 

 perfect flowers under all conditions. In 

 color it is of that refined pleasing deep 

 mauve-pink that is usually referred to 

 as an orchid coloring. The flowers are 

 large, of perfect form, on long stiff 

 stems and are so placed as to show 

 their full profile. It comes into flower 

 early and continues in good shape to 

 the end of the season 18 00 



Mrs. Nat Slaeonibe. A good all around 

 bright primrose-yellow of splendid 

 shape with good stems and very free 2 50 18 00 



Mrs. R. R. Strange. Burnished copper 

 with tracings of old rose and gold, a 

 splendid autumn color, flowers large.. 5 00 



Mt. Hood. A medium sized remarkably 

 free flo'wering pure w-hite of good 

 quality on long stems, a good garden 

 decorative and a good cut flower 2 50 18 00 



Oregon Beanty. Intense Oriental-red 

 with golden sheen and garnet suf- 

 fusion, flowers large 2 50 20 00 



Ouray. Rich deep velvety maroon 1 00 8 00 



Patrick O'Mara. This has won high hon- 

 ors at many shows throughout the 

 country. It is of free-flowering habit. 

 The flowers, supported on long stiff 

 stems, are of good size, perfect; form, 

 and in color a rich chrome yellow, 

 with salmon-red suffusion 7 50 



Pierre Grissard. Very free-flowering 

 brilliant cochineal carmine with lighter 

 suffusion, borne on perfect stems 5 00 40 00 



Pink Perfection. This is a pink fllow- 

 ered form of the popular Hortulanus 

 Fiet. In color it is a beautiful shade 

 of salmon-pink, with old rose suffusion 

 and illuminated with a golden sheen. . 7 50 60 00 



Pioneer. Entirely distinct in color, a 

 dark mahogany red, with a brilliant 

 carmine suffusion on the outer petals 18 00 



Polar Bear. A California introduction. 

 It is of the purest white, the flowers 

 of great size and excellent form, borne 

 very freely on good long stems and 

 last wonderfully either on the plant 

 or ■when cut 5 00 



Pride of California. A brilliant, glowing 

 cardinal-red, of very large size held on 

 extra good stems, very free and a 

 wonderful keeper as a cut flower 1 50 12 00 



Princess Jaliana. An ideal pure ■white 

 for all purposes. A splendid cut 

 flower. It is one of the earliest to 

 flower 1 50 12 00 



Doz. 100 



Princess Pat. Flo^vers of large size and 

 of splendid decorative form, always 

 coming with a full centre, in color a 

 a most pleasing shade of old rose that 

 lights up wonderfully under artificial x 



light. It is free-flowering, and the 

 flowers are carried on excellent stems $7 50 $50 00 

 Red Flag. Bright crimson-red 2 50 20 00 



Red Flamingo. Very large with broad 

 wavy or curled petals, rich luminous 



crimson-red 3 50 25 00 



Reve d'Amour. Petals irregular, making 

 a pretty fluffy flower of large size of 

 a pleasing crimson-pink with salmon 

 suffusion 7 50 



Roeni van Aalsnieer. An exceptionally 

 early and free flowering pure white , 

 variety of medium size on good long 

 stems lasting particularly ■well as a 

 cut flower 2 50 



Romance. The color effect of this at a 

 short distance is a vivid orange, but is 

 really a fancy or variegated Dahlia, 

 orange at the base and heavily spec- 

 kled, striped and splashed -with car- 

 mine, a fascinating and artistic blend 

 of Oriental colors 15 00 



Royal Gold. A ■wonderful free bloomer 

 with excellent stems, flowers of good 

 size of a striking luminous tone of 

 golden amber 10 00 



Salmonea. A medium sized flower of ele- 

 gant form and exquisite coloring, a 

 soft but lively tint of salmon-pink 

 with golden suffusion 15 00 



Shasta. A very flne large white with 



serrated petals on long stiff stems. ... 5 00 



Shelikoff. A rich glowing deep garnet, 

 large sized, deep flowers of great sub- 

 stance and good form, always full to 

 the centre, one of the very good dark 

 colored varieties 3 50 25 00 



Sho^ver of Gold. One of the very pretty 

 autumn tints that is always in great 

 demand. It is a large decorative 

 flower with fluted petals, a brilliant 

 yello^w deepening to a soft apricot to- 

 ■wards the centre 5 00 



Souvenir de Pierre Var\-ier. A splendid 

 medium sized flower of good shape, of 

 a pleasing deep mauve 10 00 



Sunshine, A most brilliant scarlet 



faintly tipped golden yellow 7 50 



Sylvia. Soft, mauve-pink, changing to 



■white in the centre; a flne cut flower. . 1 00 7 00 



Tsikeo Sakata. Good sized flowers ■n'ith 

 quilled petals very regular in form 

 and on stiff long stems, color light 

 flesh-tinted white 2 00 15 00 



Tarzan. A fine large flower of a brilliant 

 scarlet red ■with metallic sheen. The 

 long narro^w petals have the edges 

 rolled over, giving it a very artistic 

 form 5 OO 



Tom Lundy. Flower of immense size, 

 gracefully arranged, of a brilliant car- 

 mine-red with deeper suffusion 2 50 20 00 



W. D'Arcy Ryan. An attractive and 

 striking fancy variety, a rich violet- 

 purple, with heavy white tip, unlike 

 other fancy varieties, rarely produces 

 self-colored flo^wers 3 50 25 00 



AVhopper. A giant decorative ■with ex- 

 tremely large, ■n-ell-built deep flowers 

 of a most pleasing shade of yellow- 

 buff, suffused with orange 3 50 25 00 



