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



Dreer's Choice Cactus Dahlias 



Doz. 



Gladys Slieryvood. Truly a wonderful 

 Dahlia. We have seen flowers over 10 

 Inches in diameter composed of long 

 curling petals of glistening' 'white 

 forming a flo'«-er of unusual depth. ... .$5 00 



Gcldlaud. A splendid prinl^ose-yello^v . . 1 50 



Goliath. Ground color yello'W', suffused 



and tinted 'with reddish salmon 1 50 



Guardian. One of the few perfectly 

 formed narrow petaled English Cactus 

 type that is free flowering under all 

 climatic conditions. A luminous at- 

 tractive brilliant currant red 3 50 



Helen Durnbaagli. Delicate blush with 

 soft rose centre, flo'W'ers of good form, 

 very free, on perfect stems 5 00 



J. Edwin Watki.s. A dainty, fair-sized, 

 graceful cut flower of perfect form, 

 the base of the petals sulphur-yellow 

 passing to long white points 2 00 



Kalif. Color, pure scarlet. A most effec- 

 tive variety for cutting as ■well as for 

 garden decoration 5 00 



Lord Minto. Long quilled petals, centre 

 pale yello'n', passing- to a soft rosy- 

 salmon at the ends 1 50 



Marathon. A free-flowering brilliant 

 rich. French purple, illuminated with 

 brighter shadings '2 50 



aiargTierite Bouchon. One of the most 

 beautiful Cactus Dahlias; it is perfect 

 in form, of good size, in color a charm- 

 ing shade of brilliant yet soft rose, 

 with a large ^vhite centre and dis- 

 tinctly defined white tips 3 50 



MevronT*- Ballego. A splendid brilliant 

 garnet -with scarlet, shadings with 

 rather broad fluted petals forming a 

 showy flc^ver ; 2 50 



Mi.ss Leota Cota. A' splendid exhibition 

 variety, it is difficult' to' "imagine' a 

 more beautiful blending ' of creamy 

 buff and pink , 5 00 



Miss Willniott. Reddish apricot, shading 



to golden-yello'w at the centre........ 2 00 



Mile. Marie Doncet. A lovely mauve, 



passing to a white centre; of good size 2 00 



Mine. Eschenaner. Color creamy-white 

 with a delicate suffusion or veiling of 

 soft mauve-pink; a good cut flower... .5 00 



Mrs. Edna Spencer. Splendid narro'sv 

 petalled English Cactus type, flowers 

 large of a delicate lavender-pink with 

 white suffusion 5 00 



Mrs. Ethel F. T. Smith. Creamy white 



shading to lemon at the centre 10 00 



Mr.s. Henry R. AVirth. An early and free 

 flowering true Cactus form of a most 

 intense brilliant scarlet 2 50 



airs. AVarnaar. Of verj' large size -with 

 long, peculiarly twisted petals of a 

 creamy-white with just a faint apple- 

 blossom suffusion 5 00 



Xibelungenhort. This is always greatly 

 admired, 'with flowers from 7 to 8 

 inches across, composed of rather 

 broad, more or less curled and t-v\'isted 

 petals of a beautiful shade of old rose 

 with golden-apricot suffusion 2 50 



Pierrot. Deep amber color, usually show- 

 ing white tips, but even -when it comes 

 a self color -without these tips it pos- 

 sesses an individual refinement differ- 

 ent from all other sorts 1 50 



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Picotee. Entirely distinct. The color of 

 the petals is a rich, luminous crimson- 

 carmine with the reverse of 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 

 variegated or tipped with white §2 50 §20 00 



Princess Mnrat. Solferino-red with 

 golden suffusion at centre, of good 

 English Cactus form 5 00 40 00 



Red Cross. A very large golden yellow 

 heavily suffused and marked with cor- 

 al-red 5 00 40 00 



Rheinischer Frohsinn. The flowers are - 

 large, of splendid form; the long, in- 

 curving petals are -white at the base, 

 but at about one-half their length they 

 become suffused with and change to a 

 luminous carmine-rose 3 50 25 00 



Rheinkoenig. An ideal white variety. 

 Of great substance, lasting well when 

 cut 1 50 12 00 



Shirley BroiTn. One of the largest of 

 the hybrid cactus varieties. It can be 

 gro'tt'n to over ten inches in diameter. 

 The flowers are of splendid form of 

 rich, old gold, with rich, orange-red 

 shadings . 10 00 



Souvenir de Jacques Forman. Of perfect 

 cactus form with perfect stems and 

 good sized flowers nearly ball-shaped 

 of a pleasing pale salmon with golden 

 suffusion 7 50 



Springfield. An improved Countess of 

 Lonsdale, which for many years was 

 .considered one of the very best cactus 

 varieties for general cultivation. This 

 has the same beautiful blending of 

 salmon-pink and amber, possibly more 

 intensified and luminous, but with bet- 

 ter, stiffer stems and even freer flow- 

 ering than the Countess 2 00 15 00 



Sportsman. Brilliant deep vermilion.... 2 50 



Success. A fine pure yellow 1 50 10 00 



Thais. Ground color white suffused with 

 delicate mauve-rose; a pretty cut 

 fiower 5 00 



"Vater Rhein. Flowers raised well above 

 the foliage on stout stems; the petals 

 are broad, curled and twisted, form- 

 ing an ideal flower, color yellow, suf- 

 fused with salmon-rose 2 50 20 00 



■Wacht am Rhein. Delicate rosy-pink or 



shell-pink with white suffusion 2 50 20 00 



"White Queen. A pure 'white hybrid-cac- 

 tus with long fluted petals developing 

 into a flower of good size 7 50 



Xi'odan. Still holds its place as one of 

 the most popular Dahlias, and is un- 

 surpassed in its class. It is a bold, 

 large flo'wer, frequently 7 inches In 

 diameter, a graceful arrangement of 

 semi-incurved tubular petals of a 

 pleasing delicate salmon-rose color, 

 shading to old gold in the centre 2 50 20 00 



■U'olfgajis von Goethe. A splendid free- 

 flowering variety of large size, the 

 flowers gracefully arranged, in color a 

 rich apricot 'with carmine shadings, a 

 good cut flower showing up particu- 

 larly good under artificial light 3 50 



