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HENRY A. DREER 



Dahlias 



WHOLESALE LIST 



SELECT DECORATIVE DAHLIAS 



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Decorative Dahlia, 

 Dalcota 



Tanforan. Very large brilliant scarlet with garnet 

 shadings arranged in fine form with more or less 

 curled and twisted petals. A robust grower of free- 

 flowering habit. $2.50 per doz. ; iglS.OO per 100. 



Toiiuny Atlcins. Remarkable for its wonderful color- 

 ing. Brilliant flaming scarlet with golden metallic 

 lustre, the brightest and richest red yet produced. 

 The flowers are very large, but not at all stiff or 

 formal and continue good to the end of the season: 

 splendid for exhibition, the garden, or for cutting. 

 $7.50 per doz.; $00.00 per 100. 



Trentonian. A giant decorative of outstanding merit 

 of a distinct and appealing color, a wonderful shad- 

 ing of old gold, amber and coppery bronze, with a 

 centre of reddish bronze, forming a flower of mar- 

 velous brilliancy. A flower of lasting quality, a 

 splendid exhibition variety as well as for garden 

 decoration. $7.50 per doz.; $60.00 per 100. 



Tresor Anver.sois. One of the most beautifully shaped 

 and refined large flowers in our collection and 

 a gem in every way, being early, free, and 

 different in coloring from any other, a most 

 striking and attractive pure lavender pink 

 with silvery suffusion. $10.00 per doz.; $75.00 

 per 100. 



U. S. A. Probably no other Dahlia has met Nvith 

 such favor as this, which is entirely distinct 

 in color from all others, a pure deep orange, 

 sparkling and glistening, an unusual color in 

 Dahlias. These flowers are of large size, of 

 good formation, on excellent stems, held so as 

 to display their full beauty and not least of 

 all, it is remarkably free-flowering. $5.00 per 

 doz.; .540.00 per 100. 



Wapiti. In color similar to the American Beauty 

 Hose, a rich dark carmine. The flowers are 

 large, composed of many closely rolled long 

 petals. $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



Whopper. A giant decorative with well-built deep 

 flowers of a most pleasing shade of yellow-buff, suf- 

 fused with orange. !)t2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



William Slocoiiibe. A beautiful clean-cut, pure canary- 

 yellow of splendid form, with very large flowers: It 

 is early flowering and continues good to the end of 

 the season. $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



Wizard of Oz. A great Dahlia from all points of view, 

 size, formation, color, habit of growth and freedom 

 of bloom. Really a wonderful all around Dahlia, be 

 it for the garden, exhibition or cut flower. Begins 

 to flower early and holds its blooms perfect to the 

 end of the season. In color it is a rare shade of 

 amber-pink with soft salmon shading or suffusion 

 $7.50 per doz.; $00.00 per 100. 



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Rosa iVell. It is not possible to find a better Dahlia 

 of its color. The flowers are large, of best decorative 

 formation. It is the brightest rose. $3.50 per doz.; 

 $20.00 per 100. 



Royal Gold. A wonderful free bloomer, flowers of good 

 size of a striking luminous tone of golden amber. 

 .$2..50 per doz.; .$15.00 per 100. 



Sagamore. Light saffron-yellow with glowing red- 

 tinted golden suffusion. A good free bloomer with 

 medium-sized flowers which are particularly prized 

 for cutting. $7.50 per doz.; $00.00 per 100. 



Santa Rosa. Beautiful distinct old rose of very good 

 form on good stems; an exceptionally good cut 

 flower with fine keeping qualities. $2.50 per doz.; 

 $15.00 per 100. 



Savoy. A fine exhibition and garden decorative vari- 

 ety of a bright tyrian-pink with brilliant, aniline 

 red shadings which become most intense late in the 

 season. $5.00 per doz.; $40.00 per 100. 



September Glow. Flowers of good size of a bright 

 amber-yellow illuminated with a golden-salmon suf- 

 fusion. .$2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



ShelikoiT. A rich glowing deep garnet, good sized, 

 deep fiowers of great substance and good form, 

 always full to the centre, one of the very good dark 

 varieties. $5.00 per doz.; $40.00 per 100. 



Snowdrift. For garden decoration nothing compares 

 with this splendid giant variety with its broad waxy 

 white petals which form a most perfectly shaped 

 flower on comparatively dwarf plants, on stiff stems. 

 $5.00 per doz.; $35.00 per 100. 



St. Francis. Soft cream color brightened with a pink- 

 ish glow on the outer petals creating a delightful 

 blossom. ValuaWe as a cut flower on account of its 

 keeping qualities and rigid stem. Admirable for 

 exhibition for its large size. And its freedom of 

 bloom and beautiful color make it a fine subject 

 for the garden. $10.00 per doz.; $75.00 per 100. 



Susan Magill. A deep shade of lilac is not an attrac- 

 tive description for a Dahlia, nevertheless this 

 variety is admired by everyone, a large, well shaped 

 flower with the bushes loaded with bloom through- 

 out the season. $7.50 per doz.; .$00.00 per 100. 



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