HENRY A. DREER 



Hardy Perennial Plants 



WHOLESALE CATALOG 



Chrysanthemum — continued 



Hardy Chrysanthemums are excellent cut-flower 

 material suite'd for all occasions. They provide out- 

 door grown flowers after practically everything else 

 has succumbed to the cold. The wide range of colors 

 and the great diversity of form make them indis- 

 pensable to every florist. 



Chrysanthemum Rosamund 



New Korean Hybrids 



Introduced by Us in 1937 



Every one of these New Early Korean Hybrids, intro- 

 duced by us in 1937, is a decided advance over previous 

 offerings in this class. They will bring to your gardens 

 magnificent blooms of exquisite form and size. 

 Appeal. Single blush pink. Has dainty long narrow 



petals. Very free. ^ . ■, 



Avalon. A vigorous healthy plant with good sized, 



double, recurved, yellow flowers. 

 Fairy. Single blooms of delicate rose with white halo. 

 Fireflame. Deep blood red with carmine suffusion. 



Showy single blooms. 

 Happiness. Opens rosy apricot and changes to pale 



pink. Single. ^ , , ^ , 



Bosamimd. Large, pale violet-rose of lovely duplex 



form. 

 Eose Mist. Delicate single pale old rose. Dwarf and 



compact. 

 Stellaris. Large single Buttercup-yellow blooms. Grace- 

 ful and vigorous. 

 Sultan. Single rosy orange-salmon. Dwarf, free and 



compact. 



Any of the above, 2-inch pots: 

 $2.00 per doz.; $15.00 per 100 



Recent Korean Hybrids 



From Other Sources 



The following Korean Hybrids are the originations 



of other hybridizers. They have proved to be of real 



merit, and we heartily recommend them to our cus- 

 tomers. 



Aphrodite. Beautiful single flowers of pink and ivory. 

 A very profuse bloomer. 



Astrid. A sturdy, hardy, pink variety which appears 

 to have a strain of Chrysanthemum Arcticum in it. 



Dazira. Extremely dainty light pink, fading to white. 



Hebe. Luminous pink changing to lavender tones with 

 age. 



Indian Summer. Double vivid glowing orange. A dis- 

 tinct advance. 



Innocence. The best white Korean Hybrid. Very free. 



Iiouise Schling. Single glowing salmon-red changing to 

 bronze-salmon. 



Orion. Single brilliant glittering canary yellow. 



Romany. Very attractive double orange-carmine-red. 

 A perfect flower of fascinating form and brilliance. 



Saturn. Sparkling orange and bronze. Single. 



The Moor. Introduced last year under the name of 

 Araby. The latter name has been discarded because 

 of previous use. A deep purplish double variety of a 

 novel shade. $2.50 per doz.; $20.00 per 100. 



Venus. Single lilac-pink witli lavender shading. 



Vulcan. Single glowing carmine-red changing to bronze 

 crimson. 



Any of the above, except where noted, 2-inch pots: 

 91.00 per doz.; $8.00 per 100 



Ten Extra-Early Flowering 

 Korean Hybrids for 1936 



These ten extra-early flowering Korean Hybrids, in- 

 troduced by us in 1936, have won universal acclaim. 

 In 1937 we were unable to supply the demand. Their 

 principal virtue lies in their flowering ten days to two 

 weeks earlier than the general assortment of this type. 

 Clio. Dwarf compact plant of pleasing habit, producing 



masses of deep carmine-rose duplex flowers. 

 Fortuna. Very vigorous plants of medium height cov- 

 ered with unique curly-petaled oxblood red flowers. 3 



to 4 inches in diameter. 

 Hestia. Semi-double rose-pink flowers with a white 



halo, produced freelj' on compact bushy plants. 

 Juno. Very dwarf, compact plants producing an abun- 

 dance of single flowers opening a coppery red and 



changing with age to a salmon-flesh. 

 ITiobe. A vigorous plant of dwarf compact habit. Clear 



glistening white flowers with yellow discs covering 



the plant completely. 

 Nysa. A large, rather tall, upright plant growing 2>,2 



to 3 feet in height, producing a great abundance of 



clear rosy lilac flowers. 

 Psyche. Single dainty lively shell pink flowers freely 



produced on wiry stems. 

 Sappho. Compact dwarf plant with an abundance of 



single yellow flowers. 

 Thalia. Busliy compact plants growing 18 to 24 inches 



high. The duplex flowers are of a light orange shade 



and of excellent form. 

 Vesta. A plant of medium height and great vigor. 



literally covered with deep golden orange flowers over 



21/2 inches in diameter. 



Any of the above. 2-inch pots: 

 $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100 



Hardy Single-Flow^ered Chrysanthemums 



The following list embraces the choicest and most 



popular single-flowered Hardy Chrysanthemums. Their 



visefulness, dainty- appearance and free-flowering habit 



have endeared them to all flower lovers. 



Adonis. A beautiful variety with the lower half of 

 each petal bright yellow and the other half red. 

 More intense in its contrast than the popular variety 

 "Sensation." Offered now for the first time. 



Autumn Iieaf. A very effective semi-double variety 

 with deep fawn-orange blooms suffused with bright 

 carmine. 



Brilliancy. A large single variety of unusual brilliance. 

 Briglit red with a halo or circle of yellow around 

 the disc. 



Buff Beauty. Large semi-double blooms of deep buff 

 with yellow halo. Very unusual and attractive. Early. 



Cavalier. Deep wine color. Small flowers produced very 

 freely. 



Cosmos. Deep purplish carmine. Most distinct. 



Country Girl. Single flowers of glistening pink with 

 soft lilac tones, over three inches in diameter. They 

 are produced in great profusion. 



Crimson Splendor. Large deep crimson-maroon. 



Firebrand. Very bright semi-double scarlet. 



Firmament. Deep rosy carmine. Very free and vigor- 

 ous. 



Grenadier. Crimson-scarlet fading to orange. 



Indian Maid. Deep orange-terra-cotta. A strong, ap- 

 pealing color, and most vigorous plant. 



Lemonade. Large lemon yellow duplex. 



Persia. W'ell-formeii spmi-douhle blooms of an inter- 

 esting deep rosy-carmine as found in Persian rugs. 



Princess. By all odds the best single white Chrysan- 

 themum among the thousands we have raised. Early 

 and large. 



Scarlet Wonder. Compact, bushy plants bearing very 

 bright rosy madder red flowers. 



Sunbrigrht. An intense shade of bright pure yellow. 

 Single. 



The Torch. Intense orange-scarlet with a golden halo 

 around tlie yellow disc. The reverse is golden yellow. 



Warrior. Semi-double flowers of a deep crimson-maroon 



with golden reverse and bright yellow disc. 



Any of the above, 2-inch pots: 



$1.00 per doz.; $8.00 per 100 



The prices quoted are for 2-inch pot plants, 



ready in March 



Important Notice 



For your own protection as a Florist or Nursery- 

 man entitled to the wholesale prices given In this 

 catalog, we request you to reserve this book for your 

 own use. We decline to accept orders at these 

 wholesale prices from persons not in the trade. 



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I>reer'8 Chryvanthemusas have an enviahle reputation. 



