DREERS SPECIAL DAHLIA CATALOGUE 



Select Standard 



CACTUS DAHLIAS 



The coUeclion oftered below and on the page follow- 

 ing, contains all first-class standard varieties, of which 

 we have large stocks and which we are able to oflsr 

 at popular prices. 



Amos Perry. Flowers large, with long petals; color 

 hery-recl; one i>f the earliest and freest-flowering. 

 Anna Bornemann, Chamois passing to lilac- 

 rose; broad incurving petals; early and free. 

 Autumn. Bright rosy-scarlet, suffused with sal- 

 mon; long, pointed, tubular petals. 

 Berlichingen, Deep crimson-carmine, shading to 



bright carmine at tips; very showy. 

 Blitz. An early and free-flowering rich and brilliant 



geranium-lake of exceptionally fine form. 

 Bruce. A perfect constructed flower with long 

 twisted petals of yellow-salmon shading to amber- 

 yellow in the centre, very free-flowering on stiff 

 wiry stems. 50 cts. each. , 



C. E. Wilkins. A splendid flower, ground color 

 pale sulphur-yellow gradually i)assiog to a tender 

 salmon-pink. 25 els. each. 



Clara Q. Stredwick. Shrimp-pink, shading to salmon-red. 

 Countess of Malmesbury. Delicate peach-pink; very free. 

 Director Quennec. 1 Mil of the freest (lowering, fiery-red 



suttused witli carmine. 25 cts. each. 

 Dorothy. A delicate shade of mauve rose, a good shaped 



double flower. 

 Dreadnought. Very large, deep ox-blood red. 

 Edelweiss. Dwarf, very free-flowering, white. 

 Effective. Chamois-rose with yellow shadings. 

 Elly Uumpert. A splendid variety for cutting, very free, 



flowers produced on long stems, of a mos-t pleasing shade of 



mauve-pink. 25 cts. each. 

 Exquisite. Fine pure orange-scarlet with salmon shadings. 

 Faunus. Ground color straw-yellow, shading to rosy-scarlet ; 



petals long and narrow, flowers large, early and free. 25 cts. 



each. 

 Flame. Brilliant orange-scarlet of good cactus form, 

 Flamingo. Brilliant vermilion, long, pointed petals. 

 ^orelle. Lemon-yellow at base, gradually shading to lumin- 

 ous crimson-carmine at the tips. 

 Qabriel. Creamy-white, edged with vermilion. 



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Gold Fassan. Ground color chrome-yellow, passing to rosy- 

 red ; Mowers of medium size, of perfect shape. 

 Qen. French. Oneof the best ; orange-terra-cotta ; very free. 

 Qen. Buller. Cardinal-red shaded crimson ; while lips. 

 Grenadier, liright reddish old-rose, dwarf, free and pretty. 

 Gudrun. Outer petals delicate crimson-pink, passing to a 



while centre suffused with (ream and rose. 

 Hagen. Rich purple-brown with aniline red markings. 

 Havel. Flowers shaped like a water lily, of a bright salmon- 

 rose shaded deeper at the centre ; very free. 

 Helene. Centre creamy- white, outer petals pleasing mauve- 

 rose. 25 cts. each. 

 Hohenzollern. Rich orange-red, with golden sheen. 

 Horn of Plenty. Deep carmine-purple; very free. 

 Ivanhoe. 'Jf perfect, dwarf habit; flowers large, with long, 

 narrow petals of a bright straw-color. 



J. H. Jackson. Brilliant crim.sonmaroon. 

 Kriemhilde. \ most popular cut flower variety; per- 

 fect llowers on long stems; color a brilliant pink, gradu- 

 ally >hailing to wliite at the centre. 

 Keyne's White. A fine while of perfect shape. 

 Leuchtfeuer. A brilliant variety of a bright blood- 

 red will] deeper shadings; the flowers are of fine form. 

 Libelle. A very free variety, with large flowers of good 



form; of a distinct purple color, rich and jdeasing. 

 Loogalu. A broad-petalled, very full, double flower, 



oiangescarlet with carmine shadings. 

 Lovely. Delicate violet-rose with creamy-white shad- 

 ings; free and desirable. 

 Mars. A brilliant scarlet, intensified with orange at 



the base of the petals. 

 Mme. Camille Pabst. A distinct shade of deep 

 amber-yellow, sutTused with salmon-rose; a fine flower. 



Mrs. Clinton. Ground color deep amber, gradually shading 

 to a rosy-scarlet, with a glow and finish impossible to describe. 

 25 cts. each. 

 For prices of Select Standard Cactus Dahlias, see end of list 



on page following. 



