DREERS SPECIAL DAHLIA CATALOGUE 



CACTUS DAHLIA, HELENE 



Thusnelda. Chamois suffused with lose and pink; a splendid 

 flower. 



Uncle Tom. Maroon with darker shadings, almost black. 

 Volker. A charming free flowering pure yellow. 

 Vesuve. Rich geranium-lake, with deeper shadings. 

 Warjag.. Orange carmine tipped with bright carmine, good 

 size. 



W. Hopkins. Very large ox-blood rtd. 



Wunderkind. Luminous canary-yellow shading to white, 

 suffused with flesh at the edges; one of the freest. 



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 CACTUS DAHLIAS 



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Mrs. Edward Mawley. A fine yellow. 



Mrs. F. Qrinstead. Deep rich crmison, sufiused 

 purple, large incurved flower of fine form. 



Mrs. J. Harrison. An intensely uch oriental-red of 

 large size and perfect form. 



MoritZ Arndt. Amber-yellow of good form. 25c. 



Ortwin. A compact bedding variety, producing hand- 

 some flowers of a distinct salmon-flesh color with 

 rosy hue. 



Papagei. Ground color yellow with bright rosy-red va- 

 riegations extending almost to the lemon-colored tips. 



Parsifal. A splendid cream-white, borne on stiff stems 

 well above the foliage. It is one cf the freest and 

 earliest-flowering of the many white Cactus varieties. 

 Plants ready April 15th. 50c. each. 



Princess Use. Delicate rose suffused with carmine, 

 passing to white on edges. 



Prince of Yellows. A rich canary yellow; one of 

 the best yellows for cutting. 



Rene Cayeux. Rich geranium red; one of the earliest 

 to flower. 



Reliable. A very large, bold, striking flower, of a pleasing 

 madder-carmine, sufiused with salmon and }ellow. 



S. M. Mossaffer Eddin. A distinct and pretty flower of 

 a rich aniline-red; petals long and peculiarly twisted. 



Thomas Parkin. A magnificent flower of the most refined 

 type; color a beautiful mars-orange. 



Thuringia. Flowers very large, and always of good form; of 

 a brilliant fiery-red color. A remarkably free bloomer. 



Price. Any of the Standard Cactus sorts offered above and on preceding page, except where noted, 15c. each; J1.50 per dozen; 

 $10.00 per 100; 12 sorts our selection $1.50; 25 sorts our .selection $2 75; Complete collection of the 63 varieties ^7.50. 



FANCY CACTUS DAHLIAS 



A distinct and showy class, in which the flowers are beauti 

 fully striped and variegated, as shown in the illustration. 



Alpha. Creamy-white, with pencillings, spots and 

 stripes of reddish purple. Plants ready April I5tb. 



Comet. Delicate lilac, pencilled, spotted and 

 striped with tyrian rose. 



Fireworks. Ground color golden-yellow striped 

 and spotted with oriental-red. 



Maurice Fuld. Base of petals golden-yellow 

 shading to bronzy rose at the tips and densely 

 striped with bright currant-red. Plants ready 

 April 15th. 50c. each. 



Mercury. Ground color yellow, thickly striped 

 and spotted with crimson, large flower. Plants 

 ready April 15th. 50c each. 



Mrs. J. Emberson. A distinct fancy with large in- 

 curved flowers of a pale-lemon, splashed and speckled 

 wtth rosy-pink. Plants ready April I Sth. 50c. each. 



Vesuvius. Ground color buttercup-yellow, striped an 

 spotted blood-red. 



Price. Except where noted 30c. each; $3.00 per dozen; 

 one each of the 7 fancy sorts for $2.co. 



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