DREER'S SPECIAL DAHLIA CATALOGUE 



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Select Standard 



DECORATIVE DAHLIAS 



In addition to the new and extr i choice varieties offered on the 

 opposite page, we offer the following splendid sorts of this most 

 popular and useful type: 



Admiral Dewey. 

 Black Beauty. 



black 

 Bronze Beauty. 

 Catherine Duer. 



cuttine:. 



A rich purple, very free. 

 Deep velvety-maroon, almost 



Bright coppery-orange. 

 Iridescent-red; a favorite 



tor 



W. Bruton. A fine bright yellow. 

 A deep rose color, of large size and hm 



Clifford 

 Eureka. 



form. 

 Evadne. Centre soft primrose shading to white, 



edge of flower blush. 

 F. L. Bassett. Carmine-purple, shading deeper 



at the centre. 

 Fire Rain. A free-flowering cardinal-red; a fine cut flower. 

 Qold of Ophir. Rich old-gold shading to amber. 

 Henry Patrick. A beautiful pure white. 

 Jack Rose. Brilliant crimson-red, smiilar in shade to the popular 



"Jack" Rose, which suggested its name; perfect for garden 



decoration or for cutting. 25 cts. each; |!2.5o per doz. 

 Jeanne Charmet. A splendid cut flower variety of a pleasing 



shade of violet rose on a lighter ground. 

 Juno. A rich velvety reddish-brown with btilliant carmine mark- 

 ings, flowers of large size on strong stems. 

 La France. Large flowers of a deep solferino-red, very free 



flowering. 25 cts. each. 

 Lyndhurst. Brilliant cardinal-red. A fine cut flower. 

 Mme. Van den Daele. A charming soft rose with deeper 



markings, shading to white in the centre. 25 cts. each; ^2.50 



per doz. 



Marianna. Very dwarf, and producing an abundance of pleasing 

 rich orange-buft flowers. 



DECORATIVE DAHLIA, SYLVIA 



DECORATIVE DAHLIA, JACK ROSE 



Mrs. Linder. Free-flowering white suffused pink. 



Mrs. T. F. De Witt. A good primrose yellow. 



Mrs. Winters. A fine pure white. 



Orange King. Rich, glowing orange-scarlet. 



Perle {PerU dt la Tcte d' Or). A beautiful glistening white; 'a 



splendid variety for cutting. . — 



Sylvia. Soft, pleasing mauve pink, gradually changing to white 



in the centre. A fine cut flower. 

 Wm. Agnew. Rich, dazzling carmine-red. 

 Wilhelm Miller. Rich, aniline red, suffused with purple. 

 Zulu. Deep maroon with black shadings. 



Price. Except where noted, 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; 

 $10.00 per 100. 



One each of the above 27 varieties for §3.25. 



ANEMONE FLOWERED OR 

 GLORIA DAHLIAS 



A new and distinct type with a single outer row of showy petals, 

 the centre or disc being taken up with tubular, cleft petals usually 

 of the same color as the outer petals, the flower as a whole remind- 

 ing one of the Spring-flowering Anemones. 



Qraziella. Rose color with white spots, the disc petals golden- 

 yellow. 25 cts. each. 

 Horace. Deep claret-red striped with white, base of petals- 

 salmon, disc florets old gold striped with red. 25 cts. each. 

 Mme. Charles Molin. Creamy- white of good form. 25cts.each. 

 Sculpteur Lemot. Bright claret-red. 50 cts. each. 

 One each of the above 4 sorts for J 1. 00. 



