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DREER'S SPECIAL DAHLIA CATALOGUE 



CHOICE DOUBLE SHOW DAHLIAS 



The thirty-six varieties offered below is one of the finest collec- 

 tions of this favorite type ever offered, and includes a number of new 

 sorts of more than usual merit. 



While Dahlia specialists all over the world appear to have de- 

 voted most of their attention to the production of new colors and 

 improved forms of the Cactus type there are still a large number of 

 planters who prefer this fine old densely double sorts. 



A. D. Livoni. A splendid clear pink, beautifully quilled, of 

 perfect form, and very free- flowering. 



Arabella. Light sulphur-yellow, shaded peach-blossom on edges; 

 a fine (lower. 



Caleb Powers. Best described as an improvement in size, color- 

 ing, and even in earliness, to the popular variety, Susan, offered 

 in this list, a delicate shell-pink of splendid form. 50 cts. each ; 

 $5.00 per doz. 



Chas. Lanier. The largest deep yellow Show Dahlia to date. 

 Very rich yellow and fine for cutting. 



Colonist. A peculiarly colored variety, the centre of the petals 

 coral-red, edges and lips sutTused and shaded purple-lake, of fine 

 form. 



Duchess of Cambridge. Base of petals white suffused pink, 

 heavily tipped dark crimson. 



David Johnson. A beautifully quilled almost globular flower of 

 a peculiar bronzy shade of shrimp-pink. 



Edward Mawley. A splendid new deep .self-colored crim- 

 son of perfect form and very free. Plants ready April 15th. 

 75 cts. each. 



Emily. -Solferino, with while markings ; very large and free- 

 flowering. 



Ethel Britton. Creamy white, lightly suffused and tipped 



with solferino-red. 

 Qettysburg, Large bright rich scarlet. 

 Gloria de Lyon. A well formed large white. 

 Gracchus. Orange, shaded apiicot ; a fine flower. 

 Hero. Aniline red, of fine shade. 

 Isis. A new sort of immense size, large petal.s, full double, 



orange scarlet suffused with carmine with golden sheen at the 



tips. Plants ready April isth. $1.00 each. 

 John Thorpe. A fine large solferino-red. 

 John Walker. An elegant pure white. 

 Lady Maude Herbert. Pale yellow, shaded peach, heavily 



tipped crim.'ion. 



SHOW I).\HI.IA, PRINCESS VICTORIA 



The most perfect large pure niauve- 



SHOVV DAHLIA, SUSAN 



Mme. Alfred IVloreau. 



pink; a splendid fluwer. 

 Mariner, .\pricot, suffused and tipped with carmine-lake. 

 Miss May Loomis. White suffused with soft rose. 



Mrs. Glascock. A creamy white of very large size and per- 



fecl form. 



Pandora. A new variety of most delicate .soft mauve-pink of 

 ab.solutely perfect form. Plants ready April i5tli. 50 cts. 

 each. 



Princess Victoria. A sterling novelty, being the earliest 

 and freest-flowering primrose-yellow ; never produces an im- 

 perfect tiower, and is in bloom early and late ; long, stiff 

 stems ; fine for cutting. 50 cts. each. 



Pendent. An early and profuse- flowering crimson-maroon. 



Queen Victoria. A popular light yellow. 



Ruby Queen. Brilliant deep ruby-purple. 



Red Hussar. Pure cardinal red. 



Southern Queen. A large, absolutely perfect flower of a 

 deep rosy-mauve with darker shadings. I'lants ready April 

 15th. 25 cts. each. 



Sulphurea. A splendid free-flowering pure sulphur-yellow of 

 perfect form. 25 cts. each. 



Standard. One of the best show varieties in our collection, 

 every flower being perfect and remarkably free flowering, in 

 color a deep rich blood-red with bronzy shimmer. 50 cts. each. 



Susan. Probably no Dahlia ever introduced by us has given 

 such universal satisfaction as this, a beautiful, delicate, soft 

 shell-pink, of splendid form, remarkably early and free-flower- 

 ing, with long stems ; splendid for cutting. 



Thomas White. Purple-garnet shaded black. 35 cts. each. 

 White Dandy. A splendid white of good form with quilled 



petals. 35 cts. each. 

 White Bedder. Fine, large, globular pure white. 

 Yellow Livoni. Undoubtedly the most perfectly quilled 



iJahlia grown ; flowers of medium size, but very perfect, of a 



soft lemon yellow. 



Price. Except where noted, 20 cts. each ; $2.00 per doz.; 

 J15.00 per ICO. One each of the 36 varieties for $cS.5o. 



