DREERS SPECIAL DAHLIA CATALOGUE 



French Collerette 

 DAHLIAS 





The Collerette Dahlia when first introduced about 

 ten years ago attracted considerable attention as a distinct 

 type, but represented as they were by only a few small 

 flowered varieties they did not become very popular; but 

 recently French specialists have given us many beautiful 

 improved forms, some with very large flowers and with 

 delightful color combinations and from which we have 

 selected the varieties here ofi'ered. These are all sorts 

 which have been shown extensively last year at the 

 European Dahlia Shows where they have met with great 

 favor and we feel confident that they will meet with the 

 same approval here. The flowers are single, having one 

 row of petals, with an additional row of short petals 

 around the disc which forms a frill or collar and which is 

 usually of a different color from the rest of the flower. 



Comte Nodler. Large perfect flowers, deep satiny purple-garnet with sulphur- 

 yellow centre, collar rays also sulphur-yellow shading to white on the tips. 50 cts. 

 each. 



Comte Cheremeteff. Vermilion-red shading to orange at tips; creamy 

 collar. 25 cts. each. 



Director Rene Gerard. Flowers 5 inches in diameter and perfect, ground color 

 creamy-white suffused and marked with French purple ; very long narrow creamy- 

 white collar petals. 50 cts. each. 



Duchesse Meizi d'Eril. Entirely distinct, a brilliant orange-scarlet, suffused and 

 marked with bright vermilion, collar petals a mottling of blush-white, purplish- 

 violet and red. 25 cts. each. 



Diomede. Ground white, suffused and touched with blotches 

 of brilliant purple-red, centre yellow, collar petals white, very 

 attractive. 50 cts. each. 



Exposition de Lyon. A very gay flower of a bright gar- 

 net, with clear yellow collar petals. 25 cts. each. 



GROUP OF COLLERETTE DAHLIAS 



Qoldstern. A pretty self-colored deep canary-yellow, both 

 ray and collar petals being of the same color. 50 els. each. 



tiarman Payne. Brownish-red suffused with yellow on the 

 edges, collar petals white with carmine markings. Plants 

 ready April 15th. 50 cts. each. 



Henri Parman. Brilliant cardinal red with velvety shadings, 

 frequently edged with creamy-yellow and large halo of same 

 color surrounding the golden disc, collar petals creamy- 

 yellow. 50 cts. each. 



La Fusee. Deep ox-blood-red, the collar of same color 

 marked with white. 25 cts. each. 



Lichtbiick. Clear lemon-yellow narrow petals, the collar 

 pale yellow, flowers of tulip-like form. Plants ready April 

 iSth. 50 cts. each. 



Mme. Qygax. Very conspicuous on account of its rich color- 

 ing ; a bright cochineal-red passing to yellow tips and excep- 

 tionally long primrose-yellow collar petals. 50 cts. each. 



Mme. E. Poirier. Deep purple suffused with lighter shades 

 which gives it a violet-blue effect, collar petals white. The 

 nearest approach to a blue. Plants ready April 15th. 50 cts. 

 each. 



Mme. Capron. One of the largest, a brilliant reddish-purple, 

 collar petals unusually large of same color but striped and 

 marked with white, very distinct. Plants ready April 15th. 

 50 cts. each. 



Meteor. Deep cardinal-red occasionally tipped with creamy- 

 yellow, collar petals sulphur-yellow. 25 cts. each. 



Mons. L. Ferard. Flowers perfect, 4^ inches in diameter, 

 ground color rich purplish-garnet, edged and marked while, 

 collar white with carmine markings. Plants ready April ISth. 

 50 cts. each. 



M. Mery de Montigny. Very large cerise flowers suffused 

 with rosy-violet at the tips, collar petals rose color. Plants 

 ready April 15th. 50 cts. each. 



Maurice Rivoire. Ox-blood red with deeper shadings in 

 the centre of petals and a pure white fringed collar. 25c. each. 



President Viger. Rich claret, shading lighter towards the 

 edges, with pure white collar. 15 cts. each. 



Rlieinlcrone. .Satiny-crimson petals of cactus form with long 

 collar petals carmine-rose marked and tipped white. 25 cts. 

 each. 



Signorina Rosa Esengrini. Heavy shell-like petals form- 

 ing a large perfect flower of a bright lemon-yellow suffused 

 and marked with orange-scarlet, collar petals very abundant 

 of a bright lemon-yellow. Plants ready April 15th. 50 cts. 

 each. 



Sirius. Rich garnet with pure white collar petals. Plants 

 ready April 15th. 50 cts. each. 



Souvenir de Rene Bernardeau. Bright carmine with 

 sulphur-yellow centre, collar petals of same color suffused with 

 carmine. Plants ready April 15th. 5° '^'*- each. 



Souvenir de Chabanne. Very showy, 5 to 6 inches in 

 diameter, ground color lemon-yellow with coral-red markings, 

 collar petals very abundant and long, lemon-yellow tipped 

 white. Plants ready April 15th. 50 cts. each, 



Price. One each of the above 24 varieties, a most interesting collection, for 57 -SO- 



