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HENRY A. DREER 



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WHOLESALE LIST 



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Decorative Dahlia Sag'amore 



Pride of California. A brilliant, glowing' cardinal-red, 

 of very large size, very free and wonderful keeper 

 as a cut flower, the best of its color. S2.50 per doz. ; 

 $18.00 per 100. 



Pride of San Francisco. Of strong, vigorous but com- 

 pact habit of growth. Flowers of good size and of 

 most perfect form, borne on stiff stems of sufficient 

 length to make them as valuable for cut flowers as 

 for garden decoration. The petals are of most pleas- 

 ing shade of salmon-pink, with soft rose suffusion 

 towards the tips of the outer petals, and with golden 

 base, the color effect as a whole being a pleasing 

 brilliant golden salmon-pink, which is just as 

 effective under artificial light as in daylight. S5.00 

 per doz.; .^40.00 per 100. 



Pride of AVaj-ne. A large flower of good depth and 

 absolutely perfect form on splendid stems, color rich, 

 brilliant French-purple: a fine exhibition variety. 

 $5.00 per doz.; .$40.O0 per 100. 



Haj-onanthe. A nretty. loosely arranged large flower 

 that always has a good centre to the end of the 

 season of a good sulphur-yellow, a desirable, distinct 

 variety. $5.00 per doz.; $40.00 per 100. 



Roman Eagrle. A typical autumn shade, a brilliant, 

 flaming, burnished-copper color. Flowers large, held 

 well above the foliage on long stiff stems, a very 

 profuse bloomer. $7.50 per doz.; $60.00 per 100. 



Rookwood. A remarkably distinct Dahlia in every 

 way, habit of growth, heavy, vigorous and spreading 

 but dwarf, unusually free-flowering, coming into 

 bloom early and producing 100 per cent, perfect 

 flowers to the end of the season. The form is ab- 

 solutely perfect and entirely distinct, composed of 

 peculiarly curled or twisted petals, in color a pleas- 

 ing shade of cerise-rose which does not varv during 

 the entire season. S^.od per doz.; $60.00 per 100. 



Ro.sa Nell. It is not possible to find a better Dahlia 



of its color. The flowers are large, of best Decora- 

 tive formation-. It is the brightest rose. $3.50 per 

 doz.; $25.00 per 100. 



Royal Gold. A wonderful free bloomer, flowers of good 

 size of a striking luminous tone of golden amber. 

 $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 



Sagamore. Light saffron-yellow with glowing red- 

 tinted golden suffusion. A good free bloomer with 

 medium-sized flowers which are particularly prized 

 for cutting. $5.00 per doz.; .$35.00 per 100. 



SELECT DECORATIVE DAHLIAS 



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Sainton Perfection. An ideal cut flower of medium 

 size, of very perfect form, and long stems, a beauti- 

 ful pure salmon in color. $5.00 per doz.; $40.00 per 

 100. 



Santa Rosa. Beautiful distinct old rose of very good 

 form on good stems; an exceptionally ~good cut 

 flower with fine keeping qualities. $2.50 per doz.; 

 $18.00 per 100. 



Savoy. A fine exhibition and garden Decorative vari- 

 ety of a bright tyrian-pink with brilliant, aniline 

 red shadings which become most intense late in the 

 season. ,$5.00 per doz.; .$40.00 per 100. 



Sei!tentl)er G!o«-. Flowers of large size of a bright 

 amber-yellow illuminated with a golden-salmon suf- 

 fusion. $2.50 per doz.; $20.00 per 100. 



SUelikoff. A rich glowing deep garnet, good sized, 

 deep flowers of great substance and fine form, 

 always full to the centre, one of the very good dark 

 varieties. $5.00 per doz.; $40.00 per 100. 



Sno^vdrift. For garden decoration noth'ing compares 

 with this splendid giant variety with its broad waxy 

 white petals which form a most perfectly shaped 

 flower on comparativ-ely dwarf plants, on stiff stems. 

 .$5.00 per doz.; $35.00 per 100. 



St. Francis. Soft cream color brightened with a pink- 

 ish glow on the outer petals creating a delightful 

 blossom. Valuable as a cut flower on account of its 

 keeping qualities and rigid stem. Admirable for 

 exhibition for its large size. And its freedom of 

 bloom and beautiful color make it a fine subject 

 for the garden. $10.00 per doz.; $75.00 per 100. 



Susan Masrill. A deep shade of lilac is not an attrac- 

 tive description for a Dahlia, nevertheless this 

 variety is admired by everyone, a large, well shaped 

 flower with the bushes loaded with bloom through- 

 out the season. $7.50 per doz.; $60.00 per 100. 



Tanforan. Very large brilliant scarlet with garnet 

 shadings arransred in fine form with more or less 

 curled and twisted petals. A robust grower of free- 

 fiowering habit. $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



Tommy Atkins. Remarkable for its w^onderful color- 

 ing. Brilliant flaming scarlet with golden metallic 

 lustre, the brightest and richest red yet produced. 

 The flowers are very large, but not at all stiff or 

 formal and continue good to the end of the season; 

 splendid for exhibition, the garden, or for cutting. 

 $7.50 per doz.; $60.00 per 100. 



Trentonian. A giant Decorative of outstanding merit 

 of a distinct and appealing color, a wonderful shad- 

 ing of old gold, amber and coppery bronze, with a 

 centre of reddish bronze, forming a fiower of mar- 

 velous brilliancy. A flower of lasting quality, a 

 splendid exhibition variety as well as for garden 

 decoration. $5.00 per doz.; .$40.00 per 100. 



Tresor Anversois. One of the most beautifully shaped 

 and refined large flowers in our collection and a 

 gem in every -way, being early, free, and different 

 in coloring from any other, a most striking and at- 

 tractive pure lavender pink with silvery suffusion. 

 .$10;00 per doz.; $75.00 per 100. 



V. S. A. Probably no other Dahlia has met with such 

 favor as this, which is entirely distinct in color from 

 all others, a pure deep orange, sparkling and glis- 

 tening, an unusual color in Dahlias. These flower' 

 are of large size, of good formation, on excellent 

 stems, held so as to disolay their fu'I beauty and 

 not least of all. it is remarkably free-flowering. 

 $5.00 per doz.; $40.00 per 100. 



■\Vhopper. A giant Decorative with well-built deep 

 flowers of a most pleasing shade of yellow buff, suf- 

 fused with orange. $2.50 per doz.; ,$20.00 per 100. 



AVilliain Sloconil>e. A beautiful clean-cut. pure canary- 

 yellow of splendid form, with very large flowers: it 

 is early flowering and continues good to the end of 

 the season. $2.50 per doz.; $20.00 per 100. 



■Wizard of Oz. A great Dahlia from all points of view, 

 size, formation, color, habit of growth and freedom 

 of bloom. Really a wonderful all around Dahlia, be 

 it for the garden, exhibition or cut floTver. Begins 

 to flower early and holds its blooms perfect to the 

 end of the season. In color it is a rare shade of 

 amber-pink with soft salmon shading or suffusion. 

 $7.50 per doz.; $60.00 per 100. 



Vukon. Distinctive royal purple with a blue light run- 

 ning through the centre of the flower which is of 

 good size and always attracts attention. $7.50 per 

 doz.; .$60.00 per 100. 



All the Dahlias listed above will be supplied in dormant roots 



