henry a. dreer, inc. Hardy Perennial Plants wholesale catalog 

 Dreer's Hardy Garden Chrysanthemums 



No plants in our gardens attract more attention in the fall of the year than these Hardy 

 Garden varieties. Blooming, as they do. after practically all other garden flowers have passed 

 away, they enliven the autumn landscape with their brilliant flowers so profusely displayed. 

 With reasonable care they are absolutely winter hardy and their acquisition brings a per- 

 manent addition to the garden. 



In the following lists we present the result of over a quarter century of painstaking 

 selection and hybridization. While many old favorites may be missing, you may rest assured 

 that they have been replaced by varieties which have proved superior in some desirable 

 characteristic. "We believe we have the most worthwhile collection of this class of plants in 

 commerce. 



Wholesale prices quoted are for strong 2-inch pot plants ready for delivery after March 1st. 



Jasper Spoon 

 Rose Spoon 



Golden Spoon 



Orchid Spoon 

 Silver Spoon 



Five Spoon Chrysanthemums 

 Introduced in 1941 



These splendid new varieties for 1941 greatly widen 

 the color range of this artistic new type of hardy Chry- 

 santhemum which may be relied upon to give a profusion 

 of flowers when the season comes to a close. 

 Golden Spoon. A compact grower and profuse bloomer 

 covered with masses of well-rounded, medium-sized, 

 semi-double blooms of a glistening bright golden 

 yellow color with a delightful apricot sheen. 

 Jasper Spoon. Highly artistic blooms 2-2% inches in 

 diameter. They are nearly double and of pincushion 

 effect. The long tubes are straw yellow with the 

 small spoons at the tips creating an effective contrast 

 by their brilliant jasper red color. 

 Orchid Spoon. Exquisite flowers 2% -3 inches across 

 presenting a lovely orchid shade — light pinkish lilac. 

 Almost double and very free flowering. 

 Rose Spoon. Showy large flowers 3 inches across of an 

 appealing luminous old rose color. The tubes rise up- 

 ward from the center forming a bowl-shaped flower 

 while the long flattened spoons at the ends are grace- 

 fully reflexed. Vigorous and free blooming. 

 Silver Spoon. Vigorous bushy plants laden with attrac- 

 tive semi-double pure white flowers accentuated by a 

 small yellow center. Of needle or spider-like effect. 

 Any of the above 2-inch pots: 18c each; $15.00 per 100. 



Three Original 

 Spoon Chrysanthemums 



Pink Spoon. Graceful flowers with several rows of nar- 

 row tubular petals with bright pink spoons. 



White Spoon. A very fine, fully double, white flower 

 with a rich creamy tint in the center. 



Yellow Spoon. Straight needle-like tubular petals of 

 rich deep yellow forming an elegant double flower. 



Any of the above 2-inch pots: 14c each; $12.00 per 100. 



Cydonia 



The Public's Choice 



During the past few years we have invited flower 

 lovers and the general public to view our Chrysanthe- 

 mums at the trial grounds at the Dreer Nurseries at 

 Riverton, New Jersey. On these occasions we asked 

 the visitors to vote for their favorite varieties. The 

 result of the latest ballot was overwhelmingly in favor 

 of the twelve varieties listed below. 



Autumn Lights. Semi-double coppery bronze blossoms 

 with a gleaming orange overcast. The compact vig- 

 orous bushes are simply covered with flowers in late 

 September. 1% ft. 



Avalanche. A marvelous new pure white of extra large 

 size. The densely double flowers are high crowned 

 and of almost ball shape measuring 4 to 6 Inches 

 across as grown in our fields without disbudding. 

 Flowers in early October and carries its magnificent 

 blooms on strong wiry stems. 



Burgiindy. Most remarkable among the double Korean 

 Hybrids. Rich cerise-crimson with deeper center. 



Chestnut Burr. Deep chestnut red. Lovely double 

 blooms resembling a Chestnut burr. 



Cydonia, Double flowers of a brilliant orange-mahog- 

 any. One of the brightest in our collection. 



Golden Charm. Very double, deep yellow blooms com- 

 pletely covering the dwarf compact plants. 



Lavender Lady. One of the newest double Koreans. 



Vigorous plants producing a great abundance of deli- 

 cate double lavender flowers. 

 Muldoon. Large purplish amaranth. Very much like 



Burgundy but not as tall and very compact. Quite 



double. 

 Mrs. Sam. P. Botan. Produces perfectly double flowers 



of brilliant golden yellow shading to orange. Compact 



and free. 

 Oconto. Large white. Vigorous upright grower. 

 Rapture. Very colorful, vigorous, and free. The double 



flowers are a deep orange-bronze with a suffusion of 



carmine. 

 Silver Tips. A very unique, free flowering variety. The 



double blooms are bright carmine with the tips and 



reverse of the petals silvery white. 



Any of the above: in 2-inch pots, 

 9o each; $8.00 per 100. 



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The "100 rate" appUes to 10 or more of a variety. 



