HENRY A. DREER 



Dreer's Select Dahlias 



WHOLESALE CATALOG 



New Dwarf Dahlias 

 for Forcing and the Garden 



A new race of dwarf compact plants excellent for 

 spring forcing and garden use, covered with flowers 

 seldom more than four inches in diameter. Divisions 

 potted in January and grown cool can easily be brought 

 into flower for Mother's Day. They can be flowered 

 in a limited way for Easter. We again offer green 

 plants of these (ready in May) from three-inch pots. 

 These will make good plants for garden use and, when 

 dug and cured in the fall, will divide into fine stock 

 for forcing purposes the following winter and spring. 



The value of this type for greenhouse forcing to 

 bloom for Mother's Day has been thoroughly estab- 

 lished. Several large growers have been very success- 

 ful with them. They require a temperature of about 

 60 degrees from January until flowering time. 



We are in a position to supply a limited quantity of 

 the following varieties in field-grown roots for this 

 purpose. We particularly recommend Maria which is a 

 decided improvement on Easter Greeting. 



Christine. Pure white flowers of small size. Blooms 

 profusely. 



Easter Greeting. White flowers, larger and of better 

 form than Christine but not so early. 



Elsie 



Elsie. Deep golden yellow passing to rich orange- 

 carmine toward the tips. Of good size and excellent 

 form. 



Gertrude. Clean sulphur-yellow. Good sized flowers 

 borne profusely on very compact plants. 



Rate. Showy bright orange-scarlet flowers of formal 

 contour. 



Lena. Delicate pink. 



Ursula. An intense crimson with carmine reverse. 

 Flowers comparatively large. 



New Dwarf Forcing Dahlia 

 Maria 



This variety is a decided improvement on Easter 



Greeting and in Europe it has already displaced that 



variety for forcing purposes. The strong, vigorous 



growth produces a superior, pure white flower. In our 



trials the past year it seemed also, a bit earlier. 



Any of the above: 



Strong divisions of field-grown roots: 35c each; 



$3.50 per dozen; $25.00 per 100. 



3-inch pot plants, ready in May: 25c each; 



$2.50 per dozen; $15.00 per 100. 



May we suggest that you send us your order for 

 Dahlias as early as possible since stocks of some 

 of the better varieties are decidedly limited. 



Six Popular Dahlias 



Though every year brings us new and outstanding 

 Dahlias, there can be no doubt that some of the older 

 kinds have not been excelled. These six have proved 

 most dependable in various sections of the country. 

 They have the stamina and quality that makes them 

 favorites with the public. All six varieties listed here 

 represent free-flowering, vigorous kinds with healthy 

 constitutions. Their colors are distinct and desirable, 

 and they are offered at very reasonable prices. They 

 are leaders in the New York and Philadelphia cutflower 

 markets. 



Gallant Fox. This New Jersey Dahlia is of outstanding 

 merit. A perfect Formal-Decorative in form with 

 six-inch flowers of an entrancing luminous dark red 

 color which is described by some as claret, but defies 

 definite description. The New York and Philadelphia 

 markets absorb the cutflowers as fast as they can 

 be produced. 

 Jane Cowl. One of the most popular in the garden 

 and on the exhibition table. An immense Informal- 

 Decorative of very vigorous habit. The blooms com- 

 bine lovely shades of bronze and old gold. 



Jersey's Beauty 



Jersey's Beauty. Probably the most popular and most 

 satisfactory Dahlia in commerce today. A perfect 

 Formal-Decorative of a beautiful pink color. 



Frances LaRocco. This slightly Informal-Decorative 

 yellow Dahlia is one of the most reliable for cut- 

 flower purposes that goes into the Philadelphia mar- 

 ket. The full-double flowers are about six inches in 

 diameter. They are produced freely on sturdy, 

 healthy plants. 



Boycroft. A Semi-Cactus of perfect form producing six 

 to seven-inch flowers in great profusion. Of a deep 

 orange-terra cotta color suffused with rose. 



Snowboy. White Formal Decorative with perfect deep 

 flowers, five or six inches in diameter. 



Any of the above, strong tubers only: 

 15c each; $1.50 per dozen; $10.00 per 100. 



101 Years 



Starting 101 years ago Henry A. Dreer has grown 

 steadily, all the tinie enjoying an enviable reputation 

 as a leader in the Horticultural Business. Dreer's 

 Quality Seeds, Plants, and Bulbs are the choice of 

 several hundred thousand gardeners who realize 

 the tremendous importance of choosing for their 

 source of supplies an establishment which has 

 proved its dependability over a period of more than 

 a century. 



Our Tufc«r divisions are strong- and vigorous 



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