henry a. dreer Hardy Perennial Plants wholesale catalog 



Chrysanthemum — continued 



Small Aster-Flowered and 

 Pompon Chrysanthemums 



Under ordinary culture and without disbudding these 



will produce flowers under two inches in diameter. 



Their small size does not in any way detract from 



their effectiveness in the garden, and the dainty 



flower clusters are particularly useful for table and 



room decoration. 



Adironda, Early golden bronze. 



Captain XL H. Cook. Tall deep rose. 



Cheerfulness. Makes large plants of excellent form, 

 covered with hundreds of small double yellow but- 

 tons. 



Ethel. Superb bronze button. 



Irene, Compact dwarf plant with an abundance of 

 small white button-shaped flowers. 



Iridescent. Small deep lilac Aster-flowered. Free and 

 very effective. 



■Jean Treadway. Popular small pink Aster-flowered. 



Jewel. Wonderful ball-shaped lilac pompon. Unusual- 

 ly attractive and popular. Stock always limited. 

 $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



Judith Anderson. A vigorous variety producing great 

 quantities of good-sized button-shaped golden yel- 

 low flowers. 



Uodel of Perfection. Rather tall plants with small 

 white buttons. Very reliable. 



Mrs. H. Harrison. Small ball-shaped pink. A popular 

 old-timer. 



Onray. Large bronze button of dazzling color. 



R. Marion Hatton. Popular small yellow Aster-flowered. 



Butli. Very strong wine-colored small Aster. 



Ruth Hatton. Early small creamy white Aster-flowered. 



White Gull. A dwarf, compact, small-flowered white 

 variety which easily might be classed as an Azalea- 

 mum because of its habit. The flowers, however, 

 are more of the button-shape than the Cushion vari- 

 eties. 



Any of the above, except where noted, 2-inch pots: 

 $1.00 per doz.; $8.00 per 100. 



Hardy Single-Flowered Chrysanthemums 



The following list embraces the choicest and most 

 popular single-flowered Hardy Chrysanthemums. Their 

 usefulness, dainty appearance, and free-flowering habit 

 lhave endeared them to all flower lovers. 

 Adonis. A beautiful variety with the lower half of 



each petal bright yellow and the other half red. 



More intense in its contrast than the popular variety 

 Sensation." 



Autumn Leaf. A very effective semi-double variety 

 with deep fawn-orange blooms suffused with bright 

 carmine. 



Cosmos. Deep purplish carmine. Most distinct. 



Crimson Splendor. Large deep crimson-maroon. 



Firebrand. Very bright semi-double scarlet 



Grenadier. Crimson-scarlet fading to orange. 



Indian Maid. Deep orange-terra-cotta — a most appeal- 

 ing color. Vigorous free-blooming plants. 



Lemonade, Large lemon yellow duplex. 



Mongolian. Single flowers of deepest penetrating yel- 

 low. Very striking. 



Persia. Well-formed semi-double blooms of an inter- 

 esting deep rosy carmine as found in Persian rugs. 



Princess. By all odds the best single white Chrysan- 

 themum among the thousands we have raised. Earlv 

 and large. 



Bed Hussar. Duplex flowers of brightest scarlet-crim- 

 son on bushy, compact plants. One of the most bril- 

 liant, 



Sunbright. An intense shade of bright pure yellow 

 single. 



Wal S. or- Semi-double flowers of a deep crimson-maroor 

 with golden reverse and bright yellow disc. 

 Any of the above. 2-inch pots: 

 $1.00 per doz.: $8.00 per 100 



Hardy Chrysanthemums are excellent cut-flower 

 material suited to all occasions. Thev provide out- 

 door grown flowers after practically everything else 

 has succumbed to the cold. The wide range of colors 

 and the great diversity of form make them indis- 

 pensable to every florist. 



(jurysantneuium Kapiure 



Dreer's Colorplate Set for 1939 



The nine varieties here offered are of superior merit. 



They are illustrated in color in our 1939 Garden Book. 



The demand will be heavy and we are prepared to sup- 

 ply them in quantity. 



Aglow. Double flowers of deep bright orange color. 

 Very brilliant. 



Elegance. Large single flowers of a violet-tyrian-rose 

 color. 



Lovelight. Large pale pink duplex flowers on a vigor- 

 ous plant. 



Mrs. Sam. P. Botan. A perfectly double flower of bril- 

 liant golden yellow shading to deep orange. Compact 

 and free. One of the. most striking of our recent 

 achievements. 



Rapture. No Chrysanthemum of our introduction has 

 received more praise than this colorful variety. The 

 double flowers are a deep orange-bronze with a suffu- 

 sion of carmine. 



Scarlet Wonder. Compact, bushy plants bearing very 

 bright madder red single flowers. 



Sensation. Single yellow with every petal tipped scar- 

 let. Very showy and reliable. 



Sequoia. Elegant, good sized, double blooms of a mel- 

 low amber color. 



The Chief. An extremely attractive semi-double variety 

 of large size. Bright scarlet and gold. 



Any of the above, 2-inch pots: 

 $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



Azaleamum Chrysanthemums 



The well-deserved popularity of this type of dwarf 



compact growers has led us to prepare good stocks. 



We highly recommend the following varieties which 



have proved outstanding in our tests. 



Amelia (Pink Cushion). Very compact and early. Free- 

 flowering light rose. Should be kept pruned back 

 until early August for best results. 



King Cushion. Identical with Amelia excepting that 

 the flowers are deep bronzy salmon with a suffusion 

 of rose. 



Queen Cushion. The same as the above with pure white 

 flowers. 



Any of the above. 2-inch pots: 

 $1.00 per doz.; $8.00 per 100 



Chrysanthemum morifolium & Hybrids 



Morifolium. A species but little known, but its great 

 masses of small single pink flowers produced in Sep- 

 tember are a very welcome addition to the fall gar- 

 dens. 



— alba. A white seedling of the foregoing, blooming 

 about the same time. 



— grandiflora. Grows somewhat taller than the two 

 preceding varieties, but the bright pink flowers are 

 fully twice as large. Attracted a great amount of 

 attention in our trials during the past two seasons. 



Any of the above. 2-inch pots: 

 $1.00 per doz.; $8.00 per 100. 



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Dreer's Chrysanthemums have an enviable reputation. 



