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HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA, PA., WHOLESALE PRICE LIST 



DREER'S DECORATIVE DAHLIAS 



Decorative Dahlia 

 Rosa Nell 



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

 pact habit of growth, not exceeding 4 feet in height. 

 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 dec- 

 oration. Its color is difficult to convey. The petals 

 are of a most pleasing 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 in artificial light as 

 under daylight. $15.00 per doz. ; i^lOO.OO per 100. 



Pride of Wayne. A large flower, of good depth and 



absolutely perfect form; color, rich, brilliant, 



French-purple; a fine exhibition variety. $5.00 per 

 doz.; $40.00 per 100. 



Princess Pat. Flowers of large size and of splendid 

 decorative form, always coming with a full centre, 

 in color a most pleasing shade of old rose that 

 lights up wonderfully under artificial light. $7.50 

 per doz.; $60.00 per 100. 



Rayonanthe. A pretty, loosely arranged, large flower 

 that always has a good centre to the end of the 

 season, of a good sulphur yellow. $10.00 per doz.; 

 $75.00 per 100. 



Red Flamingo. Very large with broad wavy or curled 

 petals, rich luminous crimson-red. $5.00 per doz.; 

 $40.00 per 100. 



Reve d'Aniour. Petals irregular, making; a pretty, 

 fiuffy flower of large size, of a pleasing crimson-pink 

 with salmon suffusion. $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 



Rookwood. A remarkably distinct Dahlia, unusually 

 free-flowering, coming into bloom early and pro- 

 ducing 100 per cent, perfect flowers to the end of 

 the season. The form is absolutely perfect, com- 

 posed of peculiarly curled or twisted petals, in color 

 a pleasing shade of cerise-rose which does not vary 

 during the entire season. $7.50 per doz.; $60.00 per 

 100. 



Rosa Nell. Flowers of best decorative formation, 

 borne on long, stiff stems, in good shape to the end 

 of the season. It is of the brightest rose. $5.00 per 

 doz.; $40.00 per 100. 



Royal Gold. A wonderful free bloomer with flowers 

 of good size, of a striking luminous tone of golden 

 amber. $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100. 



Savoy, A fine exhibition and garden decorative vari- 

 ety of a bright tyrian-pink with brilliant aniline- 

 red shading which becomes most intense late in the 

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



September Glow. Flowers of good size, of a bright 

 amber-yellow, illuminated with a golden-salmon 

 suffusion; a free-flowering garden variety that is 

 always a mass of bloom. $5.00 per doz.; $40.00 per 



100. 



Shelikoif. A rich, glowing, deep garnet, good-sized, 

 deep flowers of great substance and good form, al- 

 ways full to the centre; one of the very good dark- 

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



Snowdrift. For garden decoration and for exhibition 

 nothing compares with this splendid giant variety 

 with its broad, waxy, white petals, which form a 

 most perfectly-shaped flower. $5.00 per doz.; $40.00 

 per 100. 



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

 ish glow on the outer petals creating a delightful 

 blossom, which can be used for all purposes. Val- 

 uable 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 flne subject for the garden. 

 $15.00 per doz.; $100.00 per 100. 



Snsan Magill. A deep shade of lilac is not an attrac- 

 tive description for a Dahlia, nevertheless this vari- 

 ety is admired by everyone, a large, well-shaped 

 flower, an attractive garden variety. $20.00 per doz. 



T. A. Leonard. A distinct glistening, brilliant and 

 luminous cerise or crimson-carmine of large size, 

 producing its flowers earlier in the season and more 

 freely than any other of the large flowering sorts. 

 The flowers are quite distinct in formation and are 

 borne on good long stems. $10.00 per doz.; $75.00 

 per 100. - 



Tanforan. Very large, brilliant scarlet with garnet 

 shadings, arranged in fine form, with more or less 

 curled and twisted petals. A robust grower, of 

 free-flowering habit. $10.00 per doz.; $75.00 per 100. 



Tommy Atkins. Remarkable for its w^onderful color- 

 ing. Brilliant flaming scarlet, the brightest red yet 

 produced. The flowers are very large, not at all 

 stiff or formal and are well placel on good long 

 stems. $10.00 per doz.; $75.00 per 100. 



Whopper. A giant decorative with extremely large, 

 well-built deep flowers of a most pleasing shade of 

 yellow-buff, suffused with orange. $3.50 per doz.; 

 $25.00 per 100. 



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