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



Dreer's Choice Cactus Dahlias 



Josepbine Slendillo. Well-formed flower of medium 

 size, on long, stiff stems. Color, an intense velvety- 

 red, very aptly described by the Garden Magazine as 

 an improvement on the popular variety, Kalif. A 

 fine garden variety and good cut flower. $10.00 per 

 doz.; $75.00 per 100. 



Kalif. Color, pure scarlet. A most effective variety 

 for cutting as well as for garden decoration. $5.ob 

 per doz.; $40.00 per 100. 



liolita Velasco. We should hesitate to designate any 

 one as the best w^hite, but if we had to select one 

 individual sort, we would take this splendid variety, 

 which is composed of long, straight petals which 

 form into a flower of perfect shape, borne on long, 

 stiff stems, fine for cutting. $15.00 per doz. 



Marathon, Entirely distinct from all other cactus 

 varieties; a brilliant, rich purple, illuminated with 

 higher, brighter shadings; always attracts attention. 

 $2.50 per doz.; $1S.00 per 100. 



Marguerite Bonchon. Beautiful in form and color, a 

 good-sized flower of a charming shade of brilliant 

 yet soft rose-pink, with a large white centre and 

 distinctly defined white tips, entirely distinct. $5.00 

 per doz.; $40.00 per 100. 



Meesterstuck. A rich, glowing, French purple -with 

 brilliant aniline-red suffusion, intensified by the 

 citron-yellow base of the petals, ■which give the 

 flower a bi-color appearance that is quite novel. 

 $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100. 



Mme. Diesny. A fine Dahlia of good size, composed of 

 moderately loosely arranged petals of a beautiful, 

 lively shade of amaranth-pink. A very free pro- 

 ducer; a wonderful exhibition and garden variety. 

 $10.00 per doz.; $75.00 per 100. 



Morning Light. Primrose-yello'w, long, na^ro^v, in- 

 curving petals; entirely distinct from any other va- 

 riety and a general favorite among lovers of the 

 cactus type. $15.00 per doz. 



Mrs. Ethel P. T. Smith. Creamy-white shading to 

 lemon at the centre. This is a close counterpart 

 except in color to Gladys Sherwood; the flowers are 

 of the same formation but still larger and not quite 

 so deep in the centre; a remarkable Dahlia. $5.00 

 per doz.; §40.00 p_er 100. 



Mrs. Warnaar. Of very large size, with long, pecu- 

 liarly twisted petals of a creamy-white with just 

 a faint apple-blossom suffusion. $7.50 per doz.; 

 $G0.00 per 100. 



Sfenirod. A beautifully formed flower of large size, 

 constructed of long, curled, wavy petals, forming a 

 high centre. Color, distinct and very attractive, a 

 brilliant tyrian-rose with luminous metallic suffu- 

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



Nibelungenhort. This is always greatly admired, with 

 flowers from 7 to 8 inches across, composed of rather 

 broad, more or less curled and twisted petals of a 

 beautiful shade of old-rose ^vith golden-apricot suf- 

 fusion. $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 



JVichn. Flo'wers of immense size, of very incurved 

 shape, on good stems, producing an abundance of 

 beautiful light yellow flowers with good centres to 

 the end of the season. $20.00 per doz. 



Papillon. One of the largest of this type that has 

 shown up wonderfully ■well in our trials and which 

 seems a greatly improved George Walters; it is a 

 beautiful blending of old-rose with golden lights. 

 $10.00 per doz.; $75.00 per 100. 



Paradise. Of the well-known George Walters type in 

 formation, but entirely distinct in color; a creamy 

 old-rose suffused with gold in such a manner as to 

 give it a striking brown tone; extremely free, with 

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



Picotee. Entirely distinct. The color of the petals is 

 a rich, luminous crimson-carmine with the reverse 

 of a silvery-white color, the petals being fluted on 

 the ends; this reverse side presents itself in such a 

 manner so as to give the flowers the appearance of 

 being variegated or tipped with white. $5.00 per 

 doz.; $40.00 per 100. 



Pierrot. Deep amber color, usually showing white 

 tips, but even ■when it comes a self color without 

 these tips it possesses an individual reflnement dif- 

 ferent from all other sorts. $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 



per 100. 



Fink Delight. A good-sized flo^ver, composed of rolled 

 petals, forming a most graceful flower of a delicate 

 rose-pink. A splendid cut flower. $15.00 per doz.; 

 SIOO.OO per 100. 



Cactus Dahlia Sulphur (^ueen 



Rheinlscher Frohsinn. The flowers are large, of splen- 

 did form; the long, incurving petals are white at the 

 base, but at about one-half their length they be- 

 come suffused with and change to a luminous car- 

 mine-rose. $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 



Rising Beauty. Flowers large, on long, straight stems 

 and are of the most brilliant carmine, with scarlet 

 suffusion, each petal being tipped with golden-yel- 

 low, giving a rich color combination. $10.00 per 

 doz.; $75.00 per 100. 



Rosa Bonheur. One of those lovely pink varieties 

 that everyone loves, the flowers are large, of loose, 

 graceful form, the outer petals a soft lavender- 

 pink passing to white at the centre. $10.00 per doz.; 

 $75.00 per 100. 



Shirley Bro-»vn. One of the largest of the hybrid- 

 cactus varieties. It can be grown to over ten inches 

 m diameter. The flowers are of splendid form of 

 rich, old gold, with rich, orange-red shadings. $10.00 

 per doz.: $75.00 per 100. 



Springfield. An improved Countess of Lonsdale, with 

 the same beautiful blending of salmon-pink and 

 amber, possibly more intensifled and luminous, but 

 with better, stiffer stems and even freer flowering 

 than the Countess. $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 



Sulphur Queen. A splendid large flower, of true Cac- 

 tus form, of a clean sulphur-yellow, on flne stems; 

 early and free. $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100. 



Suzanne Radison. An attractive flower of medium 

 size, of a most pleasing color combination. The 

 outer petals a delicate mallow-pink, gradually pass- 

 ing to white at the centre. $5.00 per doz.; $40.00 

 per 100. 



Talisman. A gorgeously-colored flower, of a deep 

 blood-red with maroon shadings. Many of the long 

 petals incurve slightly, showing the reverse of the 

 tips, which gives the flower a more or less buff- 

 tipped appearance. $15.00 per doz. 



The MacGregor. A seedling of George Walters, of 

 which It IS an exact duplicate in size and shape 

 Color, spectrum-red; an unusual color in Dahlias It 

 is unsurpassed for garden decoration and keeps ex- 

 ceptionally well when cut. One of the best all- 

 around reds m cultivation. $10.00 per doz.; $75.00 



