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



New Hybrid-Tea Rose, Roselandia 



The Dreer Special Collection of McGredy 

 Irish Hybrid-Tea Roses 



Introductions of Messrs. McGredy & Son, Porta- 

 down, Ireland. By special arrangement which we 

 have made with the introducers these seven choice 

 novelties will be distributed exclusively by us, only 

 In the United States and Canada this season, they will 

 not be offered in European countries until later. 



Irish Charm. This is a gem of exquisite form and 

 absolutely distinct from any variety yet introduced, 

 it is of strong branching habit, remarkably free- 

 flowering. The buds and flowers are of medium 

 size, the base of the petals a rich golden-apricot 

 passing to a delicate blush-pink as the flowers de- 

 velop. itil.50 each. 



Irish Charity. Fair-sized flowers w^ith fine buds of a 

 most intense fiery scarlet with golden sheen open- 

 ing to moderately double blooms of an attractive 

 and distinct rosy-scarlet. Strong branching habit 

 and very free. $1.50 each. 



Irish Courage. A splendid addition to the list of bi- 

 colored Roses, the color being a soft shrimp-pink 

 merging to salmon in the fully expanded petals, 

 the whole overlaying a golden orange ground, this 

 color being very pronounced at the centre of the 

 flower. Growth and fragrance moderate with at- 

 tractive dark glossy-green foliage. $2.00 each. 



Irish Hope. A splendid and distinct red with well- 

 formed buds composed of heavy, broad petals open- 

 ing to moderately full, very fragrant flowers. The 

 color is a rich rosy-crimson with maroon shadings. 

 It is of splendid vigorous growth with good foliage 

 and a free and continuous bloomer. In our trial plots 

 this looks like one of the most promising varieties, 

 among the many red sorts on trial. $'1.50 each. 



Irish Morn. Magnificent long-pointed buds with heavy 

 shell-like petals, color imperial pink deepening to a 

 coral centre with golden lustre and sheen. Plant 

 of strong growth but moderate height, very free- 

 flowering and sweetly scented. $1.50 each. 



Irish STveetness. A delightfully fragrant variety and 

 splendid addition to the none-too-long list of good 

 red bedding Roses. Color, an exquisite shade of 

 crimson-lake suffused with scarlet; a vigorous free 

 grower and very free-flowering. $1.50 each. 



Mrs. W. E. Nickerson. An extremely vigorous grow- 

 ing very free-flowering grand new Rose of the dua- 

 tone Pernetiana type. The splendidly-forrried buds 

 are of an entrancing new color, the exterior of the 

 petals heavily veined with rose d'or and shaded 

 orange-cadmium, the interior a deep chrome-yellow 

 on the lower half vein out and pass to a warm rich 

 rosy-salmon. Valuable as a garden variety, will 

 also prove most valuable for interior decoration, 

 particularly so as the intensity of coloring is espe- 

 cially effective under artiflcial light. .$2.00 each. 



New Hybrid Tea Roses 



Introductions from Various Specialists — 

 Continued 



3Irs. Iiovell Swisher. One of Howard & Smith's Cali- 

 fornia Roses which we offered for the first time last 

 year and which after another season's observation 

 we are convinced is one of the American-raised 

 Roses which has come to stay and which as^ garden 

 Rose will undoubtedly rank with such popular bed- 

 ding varieties, as Radiance, Red Radiance, Lady Ur- 

 sula, Mrs. William C. Egan, etc. 



It is a remarkably vigorous grower of branching 

 habit, well furnished with excellent foliage, freely 

 producing perfectly formed, long, shapely buds with 

 nicely reflexing petals that develop into good double 

 flowers which in all stages of development remind 

 one of the variety Mrs. William C. Egan. The color 

 of the buds is a deep coppery-salmon at base, merg- 

 ing to salmon-pink at the tips. The developed flow- 

 ers are also salmon-pink deepening towards the cen- 

 tre. Delightfully tea scented. $1.50 each. 



Pink Pearl. A dainty new variety from Holland, des- 

 tined to become a universal favorite if it had noth- 

 ing to recommend it but its delicious fragrance; it 

 is the sweetest scented Rose we know. In color it 

 is a brilliant, rich cerise-pink with the base of the 

 petals touched with luminous, glowing gold that 

 lights up the flower wonderfully, particularly in the 

 half-expanded bloom. The flowers are of medium 

 size, full double, of perfect form, and produced most 

 profusely on plants of vigorous, healthy growth. 

 $1.50 each. 



Roselandia. We distributed this variety last year only 

 in young plants to the growers of winter cut flowers 

 under glass, and as a result of its pleasing color and 

 free habit of flowering it is rapidly finding its place 

 as one of the standard cut flower sorts and we have 

 every reason to believe that it will prove equally 

 desirable for garden purposes. With this in view 

 we have prepared a stock of two-year-old plants 

 which w^e now offer. 



Roselandia is a sport from the popular variety 

 Golden Ophelia, over which it is an improvement not 

 only in color but in its remarkable free-flowering 

 habit. It is a golden-orange suffused with a lus- 

 trous glow of apricot in the heart and at the base 

 of the petals, frequently tinted red on the reverse of 

 the outer petals; the buds are long pointed, of 

 superb build and substance, and very sweet scented. 

 Strong two-year-old plants, $1.50 each. 



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Hybrid-Tea Rose, 3Irs. W. E. Nickerson 



