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HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA, PA., WHOLESALE PRICE LIST 
Decorative Dahlias of Recent Introduction and Special Merit 
Varieties 
DECORATIVE DAHLIA, PERLE DE LYON 
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Per doz. Per 100 
Admiral Dewey. A rich purple 
Black Beauty. Deep velvety-maroon; almost black. 
*Catherine Duer. wat Tie a favorite for cut- 
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*Clifford W. Bruton. “A fine, bright yellow 
*Caronna. A miniature pure white, remarkably 
free-flowering; splendid for cutting. Plants any 
May ister. sae 
Dragon d'Or. A soft yellow with petals cleft on the 
tips. Plants ready May Ist 
*Delice. Its beautiful soft, yet lively color, a ‘glow- 
ing rose-pink, together with its perfect shape, 
stout, stiff stems, and the fact that when cut it re- 
tains its freshness longer than any variety we 
know of, makes this one of the most valuable for 
cutting. Plants ready May Ist - 
Delacroix. A spendid primrose- -yellow with the tips 
of the petals cleft. Plants ready May Ist 
Eureka. A very free mauve-pink . . 7 
Evadne. Centre soft-primrose, shading to white . . 
F. L. Bassett. Carmine-purple ..-.......- 
Fire Rain. A free flowering c 
sold of Ophir. Rich old-gold 
drafin von Schimmelman. Salmon- rose, shading to 
a yellow centre. Plants ready May Ist 
*Henry Patrick. Beautiful pure white 
*Jack Rose. Brilliant crimson-red; perfect for cut- 
ting . . 
Juno. A rich velvety reddish-brown, with brilliant 
earmine markings oe CORT RIEY AS OT TNT 
Le Grand Manitou. The first variegated Dahlia of 
the decorative type; ground color white, prettily 
spotted, striped, blotched and suffused with deep 
reddish-violet. Plants ready May Ist 
*Lyndhurst. Brilliant cardinal-red, a fine cut flow er 
Lucie. Pale ecru with old-gold rose shadings. 
Plants ready May Ist 
Monte Rose. A delicate rosy-mauve, tinted carmine 
*Mrs. Roosevelt. Of immense size and remarkably 
free-flowering, of a delicate silvery rose. Plants 
ready May ists cs a eo le 
“Mme. Van den Daele. A charming soft rose es 
ing to white in the centre 
Mrs. Linder. Free-flowering white, suffused pink . 
Mrs. T. F. De Witt. A good primrose-yellow . 
Marianna. Rich orange-buff 5 
*Mme. A. Lumier. A very distinct semi- -double 
variety; ground color white, suffused towards the 
ends of the petals with red, the tips being pointed 
with bright violet-red. Plants ready May 1st 
Mont Blanc. Very large flowering, creamy-white. 
Plants ready May ist 
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Orange King. Rich, glowing orange-scarlet ; 
*Perle (Perle de latete d'Or). A beautiful glisten- 
ing white wate ltt oodt-se Mowacetecdian cs: 
Papa Charmet. ‘Rich deep morocco red, with bright 
garnet shadings, undoubtedly the finest dark 
Delia yet offered inthis class. Plants ready May 
“Perle de Lyon. Not only the most valuable ‘white 
decorative Dahlia but the best white of any class 
for cut flower purposes. Its flowers are of good 
size of pleasing form, with the petals cleft or 
fringed; in color of the purest white and the flow- 
ers are held erect on long, stiff wirey stems. 
Pierre Dupont. A free-flowering creamy- -white. 
Plants ready May Ist 
Riese yon Stuttgart. Probably the largest Dahlia of 
this type, a seedling of Souvenir de Gustave 
Doazon, which it exceeds in size; in color a bright 
blood- red, shading deeper to the centre. Plants 
ready May ist 
Senor Leon Perez. 
Delicate mauve- -pink, shading to 
white at the centre. Plants ready May Ist..... 
“Souvenir de Gustaye Doazon. Of mammoth pro- 
portions, can be grown to measure full nine inches. 
Remarkably profuse-flowering and pure red in 
color 
*Syivia. Soft pleasing mauve- -pink, ‘gradually chang- 
ing to white inthecentre............., 
*Seven Oaks Scarlet. A miniature variety rarely 
over 2% inches in diameter. The perfect shaped 
flowers are borne on stiff stems and are of a vivid 
orange-scarlet > ee - 
Souvenir de Maurice Rivoire. “A broad petaled 
variety forming a graceful loose flower; ground 
color deep amber suffused and marked with rasp- 
berry-red at the tips. Plants ready May Ist... . 
Tricolor. Ground color buttercup-yellow with a 
blotch of scarlet on each petal, and as the flower 
matures the end of each petal becomes suffused 
with rosy-white, forming a pretty tricolored com- 
bination. Plants ready May Ist 
Triomphe de Schmitt. Tips of petals carmine-red, 
flamed towards the centre with golden-yellow and 
suffused with crimson. Plants ready May Ist . 
Thais. Ground color white, suffused with mauve- 
rose. The petals are broad and informally ar- 
ranged. Plants ready May ist 
*William Agnew. Richcarminered ........ 
Wilhelm Miller. Rich aniline-red, suffused wih 
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Zulu. Deep maroon with black shadings 
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