40 HENRY A. DREER 
Dahlias 
WHOLESALE LIST 
f , SELECT DECORATIVE DAHLIAS 
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Decorative Dahlia, 
Jessie K. Prescott 
Harry Sheldon, Jr. A large well formed flower of de- 
lightful color, the outer petals of a bright lavender- 
pink with creamy-white centre, strong semi-dwarf 
habit of growth. $5.00 per doz.; $40.00 per 100. 
Jersey’s Beauty. The most popular Dahlia in cultiva- 
tion to-day, be it for exhibition, as a cut flower or 
the garden. A beautiful shade of rose pink and 
possessed of every good point desired in a Dahlia, 
size, perfect form, long perfect stems, splendid habit 
and freedom of flowering. $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 
per 100. 
Jersey’s Empress. A very large purplish maroon of 
good formation, composed of long narrow petals, 
flowers of good depth and substance. $10.00 per 
doz.; $80.00 per 100. 
Jersey’s Fiancee. A good-sized flower always carried 
on good stems, color rose-pink, base of petals suf- ~- 
fused with yellow and slight golden tips. $7.50 per‘ 
doz.; $50.00 per 100. 
Jersey’s Ideal. A deep amaranth-pink, with the flowers 
borne face up like Chrysanthemums on the top of 
stiff stems; with long petals curling over making a 
very deep flower; vigorous and free. $5.00 per doz.; 
$40.00 per 100. : 
Jersey’s King. Very large perfect flowers of a bril- 
liant Oriental-red with carmine suffusion. $3.50 
per doz.; $20.00 per 100. 
Jersey’s Pride. A large attractive flower, apricot or- 
ange with golden suffusion. $5.00 per doz.; $40.00 
per 100. 
Jersey’s Radiant. Very large flower, of Bitter-sweet 
orange color, one of the best exhibition varieties and 
fine for cutting. $3.50 per doz.; $20.00 per 100. 
Jersey’s Rose. A splendid companion to the famous 
Jersey’s Beauty with flowers of large size and per- 
fect form of a luminous tyrian rose with red suf- 
fusion at the centre. $5.00 per doz.; $40.00 per 100. 
Jersey’s Sovereign. A distinct shade of salmon 
orange, a strong vigorous grower, flowers of good 
size on good stems. $10.00 per doz.; $75.00 per 100. 
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Jersey’s Sweetheart. A dainty attractive pink, shad- 
ing to white in centre; flowers produced in abun- 
dance on slender stiff stems; particularly valuable 
for cutting. $7.50 per doz.; $60.00 per 100. 
Jessie K. Prescott. Deep orange at centre, shading 
to creamy orange on the outer petals. These are 
long and narrow and roll backwards, giving the 
flower a light graceful formation. 2.50 per doz.; 
$18.00 per 100. 
Laddie. A soft lemon-yellow with orange-buff suffu- 
sion, this suffusion in the depth of the flower gives 
it a glowing color that makes it particularly attrac- 
tive. 2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 
La Mascotte. Entirely distinct in form and coloring. 
The face of the petals is silvery-pink while the 
reverse is reddish violet, the petals being quilled on 
first opening, the two-toned effect produced is very 
novel and pleasing. $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 
Leah M. Gieadell. Perfect blooms always greatly ad- 
mired. The color is copper illuminated with gold. 
$3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100. 
Louise Aureau. A splendid garden variety with fair- 
sized flowers produced most profusely of a bright 
pure mauve. §2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 
Lydia Poole. A closely built large flower of a bril- 
liant lavender pink, an early and free bloomer. 
$5.00 per doz.; $35.00 per 100. 
Mare Aureau. A fine large sulphur-yellow, shading 
to lemon at centre; very free on long stems, a good 
2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 
cut flower. 
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Decorative Dahlia, Rookwood 
All the Dahlias listed above will be supplied in dormant roots 
