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The Famous Darwin Tulip, Clara Butt 



Ariadne. Enormous bold, cup-shaped flowers of brilliant 

 cochineal-red. This variety attracted great attention in our 

 exhibit at the National Flower Show, Philadelphia, March, 

 1916. 55 cts. per doz.; $4.00 per 100. 



Baron de la Tonnaye. A strong upright grower, with very 

 large flowers of vivid rose-pink, toning to silvery-rose at the 

 margin of the petals. 40 cts. per doz.; $2.75 per 100; 

 $25.00 per 1000. 



Clara Butt. One of the most popular varieties, both for bed- 

 ding and for forcing. The exquisite salmony-pink color of its 

 large flowers is always greatly admired, (See illustration on 

 this page.) 40 cts. per doz.; $2.75 per 100; $25.00 per 

 1000. 



Dream. Large cup-shaped flowers of soft rosy-mauve on a 

 heliotrope ground, shading lighter on upper part of petals. 

 50 cts. per doz.; $3.50 per 100. 



Qlow. Not a very large flower, but of such a dazzling scarlet 

 color that it makes one of the most effective bedders. 50 cts. 

 per doz.; $3.50 per 100. 



DREER'S 



SUPERB 



DARWIN 



TULIPS 



(Illustrated on the front 

 cover of this Catalogue.) 



This magnificent May-flowering class has within the past few 

 years by sheer force of their many merits forged their way to 

 popularity by leaps and bounds, and are now grown by almost 

 everybody who loves spring flowers; they are quite distinct in 

 style of growth from the other late-flowering sorts; stately in 

 appearance, attaining a height of 24 to 30 inches, and bearing 

 on long strong straight stems beautiful globular flowers of re- 

 markably heavy texture, in a large range of colors, embracing 

 almost every conceivable tint in rose, heliotrope, claret, ma- 

 roon, crimson and other rich and rare shades. The only color in 

 which they are deficient is yellow, and for this the May-flower- 

 ing Tulip Inglescombe Yellow, as well as the other yellow 

 sorts, offered on page 9, supplies the wanted color pwfectly. 

 Unsurpassed for bedding and for cutting, and most of the varie- 

 ties can be forced into bloom in March without much trouble. 

 At the National Flower Show, held in Philadelphia, March 25th 

 to April 2d, 1916, we exhibited a number of pans of these in 

 loom, which attracted the attention and admiration of thousands 

 of visitors. 



The twenty-four sorts listed below, and on the page following, 

 have been selected out of a large collection as being the best and 

 most distinct. 



Qretchen or Margaret. The large globular flowers are of a 

 delicate blush-pink on the outside, inside soft rose; a very popu- 

 lar variety for cutting. 35 cts. per doz.; $2.50 per 100; $22.00 

 per 1000. 



Marry Veitch. Brilliant, blood-red, shaded with brownish ma- 

 roon large flowers of splendid form; a fine bedder. 40 cts 

 I per doz.; $2.75 per 100. 



Inglescombe Yellow. While this belongs to the May 

 flowering Cottage Garden type, it is frequently called the 

 "Yellow Darwin," fully described on page 9. 55 cts. per 

 doz.; $4.00 per 100; $35,00 per 1000. 



King Harold. Rich deep mahogany-red; a splendid dark 

 variety. 40 cts. per doz.; $2.75 per 100. 



La Trlstesse, or Dolores. A very large flower of slaty- 

 blue, with silvery-flush at margin; a lovely variety to associate 

 with yellow Cottage Garden Tulips. 60 cts. per doz. ; $4.50 

 per 100. 



La Tulipe Noire, or The Black Tulip. The nearest ap- 

 proach to black in Tulips; very large flowers of glossy black 

 with maroon tone. 70 cts. per doz.; $5.00 per 100. 



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