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Dreer's Select IlahliaB 



Dahlias true to name. Practically all of the Dahlias which 

 ■we offer this season have been grown at our Locust Farm 

 Nurseries under our personal supervision, every precaution 

 was taken to prevent errors and our customers may de 

 pend upon receiving stock absolutely true to name 



Dahlia Roots or Plants. Unless other- 

 wise noted in the descriptions of the various vari- 

 eties, we supply all Dahlias in strong dormant 

 roots, and we believe our supply this season 

 is ample to meet all demands. However, in 

 •case the demand for certain varieties exhausts 

 our supply of roots, we will send out strong 

 growing plants which will give equally good 

 results. 



Dahlias for Cutting. We give a list of 

 the best varieties for this purpose on page 24. 



Superb New Cactus Dahlias for 1 908. 



Antelope. A perfect formed flower, beautifully in- 

 curved, yellow suffused with brozny rose, a beautiful 

 soft blending of shades, remarkably free-flowering. 

 Strong plants ready April 15th. 



Aurora. A grand Dahlia, not only in its soft, delicate 

 coloring, but also in shape, the petals being long and 

 tubular, forming a full, double flower while in color 

 it is one of the most exquisite, a reddish apricot 

 suffused with flesh-pink, shading lighter towards 

 the tip of the petals. 



Aschenbrodel. A beautiful flower, with wide, curiously twisted petals, 

 the coloring like a summer sunset, being a combination of rose 

 and gold, the base of the petals of gold passing into rich rose-pink, 

 and again to pale lemon at the tips. Exquisite in every way, of good 

 size, free and continuous. Strong plants, ready April 15th, 50 cents 

 each. 



Ballet Girl. A beautiful fancy variety of exceptional regularity in 

 form, in color a soft red, tipped white ; distinct. 



Berlichingen. Deep crimson carmine shading to bright carmine at 

 the tips, flowers of medium size, nicely quilled petals, plant of fine 

 habit, very free, making a very showy effect. 



Country Girl. Base of petals golden yellow suffused with salmon 

 rose, which is deepest at the points, a bright and striking combina- 

 tion of colors which is difficult to describe ; the flowers are of very 

 large size with broad, pointed petals ; a free and early bloomer. 



Effective. Chamois-rose with yellow shadings, deeper in the centre, 

 a large, perfectly formed, intensely double, globular flower with 

 finely pointed petals, very distinct, flowers freely on long, strong 

 stems ; a charming variety for cutting, Strong plants ready April 

 15th. 



Frau Hermlne Marx. This promises to be one of the best cut flower 

 varieties. The flowers are of medium size, and when fully developed 

 almost identical in color with the La France Rose; that is, a silvery 

 rose, a most pleasing color. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 



Etoile de Neuvllle. An elegant dwarf bedding variety, rarely exceed- 

 ing 30 inches in height, and producing its intensely brilliant currant- 

 red flowers, which are of medium size and fine form, in greatest pro- 

 fusion. 



Fairy. Not a very large but a beautiful flower of light, airy form, of 

 purest while. 50 cts. each. 



ILawine. Pure white with just a suggestion of blush as the flower 

 ages, ft is of large size, a fine full flower, early and free, with strong 

 stems, holding the flowers erect, a feature not found in many white 

 Cactus varieties. Strong plants, ready April 15th, 50 cts. each. 



Miss Dorothy Oliver. Primrose-yellow at base, fading gradually to 

 white at the tips of the long, narrow petals ; a lovely flower. Strong 

 plants ready April 15th. 



Mrs. Spencer Castle. A water-lily-like flower, with short petals, 

 forming very pretty double flower of a rosy amber color at the base, 

 passing to a lilac rose at the tips ; early and very free-flowering. 



Plus X. A beautiful large white, with slight sulphur tint, very double 

 with nicely quilled petals; a fine cut flower. Strong plants ready 

 April 15th. 



Papagei. A pretty fancy or variegated variety, the ground color 

 being yellow with bright rosy-red variegations extending almost to 

 the lemon-colored tips. 



Prince of Yellows. A rich canary-yellow, of very large size, with 

 broad petals, which are fringed at the tips; a strong grower, pro- 

 ducing an abundance of blooms of fine quality. 



CACTUS DAHLIA. 

 KRIEMHILDE 



New Cactus Dahlias for 1908 — Continued. 



Richard Dean. A most striking novelty, the color being a rich ver- 

 milion-scarlet, each floret distinctly tipped white, flowers held well 

 above the foliage on stiff, wiry stems ; very free. 



Rosy Morn. A large flower, of excellent form ; in color a peach- 

 blossom, lighter in tint at the base of the petals. 



Roland von Berlin. A magnificent brilliant Dahlia of large size, 

 almost globular in form, made up of long, narrow petals. In color 

 it is of an intense geranium-red, with deeper shadings, and full of fire. 

 The flowers are produced most profusely on stiff stems held well 

 above the foliage. Strong plants, ready April 15th, 50 cts. each. 



Rother. A magnificent bloom of very large size, with long, twisted 

 petals, of a particularly rich, bright garnet color; one of the finest 

 dark-colored sorts yet introduced, long, stiff stems holding the 

 flowers erect. Strong plants, ready April 15th, 50 cts. each. 



Signal. A brilliant crimson-scarlet, of dwarf habit, never exceeding 

 30 inches in height, flowers large, of fine form, and produced very 

 freely. Strong plants, ready April 15th, 50 cts. each. 



Stern. A beautiful, flat-petalled, star-shaped flower of pure lemon 

 yellow; a good grower, and exceptionally free-flowering, showy 

 either in the garden or as a cut flower. 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 



Price except where noted 35 cts. each ; one each of the 22 superb new 

 varieties for $6.00. 



New Fancy Striped Cactus Dahlias. 



A distinct type, in which the flowers are beautifully striped and 

 variegated, 

 Alpha. Creamy white with pencilings, spots and stripes of reddish 



purple. 

 Comet. Delicate lilac, penciled, spotted and striped with tyrian rose. 

 Vesuvius. Ground color buttercup yellow, striped and spotted with 



oriental red. 



Strong plants ready April 15th. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 

 per 100. 



New Pompon Cactus Dahlia " Camellia." 



A perfect little gem, growing not over 30 inches high, and, as its name 

 implies, bears camellia-formed flowers, about 3 inches across, of a bril- 

 liant russet orange-scarlet. They begin flowering profusely early and 

 continue the entire season ; valuable for bedding. 15 cts. each; $1.50 

 per doz.; $12.00 per 100. 



