10 HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA 
NEW CACTUS DAHLIAS 
for 1914 
We offer on this and the following two pages the best of the newest 
introductions of the world’s most noted Dahlia specialists. 
~ Aennchen Von Tharau. Very dwerf, rarely exceeding 2 feet 
in height, very free-flowering; a soft saffron-yellow, 
shading to a chrome-yellow centre. 
Barmen. Brilliant carmine-rose with yellow suffusion 
at base, long narrow petals. 75 cts. each. 
Brisbane. Very large flowers of very good form, of a 
bright orange-scarlet. Plants ready April 15th. 
~ Castor. Long narrow petals, incurved, color velvety-pur- 
ple shaded black, sometimes veined violet. 75 cts. each. 
Comtesse de Flandre. A large primrose-yellow aa 
with deeply cleft or bifurcated petals. 75cts.each. “SS 
Crystal. A splendid exhibition flower of very i 
large size and fine form; long twisted and in- x 
curved tubular petals of a tender silvery-pink ™~ 
shading to ivory-white in the centre. Plants 
ready April 15th. $1.50 each. j : 
Dora. A fine large flower, of a luminous reddish- eee 
salmon, deepening to the centre; long petals, Sa, 
good cactus form. Plants ready April 15th. Gan 
Y Dr. Roy Appleton. Long, narrow thread-like 
petals, very regularly arranged, radiating star- 
like. A fine exhibition flower; color a delicate sal- 
mon-pink. Plants ready April 15th. 
Duchesse de Chartres. Very large flowers of in- é y 
curved form, petals sulphur-yellow at the base, passing £= f 
rogressively to heliotrope-rose and carmine-rose at bog 4 f 
progressively e I L P 
the extremities, which are tipped with yellow. 75 cts. ¥ LV 4 
each. G/ 
“Duchess of Marlbcro. This beautiful variety for habit of *~ ey 
growth, freedom of bloom, with every flower coming perfect, 
is in the same class as Countess of Lonsdale, but of far more 
refined form and more pleasing color, it being of a beautiful tint of solferino, 
backed by a sunshine-like golden suffusion at the base of the petals. A 
Dahlia which will please every amateur as well as the grower of exhibition 
flowers. Plants ready April 15th, $1.00 each. 
¥ Eloise Crozy. One of the most distinct colors of this season’s cactus varieties, a lively, 
yet most delicate rose-pink. The flowers, which are of good size, are composed of 
long, incurving, tubular petals, and are supported on good stiff 
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New Cactus Dautia, 
Dr. Roy Appleton. 
stems. Plants ready April 15th. 75 cts. each. 
Empress. A great exhibition flower of beautiful form and 
large size, with long, tubular, incurved petals of a most 
5 pleasing tint of tyrian-rose. Plants ready April 15th. 
\ Enchantress. A large flower with long, spreading, curl- 
ing petals of a most attractive color—yellow at the base, 
) shading off to amber and salmon at the tips. 
sther. A good-shaped, free-flowering solferino-red on 
“4 good stems. Plants ready April 15th. 
— / Etoile de France. A dainty little flower, 
‘ais 5 _, about three inches in diameter, of a soft rosy- 
| re wt ae lilac with lighter tips; good stems for cutting, 
: very free-flowering. Plants ready April 15th. 
4 Fetiche. Centre of flower pale yellow, gradu- 
oy s ; 
; ally passing to a delicate mauve on the edges; 
= Saree flowers large, composed of long, incurved and 
¥ twisted petals, 
> Vac Graham. Very large flowers, the centre a beau- 
. \ tiful glowing golden shade, which gradually passes 
-) to a deep salmon-rose, an effective color com- 
oe 
bination. While this variety frequently shows 
an cpen centre, it is very attractive even in that 
form. Plants ready April 15th, 
Florence Nightingale. Bright scarlet of large size; a good ex- 
hibition flower. 
erd. Cayeux. The finest dark Cactus yet introduced. Flowers of good 
size, with long, thread-like petals; color mahogany with red and black shad- 
ing, a rich, distinct and desirable color. Plants ready April 15th. 75 cts. each. 
New Cactus Dauttia, 
CRYSTAL, 
Price. Any of the above, except where noted, 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 
