22 HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA 
DREER’S COLLERETTE DAHLIAS 
With few exceptions the Collerette Dahlias are of French origin, where they have been very 
popular for some years: during the past two seasons they have also occupied a prominent place at 
the exhibitions in England, and have been enthusiastically received; in our own grounds and 
exhibits during the past two summers they were so much admired that we are convinced of their 
coming popularity here, and, with this in mind, we prepared the illustrations on the page opposite, 
showing four desirable representative sorts. 
Anyone only familiar with the first introductions of this type can form no idea of the beautiful 
artistic blending of soft and rich colors which is found in most of the newer sorts. 
All have single 
flowers with an additional row of short petals around the disc, this forming a frill or collar, which is 
usually of a different color from the rest of the flower. 
We offer Two Prizes for the best vase of 12 flowers of this beautiful type; see details on page 4. 
(Capella Luminous reddish maroon intensified by the pure 
white collar. Plants ready April 15th. 35 cts. each. 
7 Grcde Espagnole. A new and novel variety, the large, 
perfect flowers of which both the petals and collar are a 
brilliant combination of red and gold. Plants ready April 15th. 
75 cts. each. 
/V Cocarde Genevoise. Another novelty of brilliant vermilion- 
red with yellow collar striped with red. Plants ready April 15th 
35 cts. each. 
“Comte Cheremeteff. Vermilion-red shading to orange at 
tips; creamy-white collar. 
V Diadem One of the finest, flowers very large, of a brilliant 
carmine-rose, the collar is white with light carmine markings. 
Vpioneds. Ground white, suffused and touched with blotches 
of brilliant purple-red, centre yellow, collar petals white, 
very attractive. 
A Director Rene Gerard. Flowers 5 inches in diameter and 
perfect, ground color creamy-white suffused and marked with 
French purple; very long narrow creamy-white collar petals. 
. “Exposition de Lyon. A very gay flower of a bright garnet, 
with clear yellow collar petals. Illustrated on the plate 
opposite. 
Jae de Lyon. A grand novelty and the largest and most 
brilliant of the Collerettes. Flowers from 6 to 7 inches in 
diameter, composed of large massive petals of an intense rich 
garnet. Plants ready April 15th. 75 cts. each. 
/ 
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Goldstern. A pretty self-colored deep canary-yellow, both 
ray and collar petals being of the same color. 
/ Grand Papa Charmet. One of the best of the new varieties, 
of a brilliant velvety French purple with white collar. Plants 
ready April 15th. 35 cts. each. 
V Weitstert: Garnet shaded maroon with white collar, which 
is marked with maroon, flowers large. 35 cts. each. 
urice Rivoire, Ox-blood red with deeper shadings in the 
centre of petals and a pure white fringed collar. Illustrated 
on the plate opposite. 
Mery de Montigny. Very large cerise flowers suffused 
Y with rosy-violet at the tips, collar petals rose color. Plants 
( ‘ ready April 15th. 35 cts. each. 
Mme. Capron. One of the largest, a brilliant reddish-purple, 
collar petals unusually large of same color, but striped and 
marked with white, very distinct. 
me. E, Poirier. Deep purple suffused with lighter shades 
which gives it a violet-blue effect, collar petals white. The 
nearest approach toa blue. 35 cts. each. 
Mme. Gygax. Very conspicuous on account of its rich col- 
VY oring; a bright cochineal-red passing to yellow tips and ex- 
ceptionally long primrose-yellow collar petals. Illustrated on 
| the plate opposite. 
| Mons. L. Ferard. Flowers perfect, 45 inches in diameter, 
ground color rich purplish-garnet, edged and marked white, 
collar white with carmine markings. 
| Prince de Venosa. Deep tyrian rose shading lighter towards 
vie edges, collar petals white faintly striped carmine. 35 cts, 
| each. 
| Signorina Rosa Esengrini. Heavy shell-like petals form- 
Ving a large perfect flower of a bright lemon-yellow suffused 
and marked with orange-scarlet, collar petals very abundant 
of a bright lemon-yellow. 
Souvenir de Chabanne. Very showy, 5 to 6 inches in 
diameter, ground color lemon-yellow with coral-red markings, 
collar petals very abundant and long, lemon-yellow tipped 
white. Tllustrated on the plate opposite. 
enone de Rene Bernardeau. Bright carmine with 
sulphur-yellow centre, collar petals of same color suffused 
with carmine. 
Price. Any of the above, except where noted, 30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz. 
A collection of one each of the 22 varieties for $5.00. 
ONE EACH OF THE QUARTETTE SHOWN ON THE PLATE OPPOSITE FOR $1.00. 
