HENRY A. DREER 



Dahlias 



WHOLESALE LIST 



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Decorative Dahlia, 

 Jessie K, Prescott 



Jersey's Beaaty. The most popular Dahlia in cultiva- 

 tion to-day, be it for exhibition, as a cut flower or 

 the garden. A beuutiful shade of rose pink and 

 possessed of every good point desired in a Dahlia, 

 size, perfect form, long- stiff stems, splendid habit 

 and freedom of flowering. $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 

 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. $5.00 per 

 doz.; $40.00 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 Kins. Very large perfect flowers of a bril- 

 liant Oriental-red with carmine suffusion. $3.50 

 per doz.; $25.00 per 100. 



Jersey's Pride. A large attractive flower, apricot or- 

 ange with golden suffusion. $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 

 per 100. 



Jersey's Radiant. Very large flower, of bitter-sweet 

 orange color, one of the best exhibition varieties and 

 flne for cutting. $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 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. $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100. 



Jersey's Sovereign. A distinct shade of salmon 

 orange, a strong vigorous grower, flowers of g.ood 

 size on good stems. $3.50 per doz.; .$25.00 per 100. 



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. $5.00 per doz.; $40.00 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. $3.50 per doz.; 

 $25.00 per 100. 



Judge IVIarean. A very large flower of perfect Decora- 

 tive shape. The colors changing as the flowers pass 

 through different stages of development are a com- 

 bination of glowing salmon-pink, red iridescent 

 orange, yellow and gold all blending most har- 

 moniously. $5.00 per doz.; $40.00 per 100. 



SELECT DECORATIVE DAHLIAS 



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Kittie Diinlap. If this has any weak points we have 

 failed to discover them. It flowers early and con- 

 tinues perfect throughout the season. In color it 

 is a much admired beautiful shade of carmine-rose 

 with a brilliant suffusion. $5.0O per doz.; $40.00 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. 



Lilian Baldwin. Its effective color, a lively iridescent, 

 glistening bright pink, makes this a favorite cut 

 flower, particularly under artificial light. The plant 

 is very free flowering, carrying its blooms on good 

 long stems. $7.50 per doz.; $60.00 per 100. 



Lydia Poole. A closely built large flower of a bril- 

 liant lavender pink, an early and free bloomer. 

 $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 



Marc Aureau. A flne large sulphur-yellow, shading 

 to lemon at centre; very free on long stems, a good 

 cut flower. $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



Margaret Woodro^v Wilson. An exhibition variety 

 of immense size. Color an opalescent pink, face of 

 petals creamy-white with a phlox pink reverse. 

 .$7.50 per doz.; $60.00 per 100. 



Marinion. Of such enormous size and depth that it 

 immediately attracts attention. Color a pure golden 

 yellow with bronze suffusion on reverse of petals 

 and a deeper bronzy tone on the high full centre 

 with an outline of the same color around each petal. 

 $10.00 per doz.; $75.00 per 100. 



Monmouth Jewel. A seedling from Amun Ra with 

 large well-formed flowers held well above the foli- 

 age. Color bitter-sweet orange, shaded lemon 

 chrome at base. $10.00 per doz.; $75.00 per 100. 



Mr. Alex Waldie. A large flower, a particularly soft 

 and pleasing color, being a creamy-ground, overlaid 

 and suffused with delicate salmon-pink on the outer 

 petals, the centre creamy-white, a dainty color com- 

 bination. $2.00 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



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