42 HENRY A. DREER 



Dahlias 



WHOLESALE LIST 



CHOICE CACTUS DAHLIAS 



All of the Dahlias offered under this heading will he supplied in dormant field roots of proper planting size. 



Ambassador. Color a soft yellow at the centre with 

 salmon, amber and pink shadings, gradually deepen- 

 ing towards the tips. The blending of these colors 

 captivates all. The flowers are of largest size and 

 set just right on perfect stems. $4.00 per doz.; 

 $30.00 per 100. 



Andreas Hofer. A lovely narrow-petaled Cactus of 

 ideal form and soft tender coloring. A most deli- 

 cate shade of pink with salmon suffusion passing 

 to a creamy-white centre. $4.00 per doz.; $30.00 

 per 100. 



Break O'Day. A good-sized flower with a full, high 

 centre, with more or less curved and twisted petals, 

 intermingled with the flatter ones, forming a most 

 graceful flower. In color, a clear sulphur-yellow, 

 shading to sulphur-white, at the tips. $2.00 per 

 doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



California Beauty. Probably the nearest approach to 

 a pure copper, a flower of excellent form and daintv 

 appearance produced most prolifically on long, stiff, 

 wiry stems; a gem in the garden and a splendid cut 

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



Cardinal Snperba. A marvelously brilliant giant Cac- 

 tus with immense flowers of most perfect form and 

 of brilliant red with golden metallic lustre. It has 

 good stiff stems holding the flowers in such a man- 

 ner as to display their brilliant beauty to full 

 advantage. .S2.00 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



Cigarette. Creamy- white, heavily edged with pome- 

 granite-red, but it varies greatly, no two flowers 

 being exactly alike. Tlie petals are long and in- 

 clined to roll, forming a large deep, well-shaped 

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



Clsie Daniels. Very soft lavender-pink shading' to 

 pearly-white at centre, long, more or less wavy 

 petals forming a most perfect shaped large flower 

 on excellent stems. $1.."jO per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



Esther Hunt. A large flower, distinct and beautiful 

 both in form and coloring, the latter being a strik- 

 ing luminous tone of chinese-orange. $1.50 per 

 doz.; .$10.00 per 100. 



Esther R. Holmes. A most graceful flower of good 

 size, a most delicate and pleasing shade of mauve- 

 pink, a fine cut flower. .$1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



Etendard de Lyon. Everyone admires this beautiful 

 rich carmine-rose of royal purple. The flowers are 

 distinct in shape with broad, curling wavy petals 

 which form a large flower without any stiffness or 

 formality. $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



Ethel M. An absolutely perfect flower of medium to 

 large size, good stiff stems; in color a pretty laven- 

 der pink shading- lighter at the tips and very per- 

 fect white centre. $2.00 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



F. W. Fellows. One of the very best Cactus varieties 

 with flowers of unusual size for the long narrow- 

 petaled type. In color it is an intense coral-red 

 with deeper suffusion. .$1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



George Walters. One of the most popular of the large- 

 flowered Californians, a pleasing salmon with coral- 

 pink shadings. $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



Gertrude Ederle. An early flowering variety continu- 

 ing in good condition throughout the season. Color 

 a soft creamy yellow, like the English primrose, 

 particularly effective under artificial light. $5.00 

 per doz.; .$40.00 per 100. 



Gladys Bates. Very large perfect flowers, with in- 

 curved petals of a golden salmon, the reverse of 

 the petals being rose, the two colors giving the 

 effect of a golden old rose. .$2.00 per doz.; .$15U>0 

 per 100. 



Gladys Sherwood. A wonderful white. We have seen 

 flowers over 10 inches in diameter composed of long 

 curling petals of glistening white forming a flower 

 of unusual depth. .$2.50 per doz.; $20.00 per 100. 



Goldene Sonne. Andreas Hofer is one of the finest and 

 most graceful in delicate pink Cactus varieties we 

 know. In Goldene Sonne we have its counterpart in 

 formation but witli a larger flower and of a rich 

 golden yellow with soft rose suffusion. .$2.50 per 

 doz.; .$20.00 per 100. 



Jean Chazot or "Gay Paree." One of the best com- 

 mercial bronze or autumn-tinted cut flowers, and 

 one of the best all-around varieties that has yet 

 been produced for garden decoration. The habit of 

 the plant is all that could be wished for. $2.00 per 

 doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



Koh-I-Noor. Maroon, and at times so dark as to be 

 nearly black. The flower texture has a pronounced 

 velvety sheen which adds greatly to its beauty. In 

 form, a perfect Hybrid Cactus, the blossoms very 

 large and deep with perfect centre throughout the 

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



Kronjnwel. A beautiful, distinct, pure old gold; a 

 splendid Dahlia. .$5.00 per doz.; $40.00 per 100. 



liOlita Velasco. There are many good white Cactus 

 Dahlias and all of them have some distinctive merit 

 of their own. If we had to select one individual 

 sort, we would take this splendid variety which is 

 composed of long straight petals which form into 

 a flower of perfect shape, borne on long stiff stems, 

 fine for cutting and for exhibition. $2.50 per doz.; 

 $20.00 per 100. 



Marian Moore. A clear pinkish cerise without the 

 slightest taint of magenta, the reverse of the petal 

 being of a lighter tint. The fiowers are large, of 

 perfect incurved formation with perfect stem. $2.00 

 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



Mariposa. Long, narrow, incurved petals. A de- 

 lightful shade of true pink, intensified by a deeper 

 centre. One of the gigantic California introduc- 

 tions which has depth as well as diameter of flower. 

 $2.00 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



Mercedes. A gay and entrancing flower of large size, 

 of a creamy-yellow suffused with sunset pink, the 

 reverse of the petals a deeper shade of pink. One 

 of the earliest and freest bloomers. $2.50 per doz.; 

 $20.00 per 100. 



Mme. Diesny. A flne Dahlia of good size composed of 

 moderately loosely arranged petals of a beautiful 

 lively shade of amaranth-pink. A very free pro- 

 ducer. $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



Mrs. Edna Spencer. Splendid narrow-petaled English 

 Cactus type, flowers large, of a delicate lavender- 

 pink with white suffusion. .$2.0O per doz.; $15.00 

 per 100. 



Mrs. Ethel F. T. Smith. Creamy-white shading to 

 lemon at the centre. This is a close counterpart 

 except in color to Gladys Sherwood; the flowers are 

 of the same formation but still larger and not 

 quite so deep in the centre; a remarkable Dahlia. 

 $2.50 per doz.; $20.00 per 100. 



All the Dahlias listed above will be supplied in dormant roots 



