HENRY A. DREER 



Dahlias 



WHOLESALE LIST 41 



Decorative Dahliu, 

 Royal Gold 



Rookwood. A remarkably distinct Dahlia in every 

 way, habit of growth, heavy, vigorous and spread- 

 ing, but dwarf, unusually free-flowering-, coming 

 into bloom early and producing 100 per cent, per- 

 fect flowers to the end of the season. The form is 

 absolutely perfect and entirely distinct, composed 

 of peculiarly curled or twisted petals, in color a 

 pleasing shade of cerise-rose which does not vary 

 during the entire season. $4.00 per doz.; $30.00 per 

 100. 



Rosa Nell. It is not possible to find a better Dahlia 

 of its color. The flowers are large, of best Decora- 

 tive formation. It is the brightest rose. $2.00 per 

 doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



Royal Gold. A wonderful free bloomer, flowers of 

 good size of a striking luminous tone of golden 

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



Sagamore. Light saffron-yellow with glowing red- 

 tinted golden suffusion. A good free bloomer with 

 medium-sized flowers which are particularly prized 



for cutting. $2.00 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



Salbach's White. One of the best all-around whites, 

 an ivory white with flowers of uniform size, 6 to 8 

 inches in diameter, of good substance, freely pro- 

 duced and of exceptional keeping quality; splendid 

 for exhibitions as well as for cutting. $4.00 per 

 doz.; $30.00 per 100. 



Santa Rosa. Beautiful distinct old rose of very good 

 form on good stems: an exceptionally good cut 

 flower with fine keeping qualities. $2.00 per doz.; 

 $15.00 per 100. 



Savoy. A fine exhibition and garden Decorative vari- 

 ety* of a bright tyrian-pink with brilliant, aniline 

 red shading's which become most intense late in the 

 season. $2.50 per doz.; $20.00 per 100. 



September Glow. Flowers of large size of a bright 

 amber-yellow illuminated with a golden-salmon 

 suffusion. $2.50 per doz.; $20.00 per 100. 



Shelikoff. A rich glowing deep garnet, large sized, 

 deep fiowers of great substance and fine form, al- 

 ways full to the center, one of the very good dark 

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



Snowdrift. For garden decoration nothing compares 

 with this splendid giant variety with its broad waxy 

 white petals which form a most perfectly shaped 

 fiower on comparatively dwarf plants, on stiff stems. 

 $2.50 per doz.; $20.00 per 100. 



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Tanforan. Very large brilliant scarlet with garnet 

 shadings arranged in fine form with more or less 

 curled and twisted petals. A robust grower of free- 

 flowering habit. $2.00 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



Tommy Atkins. Remarkable for its wonderful flam- 

 ing scarlet with golden metallic lustre, the bright- 

 est and richest red yet produced. The flowers are 

 very large, but not at all stiff or formal and con- 

 tinue good to the end of the season. $2.50 per doz.; 

 $20.00 per 100. 



Trentonian. A giant Decorative of outstanding merit 

 of a distinct and appealing color, a wonderful shad- 

 ing of old gold, amber and coppery bronze, with a 

 centre of reddish bronze, forming a flower of mar- 

 velous brilliancy. A fiower of lasting quality, a 

 splendid exhibition variety as well as for garden 

 decoration. $2.50 per doz.; .$20.00 per 100. 



U. S. A. Probably no other Dahlia has met with such 

 favor as this, which is entirely distinct in color from 

 all others, a pure deep orange, sparkling and glis- 

 tening, an unusual color in Dahlias. These fiowers 

 , are of large size, of good formation, on excellent 

 stems, held so as to display their full beauty and 

 not least of all, it is remarkably free-flowering. 

 $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100. 



Whopper. A giant Decorative with well-built deep 

 fiowers of a most pleasing shade of yellow buff, suf- 

 fused with orange. $2.00 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



William Slocombe. A beautiful clean-cut, pure canary- 

 yellow of splendid form, with very large flowers; It 

 is early flowering and continues good to the end of 

 the season. $2.00 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



Wizard of Oz. A great Dahlia from all points of view, 

 size, formation, color, habit of growth and freedom 

 of bloom. Really a wonderful all around Dahlia, be 

 it for the garden, exhibition or cut flower. Begins 

 to flower early and holds its blooms perfect to the 

 end of the season. In color It is a rare shade of 

 amber-pink with soft salmon shading or suffusion. 

 $2.50 per doz.; $20.00 per 100. 



W. G. Erwin. An attractive large lavender purple 

 with good full centres, carried on very strong 

 stems. .$2.50 per doz.; $20.00 per 100. 



All the Dahlias listed above will be supplied in dormant roots 



