28 HENRY A. DREER. PHILADELPHIA, PA., WHOLESALE PRICE LIST 



DECORATIVE DAHLIA, PERLE DE LYON 



Decorative Dahlias of Recent Intro 

 duction and Special Merit 



Varieties marked * are best for cutting. 



Admiral Dewey. A rich purple ... 



Black Beauty. Deep velvety-maroon; almost black. 



Bronze Beauty. Bright copery-orange 



Beloit. Very large flowers of a rich purplish-garnet, 



*Catherine Duer. Iridescent-red; a favorite for cut- 

 ting ... 



*Clifford W. Bruton. A fine, bright yellow . • 



*Caronna. A miniature pure white, remarkably 

 free-flowering; splendid for cutting. Plants ready 

 April 15th 



Dragon d'Or. A soft yellow with petals cleft on the 

 tips. Plants ready April 15th .... 



*Dellce. Its beautiful soft, yet lively color, a glow- 

 ing rose-pink, together with its perfect shape, 

 stout, stiff stems, and the fact that when cut it re- 

 tains its freshness longer than any variety we 

 know of, makes this one of the most valuable for 

 cutting. Plants ready April 15th 



Delacroix. A spendid primrose-yellow with the tips 

 of the petals cleft. Plants ready April 15th . . . 



Eureka. A very free mauve-pink .... 



Evadne. Centre soft-primrose, shading to white . 



F. L. Bassett. Carmine-purple 



*Fire Rain. A free flowering cardinal red .... 



Gold of Ophir. Rich old-gold 



Grafin von Schimmelman. Salmon-rose, shading to 

 a yellow centre. Plants ready April 15th . . 



*Henry Patrick. Beautiful pure white . . . 



*Jack Rose. Brilliant crimson-red; perfect for cut 

 ting ... .... 



Juno. A rich velvety reddish-brown, with brilliant 

 carmine markings ... 



*Kaiserin Augusta Victoria. Valuable on account of 

 its early flowering; of medium size, good form, 

 pure white 



Le Grand Manitou. The first variegated Dahlia of 

 the decorative type; ground color white, prettily 

 spotted, striped, blotched and suffused with deep 

 reddish-violet .... . . . 



*Lyndhurst. Brilliant cardinal-red, a fine cut flower 



Lucie. Pale ecru with old-gold rose shadings. 

 Plants ready April 15th 



Monte Rose. A delicate rosy-mauve, tinted carmine 



*Mrs. Roosevelt. Of immense size and remarkably 

 free-flowering, of a delicate silvery rose 



*Mnie. Van den Daele. A charming soft rose shad- 

 ing to white in the centre 



Mrs. Linder. Free-flowering white, suffused pink . 



Mrs. T. F. De Witt. A good primrose-yellow . . . . 



Marianna. Rich orange-buff . . . . 



*Mme. A. Lumier. A very distinct semi-double 

 variety; ground color white, suffused towards the 

 ends of the petals with red, the tips being pointed 

 with bright violet-red. Plants ready April 15th . . 



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Mont Blanc. Very large flowering, creamy-white. 

 Plants ready April 15th 



Orange King. Rich, glowing orange-scarlet . . 



*Perle (Perle de la tete d'Ori . A beautiful glisten- 

 ing white 



Papa Charmet. Rich deep morocco red, with bright 

 garnet shadings, undoubtedly the finest dark 

 Dahlia yet offered in this class. Plants ready April 

 15th 



*Perle de Lyon. Not only the most valuable white 

 decorative Dahlia but the best white of any class 

 for cut flower purposes. Its flowers are of good 

 size of pleasing form, with the petals cleft or 

 fringed; in color of the purest white and the flow- 

 ers are held erect on long, stiff wirey stems. 



Pierre Dupont. A free-flowering creamy-white. 

 Plants ready April 15th 



Riese von Stuttgart. Probably the largest Dahlia of 

 this type, a seedling of Souvenir de Gustave 

 Doazon, which it exceeds in size; in color a bright 

 blood-red, shading deeper to the centre. Plants 

 ready April 15th 



Senor Leon Perez. Delicate mauve-pink, shading to 

 white at the centre. Plants ready April 15th . . . 



^Souvenir de Gustave Doazon. Of mammoth pro- 

 portions, can be grown to measure full nine inches. 

 Remarkably profuse-flowering and pure red in 

 color 



*Sylvia. Soft pleasing mauve-pink, gradually chang- 

 ing to white in the centre 



*Seven Oaks Scarlet. A miniature variety rarely 

 over 2'/2 inches in diameter. The perfect shaped 

 flowers are borne on stiff stems and are of a vivid 

 orange-scarlet ... 



Souvenir de Maurice Rivoire. A broad petaled 

 variety forming a graceful loose flower; ground 

 color deep amber suffused and marked with rasp- 

 berry-red at the tips. Plants ready April 15th 



Tricolor. Ground color buttercup-yellow with a 

 blotch of scarlet on each petal, and as the flower 

 matures the end of each petal becomes suffused 

 with rosy-white, forming a pretty tricolored com- 

 bination. Plants ready April 15th . . 



Triomphe de Schmit^. Tips of petals cai mine-red. 

 flamed towards the centre with golden-yellow and 

 suffused with crimson. Plants ready April 15th 



Thais. Ground color white, suffused with mauve- 

 rose. The petals are broad and informally ar- 

 ranged. Plants ready April 15th 



Ulysse. A very fine rich velvety-maroon. Plants 

 ready April 15th . . 



*Willlam Agnew. Rich carmine red 



Wilhelm Miller. Rich aniline-red, suffused with 

 purple . . ... ... 



Zulu. Deep maroon with black shadings 



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DECORATIVE DAHLIA, SYLVIA 



