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



Decorative Dahlias of Recent Introduction and Special Merit 



Varieties marked * are best for cutting. 



DECORATIVE DAHLIA, PERLE DE LYON 



Per doz. 



Admiral Dewey. A rich purple $1 00 



Black Beauty. Deep velvety-maroon; almost black. 1 00 

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

 ting 1 00 



*Cnfford W. Bruton. A fine, bright yellow . . 1 00 

 '^'Caronna. A miniature pure white, remarkably 

 free-flowering; splendid for cutting. Plants ready 



May 1st 2 00 



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



tips. Plants ready May 1st . . 2 00 



*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 May 1st 2 00 



Delacroix. A spendid primrose-yellow with the tips 



of the petals cleft. Plants ready May 1st 5 00 



Eureka. A very free mauve-pink 1 00 



Evadne. Centre soft-primrose, shading to white . . 1 00 



F. L. Bassett. Carmine-purple 1 00 



Fire Rain. A free flowering cardinal red 100 



jold of Ophir. Rich old-gold . . . 1 00 

 Grafin von Schimmelman. Salmon-rose, shading to 

 a yellow centre. Plants ready May 1st 5 00 



Per 100 



$8 00 

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*Henry Patrick. Beautiful pure white 



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

 ting .... ... 



Juno. A rich velvety reddish-brown, with brilliant 

 carmine markings 



Le Grand Manitou. The first variegated Dahlia of 

 the decorative type; ground color white, prettily 

 spotted, striped, blotched and suffused with deep 

 reddish-violet. Plants ready May 1st ... 



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



Lucie. Pale ecru with old-gold rose shadings. 

 Plants ready May 1st 



Monte Rose. A delicate rosy-mauve, tinted carmine 



*Mrs. Roosevelt. Of immense size and remarkably 

 free-flowering, of a delicate silvery rose. Plants 

 ready May 1st 



*Mme. 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 .... 



*Mnie. 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 May 1st 



Mont Blanc. Very large flowering, creamy-white. 

 Plants ready May 1st 3 50 



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Orange King. Rich, glowing orange-scarlet .... 



*Perle (Perle de la tete d'Or) . 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 May 

 1st 



*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 May 1st 



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 May 1st 3 50 



Senor Leon Perez. Delicate mauve-pink, shading to 

 white at the centre. Plants ready May 1st 3 50 



*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 1 00 



*Seven Oaks Scarlet. A miniature variety rarely 

 over 2V2 inches in diameter. The perfect shaped 

 flowers are borne on stiff stems and are of a vivid 

 orange-scarlet ... . . .... 



Souvenir de Maurice Rivolre. 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 May 1st ... . 



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 May 1st 3 50 



Triomphe de Schmitt. Tips of petals carmine-red, 

 flamed towards the centre with golden-yellow and 

 suffused with crimson. Plants ready May 1st . . . 



Thais. Ground color white, suffused with mauve- 

 rose. The petals are broad and informally ar- 

 ranged. Plants ready May 1st 



*Williani Agnew. Rich carmine red 



Wilhelm Miller. Rich aniline-red, suffused with 

 purple 1 00 



Zulu. Deep maroon with black shadings 1 00 



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DECORATIVE DAHLIA, SYLVIA 



