Dreer's 1909 garden book (1909) Dreer's 1909 garden book dreers1909garden1909henr Year: 1909 GMDEIMffEIIIIOUK PLANTS I 135 New Cactus Dahlia Aschenbrodel. rirs. Spencer Castle. A water-lily-like flower, with short petals, forming a very pretty double flower of a rosy amber color at the base, passing to a lilac rose at the tips; early and very free-flowering. Plus X. A beautiful large white, with slight sulphur tint, very double with nicely quilled petals; the finest white Cactus for cutting. VJ Papagei. A pretty fancy or variegated variety, the ground color being yellow with bright rosy-r
Dreer's 1909 garden book (1909) Dreer's 1909 garden book dreers1909garden1909henr Year: 1909 GMDEIMffEIIIIOUK PLANTS I 135 New Cactus Dahlia Aschenbrodel. rirs. Spencer Castle. A water-lily-like flower, with short petals, forming a very pretty double flower of a rosy amber color at the base, passing to a lilac rose at the tips; early and very free-flowering. Plus X. A beautiful large white, with slight sulphur tint, very double with nicely quilled petals; the finest white Cactus for cutting. VJ Papagei. A pretty fancy or variegated variety, the ground color being yellow with bright rosy-red variegations extend- ing almost to the lemon-colored tips. Prince Of Yellows. A rich canary-yellow, of very large size, with broad petals, which are fringed at the tips; a strong grower, producing an abundance of blooms of fine quality; the best yellow for cutting. Roland von Berlin. A magnificent brilliant Dahlia of large size, of an intense geranium-red, with deeper shad- ings, and full of fire. The flowers are produced most pro- fusely on stiff stems held well above the foliage. Rother. A magnificent bloom of very large size, with long, twisted petals, of a particularly rich, bright garnet color; one of the finest dark-colored sorts yet introduced. Signal. A brilliant crimson-scarlet, of dwarf habit, flowers large, of fine form, and produced very freelv. Stern. A beautiful flat-petalled, star-shaped flower of pure lemon-yellow; a good grower, and exceptionally free-flow- ering, showy either in the garden or as a cut flower. Price: 35 cts. each; $ per doz. Set of 18 varieties for $ FANCY CACTUS DAHLIAS. A distinct type, in which the flowers are beautifully striped and variegated. Alpha. Creamy white, with pencilings, spots and stripes of reddish-purple. Comet. Delicate lilac, penciled, spotted and striped with tyrian rose. Vesuvius. Ground color buttercup-yellow, striped and spotted with Oriental-red. 30 cts. each; $ per doz. One of each for 75 cts. Superb New
Size: 1396px × 1433px
Photo credit: © Bookworm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: archive, book, drawing, historical, history, illustration, image, page, picture, print, reference, vintage
