. Dreer's garden book : seventy-third annual edition 1911. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 154 fMHWADREER -PHILADELPHIA lA^GAIiDEHrdEflHOUSE PLAhTS jTfQ DAHLIAS. This beautiful type is now very popular. The artistic flowers are very large, and are best com- pared to the semi-double Pseonies in general form. They all flower very freely, and are oorne on long, strong stems, making excellent material for cutting, as well as for garden decoration. Cleopatra. R
. Dreer's garden book : seventy-third annual edition 1911. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 154 fMHWADREER -PHILADELPHIA lA^GAIiDEHrdEflHOUSE PLAhTS jTfQ DAHLIAS. This beautiful type is now very popular. The artistic flowers are very large, and are best com- pared to the semi-double Pseonies in general form. They all flower very freely, and are oorne on long, strong stems, making excellent material for cutting, as well as for garden decoration. Cleopatra. Rich oriental red, base of petals primrose-yellow; very effective. Plants ready April loth. 30 cts. each. Germania. Brilliant strawberry-red, a very fluffy, artistic flower, standing well above the foliage. Glory of Groenekan. Very large orange-yellow flowers. Plants ready April 15th. 30 cts. each. King Leopold. Primrose, shading lighter at edges. flme. Louise Perier. Crimson-carmine, suffused with white, base of petals yellow; striking. Plants ready April loth. 30 cts. each. Philadelphia. In form this is a semi-double Cactus of giant size, color rich reddish-purple with brighter shadings, suffused and marked with white; very free-flowering, and for a gay effect in the garden is un- approachable. Queen Emma. A magnificent sort that appears almost artificial; it is of a charming shade of mallow or Hollyhock pink, the inner petals banded with gold. Queen Wilhelmina. Immense, fluffy flower of pure white with yellow centre. Solfatere. Brilliant carmine with yellow centre; large and free. Price, except where noted, 25 cts. each. One each of the 9 sorts, $ New Paeony-flow- ered Dahlia " ; The showiest and most attrac- tive of this type yet introduced; of strong growth, with the rich colored flowers standing well above the foliage. These are original in form, consist- ing of peculiarly twisted and curled petals, of an effective and rich combi- nation of scarlet an
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