Dreer's garden book 1923 (1923) Dreer's garden book 1923 dreersgardenbook1923henr Year: 1923 n Decorative D.\hlia Earl Williams (Offered on page 141) Decorative Dahlia Futurity (Offered on page 141) lavender - pink at the edges and tips of the petals, the centre of same being a silvery white, a fine exhibition and garden variety. Plants $ each. La Mascotte (Decorative). Entirely distinct in formation and coloring. The face of the petals is silvery pink while the reverse is reddish violet, the petals being quilled on first opening, the two-toned effect produced is very novel and pleasin
Dreer's garden book 1923 (1923) Dreer's garden book 1923 dreersgardenbook1923henr Year: 1923 n Decorative D.\hlia Earl Williams (Offered on page 141) Decorative Dahlia Futurity (Offered on page 141) lavender - pink at the edges and tips of the petals, the centre of same being a silvery white, a fine exhibition and garden variety. Plants $ each. La Mascotte (Decorative). Entirely distinct in formation and coloring. The face of the petals is silvery pink while the reverse is reddish violet, the petals being quilled on first opening, the two-toned effect produced is very novel and pleasing. The flowers are of medium size and are produced on good stems in great profusion. Plants $ each. Lolita Velasco (Hybrid Cactus). There are many good white Cactus Dahlias and all of them have some distinctive merit of their own. We should hesitate to designate any one of them as the best white on all points, but if we had to select one individual sort, we would take this splendid variety which is composed of long straight petals which form into a flower of perfect shape, borne on long stiff stems, fine for cutting and for exhibition. Plants $ each. Lotus (Decorative). Lotus is a favorite with everyone who sees it, in color a most lively orange with an iridescent metallic lustre that makes the flower stand out prominently among all others. It is of good size and in shape is not unlike a water lily, it has splendid stems, grand for garden decora- tion and a glorious cut flower, particularly luminous under arrificial light. Plants $ each. Miss Leota Cota (Hybrid Cactus). A splendid exhibition variety, it is difScult to imagine a more beautiful blending of creamy buff and pink. Plants $ each. Mrs. Alfred Harvey (Cactus). Of the many English Cactus varieties introduced, comparatively few have proven satis- factory or found a permanent place in our gardens. Mrs. Alfred Harvey is one of the exceptions, it has good wiry stems that hold the flowers erect, it is early a
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