Dreer's garden book 1916 (1916) Dreer's garden book 1916 dreersgardenbook1916henr Year: 1916 142 OTjHENRTADREER fflllADELPHIA'W-WGARDEMREEIOUSEPLANTSi 'THE DREER COLLECTION' OF CACTUS DAHLIAS OF SPECIAL MERIT This is a selection of twenty-five varieties made with a view of supplying the amateur with an assortment of Cactus sorts, which in our own experience we have found to be the freest-flowering under the most varied conditions of soil and climate, and which can be depended upon to make an early and continuous display in the garden, and at the same time furnish an abundance of choice flowe
Dreer's garden book 1916 (1916) Dreer's garden book 1916 dreersgardenbook1916henr Year: 1916 142 OTjHENRTADREER fflllADELPHIA'W-WGARDEMREEIOUSEPLANTSi 'THE DREER COLLECTION' OF CACTUS DAHLIAS OF SPECIAL MERIT This is a selection of twenty-five varieties made with a view of supplying the amateur with an assortment of Cactus sorts, which in our own experience we have found to be the freest-flowering under the most varied conditions of soil and climate, and which can be depended upon to make an early and continuous display in the garden, and at the same time furnish an abundance of choice flowers for cutting. The varieties are all introductions previous to 1914, and have been under observation ample time to establish their superior qualities. Aurora. A beautiful, reddish-apricot, suffused with flesh-pink, shading lighter to the tips. (See cut.) Candeur. A wonderful pure white, which in the fully de- veloped flower more closely resembles an incurved Chrysan- themum than any other sort; a valuable cut flower. Countess of Lonsdale. A peculiar but pleasing blending of salmon-pink and amber, a color difficult to describe.' This is the Dahlia for the million. Blooms freely under all con- ditions Eise. A charming variety, with a combination of deli- cate colors. The base of the petals is of buttercup-yellow, gradually passing -^^^ ▼ to amber; finished with a tip of Fernand Olivet. Re- markably free - flowering on stiff, wiry stems; bril- liant maroon with scarlet shadings, the centre almost black. Qalathea. A me- dium-sized flower of splendid form, especially appre- ciated on account of its delicate color, which is an even, tender soft pink. General French. Flower of good size and form of a most pleasing shade of reddish-orange; a favorite cut flower. Qlory of Wilts. A magnificent bright golden-yel- low, of large size, splendid quality and very free. Goidland. A splen- did primrose yellow, of perfect form and very free-flowering. Graefin von Schimmelmann. Salmon-rose, sha
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