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Title: Dreer's garden book / Henry A. Dreer.
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Authors: Dreer, Henry A. (Firm); Dreer, Henry A. (Firm)
Subjects: Nursery Catalogue
Publisher: Henry A. Dreer.
Contributing Library: New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library
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/PHILADELPHIA TEN PEERLESS GLADIOLI An assortment of large flowering Gladioli, selected for their robust growing, free-blooming liabib and for their ability to produce satisfactory results under ordinary garden conditions. Carmen Sylva. Large pure white flowers, well placed on perfectly straight tall stems; a splendid cut flower variety. See illustration. 10 cts. each; 3 for 25 cts.; 80 cts. per doz.; $4.50 per 100. Dr. F. E. Bennett. A vivid, fiery scarlet, so bright that it is hard to imagine anything brighter. One of the finest red Gladioli ever sent out. Tall heavy spike with many massive blooms. Will stand up in the hottest weather. 8 cts. each; 3 for 20 cts.; 65 cts. per doz.; $3.50 per 100. Golden Dream. The richest, clearest pure golden yellow Gladiolus yet introduced. Fine large flowers, many open at once, are carried on tall straight stems. Makes robust growing healthy plants. Golden Dream represents a great advance in this color section. 10 cts. each; 3 for 25 cts.; 75 cts. per doz.; $4.00 per 100. Kirchhoff s Violet. Deep rich velvety blue. Thisisthestrongestgrowingofthedark blue-purple sorts in both spike and bloom. A vigorous variety, thriving and flower- ing anywhere that Gladioli will grow. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. Marnia. A rich radiant orange, with just the slightest glow of pink showing through. We consider this the best large flowered orange yet introduced. A particularly fine commercial sort. 10 cts. each; 3 for 25 cts.; 75 cts. per doz.; $4.50 per 100. Mrs. F. C. Peters. Beautiful orchid lavender, the throat stained deeply with wine purple. Many large flowers open at one time on the tall erect spikes. 8 cts. each; 3 for 20 cts.; 65 cts. per doz.; $3.50 per 100. Mrs. Leon Douglas. Probably the tallest, strongest growing and largest flowered of all Gladioli. The immense blooms, of luminous coral rose, are marked with vivid splashes of rich ruby. No variety could be more showy or arrest more strikingly the interest of the casual beholder. 8 cts. each; 3 for 20 cts.; 65 cts. per doz.; $3.50 per 100. Mrs. van Konynenburg. A matchless shade of brilliant blue, or at least as close to blue as it is possible to come in Gladioli. The flowers are of largest size, and well-placed, opening up without fading to the very top of the tall spikes. 15 cts. each; $1.25 per doz.; $8.00 per 100. Scarlet Wonder. Showy clear-red flowers of enormous size, carried in massive spikes. 8 cts. each; 3 for 20 cts.; 65 cts. per doz.; $2.50 per 100. W. H. Phipps. Clear pink, overlaid with a warm glow of salmon rose, the lower petals often faintly flecked with ruby. The flowers are large and well-formed, borne in splendid spikes, with sometimes as many as twenty blooms open at one time. No variety so far introduced surpasses it in this respect, and with its brilliant live-coal coloring it becomes a truly glorious exhibition sort. At the Atlantic City Show it was used repeatedly with striking effect, always exciting favorable com- ment. 10 cts. each; 3 for 25 cts.; 80 cts. per doz.; $4.50 per 100. Collections of Peerless Gladioli 1 each of above 10 sorts, 10 bulbs, 85 cts. 3 ea. of the above 10 sorts, 30 bulbs.$2.00 I 12 ea. of the above 10 sorts, 120 bulbs.$7.00 6 ea. of the above 10 sorts, 60 bulbs. 3.75 ( 25 ea. of the above 10 sorts, 250 bulbs. 12.00 GIANT RUFFLED GLADIOLI
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Carmen Sylva A most attractive section with petal edges ruffled and frilled like Azalea blossoms or Orchid-Flowered Sweet Peas. Crinkles. Deep peach-blossom pink and so intensely ruffled and pleated as to be truly crinkled. A strong vigorous grower. 10 cts. each; 3 for 25 cts.; 80 cts.perdoz.; $4.50 per 100 Golden Frills. Tall, intensely ruffled, rich daffodil yellow flow- ers, with tiny feather of flame in the throat. 8 cts. each; 3 for 20 cts.; 65 cts. per doz.; $3.50 per 100. Helen Franklin. White as newly fallen snow, except for the velvety purple lines on the lower throat petals. The flowers are of largest size and heavily ruffled. 8 cts. each; 3 for 20 cts.; 65 cts. per doz.; $3.50 per 100. Mrs. H. E. Bothin. Ruffled flowers of satiny salmon pink with flame scarlet throat. One of the most beautiful of all Gladioli. 10 cts. each; 3 for 25 cts.; 80 cts. per doz.; $4.50 per 100. Collection of the above six Ruffled Gladioli, 1 each for 50 cts.; 3 each for $1.15; 6 each for $2.00; 12 each for $3.75. GOLD MEDAL GLADIOLUS BLENDS These splendid blends are made up only from the finer named sorts, including many high-priced kinds, each variety grown separately, and the whole carefully blended to give a proper proportion of the various colors. We do not handle Gladioli that have been grown in mixture, for we find that certain sorts propagate much faster than do others and such mixtures soon become unbalanced. Our Gold Medal Blends contain only sturdy, large-flowering varieties, and the wide range of exquisite colorings will please the most exacting. Purple Glory. Deepest richest velvety maroon, almost black, but not in the least purple. Sturdy spike and large, beautifully ruffled flowers. 10 cts. each; 3 for 25 cts.; 80 cts. per doz.; $4.50 per 100. Twilight. A splendid ruffled variety, large flowers, heavy foli- age. It is a wonderful blend of palest sea-shell pink and soft creamy buff. 10 cts. each; 3 for 25 cts.; 80 cts. per doz.; $4.50 per 100. Gold Medal Section No. 1. For this we have chosen from a wide range of varieties in the warmer colorings, scarlet, bright red, crimson, garnet, maroon and amaranth; together with certain of the deeper shades of tyrian rose. Only large flowered sorts of highest quality in form and flower, have been used to build this blend. 6 for 30 cts.; 55 cts. per doz.; $2.75 per 100; $25.00 per 1000. Gold Medal Section No. 2. Here we offer the lighter colors, white, cream, yellow and many delicate shades of pink, salmon and rose; a section particularly valuable for cutting or for dec- orative garden planting. 6 for 30 cts.; 55 cts. per doz.; $2.75 per 100; $30.00 per 1000. Gold Medal Section No. 3. In this group we place the dainty blue and lavender Gladioli; varieties with colorings of mauve, lilac, amethyst and deep blue. With these we have included many of the richer violet, velvety purple and heliotrope sorts, the whole giving a range of tints and shades that has been aptly described by one of our customers as "pansy colors." 6 for 40 cts.; 70 cts. per doz.; $4.00 per 100; $35.00 per 1000. Gold Medal Blend. Named sorts carefully blended to secure a proper balance of the various hues, covering the full range of Gladiolus colorings in a marvelous diversity of tints, shades and markings. No finer mixture could possibly be offered. 6 for 30 cts.; 55 cts. per doz.; $2.75 per 100; $25.00 per 1000. "The Gladiolus" (Beat). An interesting book covering culture and propagation. $1.25, postpaid

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