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Title: Dreer's quarterly wholesale price list of tools, fertilizers, insecticides, sundries, etc
Identifier: dreersquarterlyw1899henr_0 (find matches)
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Henry A. Dreer (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Henry A. Dreer
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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DREER'S WHOLESALE PRICE LIST. CH RYSANTH EM UMS. Twenty-five Choice Exhibition "Varieties. Charles Davis. This is simply V. Morel in another color, being tawny yellow or golden bronze. Col. Wm. B. Smith. An immense, double, high-built flower, bright golden bronze. Eugene Dalledouze. Flowers large yellow, full and double, a grand variety. Fisher's Torch. Bright, fiery red ; large and double, with a high-built centre. Frank Hardy. A superb variety with immense full deep globular flowers, beautifully incurved in graceful folds, and of a pure white color. George W. Childs. The best deep self-colored crimson variety ; flowers massive, of immense size- Golden Wedding. Golden yellow, intense and dazzling. Flowers 10 to 12 inches in diameter, 4 to 6 inches in depth ; petals broad and long. Helen Bloodgood. A most beautiful clear pink ; of of very large spherical shape. H. L. Sunderbruch. Bright golden yellow, of fine in- curved form and large size. Iora. Tubular, clear pink. John Shrimpton. Bright velvety crimson-scarlet. Maud Dean. Extra large petals, broad and incurving, perfectly double and of great substance ; pink. Major Bonnaffon. Soft, clear yellow, incurved full in the centre ; form and finish perfect. Mayflower. Magnificent large incurved white, lower petal reflex. Miss Minnie Wanamaker. Creamy white, of very large size, incurved. Minerva. Large and massive, incurved, golden yellow. Mrs. A. J. Drexel. Large flowering, early variety ; color crimson lake ; form rounded- Mrs. Jerome Jones. One of the best whites, broad incurving petals. Mutual Friend. A reflexed pure white, from 7 to 11 inches in diameter and great depth of flower. Modesto. Fine yellow, incurved, slightly whorled. Philadelphia. The formation of the florets and their dis- position makes this gracefully globular in form ; its color is white, illuminated with lemon yellow. Pennsylvania. A fine companion to Philadelphia, from which it is a sport, possessing all the good points of that favorite, excepting that the color is a rich bright yellow. Pluto. Fine bold globular flower, of clear bright red, cen- tre incurved, reverse of petals golden. The Queen. A grand double white, of fine size. Viviand Morel. Extra large flowers, petals long and looselyarranged ; a beautiful light shade of pink. 60 cents per dozen, $4-00 per 100. Choice Standard Varieties. Autumn Glory. Deep reddish salmon, when first open- ing, gradually changing to a soft shrimp pink ; flowers of large size and great depth. Black Hawk. Scarlet crimson, the best of its type. Cullingsfordi. A fine shade of crimson. Frank Thomson. White with a touch of pearl pink at base of petals ; a fine flower. Harry Balsley. A magnificent variety, of a soft mer- met pink in color. Harry May. Flowers very large and deep ; full double ; forming a massive sphere ; color deep old gold, with oc- casional reddish veins. Ivory. Snowy white, of perfect form, flowers very large ; an early and free-flowering variety. Inter Ocean. Glistening pearly white, suffused with pink. Louis Boehmer. Best pink Ostrich plume. L* Enfant des Deux Mondes. Best white Ostrich Plume. Monarch of Ostrich Plume. Finest yellow Ostrich Plume. Marie Louise. A beautiful recurving white, with slen- der, interlacing petals, forming a plumy globe. Mrs. Richard Dean. Clear pink of a beautiful shade. Miss Louise D. Black. Eeddish Orange, on the style of L. C Madeira, but much larger. Mrs. Perrin. Beautiful glistening pink ; a fine shade.
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Chrysanthemum Philadelphia. Mrs. L. C. Madeira. Orange yellow, beautifully quilled. Merry Christmas. The latest of all the whites, fine large flowers, which are at their best the last week in December. Mrs. C. H. Pierce. A soft deep yellow, with well devel- oped leathery petals, lasting a long time in perfection. Niveus. This is a perfect gem ; color snowy white ; flow- ers very large, without coarseness. President Wm. R. Smith. A delicate pure pink, very heavy in substance, borne on strong stems. Pink Ivory. Beautiful shell pink. Rohallion. Eich deep yellow, deepening to chrome. Solar Queen. Enormous flowers of clear yellow. Wm. H. Chadwick. An immense striking bloom of a waxy white, occasionally rose tinted ; one of the best. Wm. H. Lincoln. A magnificent golden yellow. Wm. Simpson. A pleasing shade of pink. Yellow Fellow. Eich bright yellow, of immense size. 60 cents per dozen ; $4.00 per 100. Select Early Flowering Varieties. Ambrose Thomas. Bright red with yellow reflex, a large flower and a dwarf grower. Baronne Briailles. Large creamy white, very free. Clinton Chalfant. Fine large yellow of good form. Edith Syratt. A distinct rosy amaranth. J. E. Lager. Very clear bright yellow, full and massive. Longfellow. Blush white, of medium size and fine form. La Vierge. One of the dwarfest and best pure whites. Marion Henderson. Fine yellow, of fine form. Marquise de Mortemarte. Very fine large pink. Merry Monarch. Very large pure white. Mrs. E. G. Hill. A beautiful pearly pink, large and full to the centre. Mrs. Henry Robinson. One of the very finest white varieties, a perfect ball of snow when fully developed. Mrs. F. Bergman. One of the earliest whites, veiy fine. Mrs. J. G. Whilden. One of the finest early yellows. Mrs. Hawkins. A finely formed golden yellow. Snow Queen. A nicely finished snow-white variety of rounded form and full centre. Vice-President Hardy .Golden yellow, bordered crim- son rose. Vicomtesse D'Avene. Violet rose, shaded white, cen- tre old gold. White Grunnerwald. Silvery white, reflex rose. William Holmes. A fine crimson. Yellow Queen. Early clear yellow. 60 cents per dozen, $4.00 per 100.

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