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Title: Dreer's wholesale price list / Henry A. Dreer.
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Authors: Dreer, Henry A. (Firm); Dreer, Henry A. (Firm)
Subjects: Nursery Catalogue
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HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA, PA., WHOLESALE PRICE LIST 21
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TYPICAL SPIKE OF NEWER CANNAS Camellia Japonica. We are pleased to see these old favorites again coming into favor, and in view of this we have prepared a splendid stock of the most popular varieties in thrifty, bushy, well branched plants. Each Perdoz. Per 100 5-inch pots, 15 to 18 inches high $0 75 $7 50 $60 00 5 " 20 to 24 " 1-25 12 00 100 00 CANNAS Varieties of Recent Introduction. All have green foliage unless otherwise specified. Brilliant. A bright yellow with two curling tongue-like petals of a bright red. 15 cts. each ; $1.25 per doz.; $8.00 per 100. Dr. Budingen. One of the most brilliant scarlets, both the indi- vidual flowers and the trusses being of large size ; bronze foliage ; 4 feet. 15 cts. each ; $1.25 per doz.; $8.00 per 100. Dr. E. Ackernecht. Carmine-lake suffused with deep carmine, a distinct new shade, very free flowering, foliage bronze, 4 feet. 35 cts. each ; $3.50 per doz. Feuermeer. A brilliant fiery scarlet, of medium size, but excep- tionally free-flowering, and one of the most effective for massing ; 4 feet. 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. Hungaria. The ideal pink bedder, flowers very large, in good trusses, color not unlike that of the Paul Neyron Rose, one of the best of the newer introductions ; 3 to 3'A feet. 35 cts. each ; $3.50 per doz. Mephisto. One of the darkest crimson varieties yet introduced. The flowers, which are of large size, are held well above the bright green foliage; SVi feet. 15 cts. each ; $1.25 per doz.; $8.00 per 100. Minnehaha. A distinct and novel color, a pale flesh overlaid with soft rose and cream tints, reminding one of transparent sea- shells ; 4 feet. 35 cts. each ; $3.50 per doz. Mrs. Alfred F. Conard. One of the most distinct varieties yet in- troduced, a beautiful and exquisite shade of salmon-pink, of immense size ; 3 feet. 75 cts. each. New York. A bronze-leaved, Orchid-flowered variety, with very intense brilliant carmine flowers of great beauty. A strong grower, ; 6 to 7 feet high. $1.25 per doz.; $8.00 per 100. Professor Romberg. A brilliant, rich, fiery-red, flowers of medium size, in large trusses held well above the bronzy foliage ; SVi to 4 feet. 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. Rosea Qigantea. Extra large flowers borne in phenomenal abun- dance, individual petals 2)4 inches across, color deep rich rose, almost a coral carmine. 4 to 5 feet, 30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz. Cannas of Recent introduction—Continued. William Saunders. A gorgeous bronze-leaved variety ; flowers of a bright crimson-scarlet, often measuring 5 inches across, of re- markable substance and durability. The plant is of a uniform habit of growth, about 4 feet high. 20 cts. each ; $2.00 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. One each of the 12 recent introductions for $3.00. Italian Orchid-flowered Cannas. Allemania. Pleasing dark salmon with golden markings, 6 feet. 60 cts. per doz.; $4.00 per 100. Italia. Bright orange scarlet, broad golden yellow border, 6 feet. 60 cts. per doz.; $4.00 per 100. King Humbert. In this grand Canna we have a combination of the highest type of flower with the finest bronze foliage. Its flowers measure 6 inches in diameter, and are produced in trusses of gigantic size, of a brilliant orange-scarlet with bright red mark- ings; the foliage is broad and massive of a rich coppery-bronze ; bold and effective ; 5 feet. 85 cts. per doz.; $6.00 per 100. Pennsylvania. Remarkably free flowering intense vermilion- scarlet, overlaid with an orange sheen; 6 feet. 60 cts. per doz.; $4.00 per 100. Wyoming. Bronzy-purple foliage with immense spikes of massive orange flowers. 60 cts. per doz.; $4.00 per 100. Dark=leaved Canna, Black Beauty. In dark-leaved Cannas no variety is so effective as "Black Beauty ; " the massive foliage is of such an intense rich color as to at once place it at the head of the list of ornamental bedding plants, where foliage or sub-tropical effect is wanted. The plant grows 5 to 6 feet high, with foliage of the richest glistening bronzy-purple, shaded black, and having crimped, wavy margins. $1.25 per doz.; $8.00 per 100. Choice Standard Cannas. All have green foliage, unless otherwise specified. Per Per Adrien Lefebvre. Rosy carmine with red markings, doz. 100. 3*72 feet $0 75 $5 00 Alphonse Bouvier. Brilliant crimson ; 6 to 7 feet . . 60 4 00 Alsace. Pale sulphur, changing to creamy-white. iVz feet 60 4 00 Black Warrior. Dark crimson shaded black. S'A ft. 75 5 00 Buttercup. Deep buttercup-yellow. 3 feet 75 5 00 Cinnabar. Cinnabar-red, edged golden-yellow. 4'/z ft. 85 6 00 Duke of Marlboro. Deep crimson ; fine individual blooms in large trusses. 4 feet 60 4 00 Florence Vaughan. Bright, rich golden-yellow, spotted with red. 4 feet 60 4 00 General Merkel. Scarlet, suffused with orange, base and edge of flower marbled with golden-yellow. 4 feet ... . . 75 5 00 Harry Laing. Large rich scarlet, suffused orange. 5 feet 85 6 00 Hofgartner Hoppe. Light-bronze foliage, flowers orange-scarlet, merging into carmine at tips of petals. 4'/2 feet 75 5 00 J. D. Elsele. Bright vermilion-scarlet overlaid with orange; a fne bedder. 3'/4 feet . . . . 60 4 00 Jean Tissot. Brilliant vermilion-scarlet. 5 feet . • . 75 5 00 Luray. A pleasing deep rosy-pink. iVi feet .... 60 4 00 Miss Berthine Brunner. Large, pure yellow flow- ers, minutely spotted with orange-scarlet. iVi ft. 75 5 00 Mrs. Geo. A. Strohlein. Large amaranth-red, mas- sive bronzy foliage. 5 feet 85 6 00 Mile. Berat. The nearest approach to a pink in a first-class bedder. 4 feet. 60 4 00 Mme. Crozy, The popular golden-edged bright scarlet. 4 feet 60 4 00 Mme. Jean Beurier. Salmon-rose dashed and mot- tled with vermilion ; small yellow edge. 4 feet . 75 " 5 00 Papa Nardy. Very large, rich currant-red with a purplish sheen. i'A feet 60 4 00 President Meyer. A glorious Canna, with large flowers in immense trusses ; color rich cherry-car- mine, producing a gorgeous effect; bronzy foliage. 4 feet . . 75 5 00 Professor Rodenwaldt. Large and effective, deep crimson scarlet, of compact habit. 3 feet . 75 5 00 Richard Wallace. A large canary-yellow. 5 feet . . 60 4 00 Rubin. Ruby carmine flowers not large but pro- duced in such profusion and so rich and glowing, which, combined with the dark, bronzy-green foli- age, make it one of the best bedding varieties. 3'/j feet 60 4 00 Secretaire Chabanne. Distinct and pleasing salmon ; very free ; a fine bedder. 3 feet 60 4 00 Venus. One of the most delicately colored varieties. The flowers are of fair size, of a soft rosy pink, with a pretty mottled border of creamy yellow. 3'A feet 75 5 00 West Virginia. Intense crimson-scarlet with broad yellow edge. dVz feet 85 6 00 Wllhelm Qriessinger. Pure yellow dotted carmine. iVz feet 75 5 00

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