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Title: Dreer's wholesale price list / Henry A. Dreer.
Identifier: dreerswholesalep1912dree (find matches)
Year: [1] (s)
Authors: Dreer, Henry A. (Firm); Dreer, Henry A. (Firm)
Subjects: Nursery Catalogue
Publisher: The Company
Contributing Library: New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library
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12 HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA, PA., WHOLESALE PRICE LIST Dreer's Fine Sweet Peas We only offer the very best varieties. Those marked * are the kinds best suited for Florists for cutting. Orchid-flowered Sweet Peas. This type is distingruished from the standard sorts by the extraor- dinary size of their flowers and by the standard being crinkled and wavy. They usually bear four blossoms on a stem, and are as easy to grow as the commonest sorts. Owing to their being shy seeders they will always be higher in price than the standard sorts. Oz. Vi-lb. Lb. Asta Ohn. Soft lavender tinged mauve 20 75 $2 75 ^Apple Blossom Spencer. Rose and pink 20 75 2 50 Aurora Spencer. White, striped orange-s'almon . 20 60 2 00 filack Knight Spencer. Rich maroon 20 75 2 50 ♦Blanche Ferry Spencer. Pink and white ... 20 75 3 00 *Countess Spencer (true). A lovely clear pink . . 20 60 2 25 Dainty Spencer. White edged rosy pink 20 75 2 50 ♦Florence M. Spencer. Delicate blush with pink margin 20 75 2 50 *Frank Dolby. Largest pale lavender 15 50 1 50 *01adys Unwin. Charming pale rose pink .... 10 30 1 00 George Herbert. Rich, rose carmine 15 50 1 75 Helen Lewis. Brilliant orange rose 20 75 2 50 King Edward Spencer. Crimson scarlet 20 75 2 50 Mrs. Routzahn Spencer. Soft chamois pink ... 30 1 00 3 50 Mrs. Walter Wright Spencer. Deep mauve ... 20 75 2 50 *Nora Unwin. A magnificent white 10 35 1 25 *Prlmrose Spencer. Primrose or creamy yellow 20 60 2 25 Prince of Wales Spencer. (Marie Corelli.) Bril- liant rose, very large 20 75 2 50 Queen Alexandra Spencer. Bright scarlet 30 1 00 4 00 *White Spencer. A pure white Countess Spencer of very large size 20 75 2 75 Orchid-Flowered Mixed 15 40 1 50 Standard Varieties of Sweet Peas. The sorts marked * are the kinds best suited for florists for cutting. '/4-lb. Lb. Aurora. White flaked with orange salmon 20 $0 60 Black Knight. Black maroon 20 65 ^Blanche Ferry. Pink and white 20 60 Coccinea. Rich cerise, very bright 20 60 Dainty. White, edged with oink 20 60 ♦Dorothy Eckford. The finest white 20 60 Duke of Westminster. Clear purple tinted violet . . 20 65 ♦Emily Henderson. Purest white 20 60 ♦Flora Norton. The clearest bright blue 20 65 Helen Pierce. White veined, bright blue 25 75 ♦Hon. Mrs. E. Kenyon. The finest primrose yellow . 20 60 Jeannle Gordon. Rosy pink on a cream ground . . 20 60 ♦Katherine Tracy. Brilliant pink 20 60 ♦King Edward VII. Rich deep crimson scarlet .... 20 60 ♦Lady Qrlsel Hamilton. Pale lavender 25 75 •Lord Nelson. Rich navy blue 25 75 Lottie Eckford. White suffused with lavender - ... 20 60 ♦Lovely. Shell pink, extra fine 25 75 Midnight. Indigo and maroon. Very dark 20 60 Miss Wlllmott. Rich, deep orange pink 20 60 ♦Mrs. Walter Wright. Deep mauve 20 65 ♦Prima Donna. Deep pink, fine 25 75 ♦Prince of Wales. Deep rose 20 65 Queen Alexandra. The nearest to a pure scarlet 25 75 ♦Queen of Spain. Charming shade of chamois pink . 20 60 St. George. Brilliant orange scarlet 30 1 00 Early Flowering Sweet Peas. Oz. '/4-lb. Lb. Earliest of All, or Christmas Pink. Pink and white. 10 30 $1 00 Mont Blanc, or Christmas White. Pure white ... 10 30 1 00 Mrs. Alex. Wallace. Rosy lavender 15 50 1 50 Mrs. C. H. Totty. Lavender 15 50 1 50 Mrs. F. J. Dolansky. Pure pink 15 50 1 50 Mrs. Wm. Sim. Salmon pink 15 50 1 50 Mrs. W. W. Smalley . Chamois pink 15 50 1 50 Mrs. E. Wilde. Bright rose 15 50 1 50 Le Marquis. Rich, deep blue 15 50 1 50 Mixtures of Sweet Peas. We take special pains in making up our various mixtures; noth- ing but named sorts are used. Vi-lb. Lb. Dreer's Peerless Mixture, contains only the finest grandiflora varieties the best mixture of standard sorts possible. Per 10 lbs. $5.50 20 $0 60 Orchid=flowered mixed. A splendid mixture, contain- ing most of the varieties, besides a number of seed- ings of Countess Spencer 40 150 Pink shades. Mixed 20 60 Red shades. Mixed 20 60 Lavender and blue shades. Mixed 20 60 Purple and maroon shades. Mixed 20 60 White and primrose shades. Mixed 20 60 Striped shades. Mixed 20 60 Cupid or Dwarf. All colors mixed 20 60
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SPRAY OF ORCHID-FLOWERED SWEET PEAS Zinnia (Youth and Old Age). There is always a good demand for plants of these in the'spring, and as cut flowers through the summer they are invaluable. Tr. pkt. Oz. Improved Dwarf double, Canary 10 $0 40 Dark Scarlet 10 40 Flesh Pink 10 40 *' •* " Jacqueminot. Crimson scarlet 15 50 Orange 10 40 Bright Scarlet 10 40 White 10 40 Salmon Rose 10 40 Scarlet and Gold 10 40 Finest mixed 10 25 Curled and Crested. Mixed 10 30 Double Fringed. White 15 50 " *' Deep carmine 15 50 Bright rose 15 50 Mixed colors 10 30 Giant Double. Very large. Mixed colors 20 75 Haageana. Double orange 15 50 Perfection. Double mixed 25 100 Mammoth. Double mixed 15 40 Red=Riding=Hood. A dwarf compact sort, with small double red flowers 15 50 Tall Double. Mixed 10 20 Zebra. Double striped 15 59 Single Flowering. Mixed 10 25 For full descriptions and illustrations, see our Garden Book for 1913.

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