Keywords: Dreer's wholesale price list (16760291006).jpg 28 <br> DREER'S WHOLESALE PRICE LIST <br> DWARF FRENCH CANNA5 <br> VARIETIES OF SPECIAL MERIT <br> Beaute Poitevine An excellent free-flowering crim- <br> son that is especially valuable in a hot dry season suc- <br> ceeding better under those conditions than any other <br> variety 15 cts each ; 1 50 per doz ; 10 00 per 100 <br> Depute Kavarin A pretty sort with good-sized deep <br> garnet flowers a shade lighter than A Bouvier which it <br> much resembles except that the truss stands erect and is <br> much larger ; height 5 to 6 feet 50 cts doz ; 4 00 per <br> 100 <br> Fiirst Bismarck Eich scarlet crimson but so distinct <br> from all other crimsons that it can be planted along with <br> them in perfect harmony of color Tlie flowers are of <br> large size with road petals of good substance and pro- <br> duced in immense trusses ; of vigorous compact uniform <br> growth about 3 J feet high 50 cts per doz ; 4 00 per <br> 100 <br> Ooliath A fine rich dwarf crimson with broad massive <br> petals and heavy dark green foliage <br> 15 cts each ; 1 50 per dozen ; 12 00 <br> per 100 <br> J D Eisele A fine vermilion scar- <br> let overlaid with orange a strong free <br> grower with its trusses raised well <br> above the foliage 4 feet Ifcr t <br> 15 cts each ; 1 50 per <br> dozen <br> Joseph Combet This <br> is a rich velvety cardinal <br> very brilliant ; flowers of <br> good size habit dwarf <br> and compact about 3 <br> feet high 15 cts each ; <br> 1 50 per dozen <br> Mad Leon Leclerc <br> Entirely distinct ground <br> color being a bright <br> orange scarlet witli a <br> heavy tip and narrow <br> margin of yellow 5 feet <br> 1 25 per dozen ; 10 00 <br> per 100 <br> Menelek One of the <br> mostfloriferous varieties <br> of dwarf compact habit <br> about 3k feet high very <br> uniform with heavy rich <br> green foliage Its flow- <br> ers are of good size with <br> broad petals ; are of a <br> rich nasturtium red 15 <br> cts each ; 1 50 per doz <br> Mine d'Or This is <br> practically a yellow Mad <br> Crozy which it resem- <br> bles in size and shajje of <br> flowers It is of a bright <br> canary-yellow the lower <br> petals very lightly mark- <br> ed with red ; height 3 <br> feet 1 25 per dozen ; <br> 10 00 per 100 <br> R Pearson Golden- <br> yellow ground dotted <br> with innumerable light <br> red spots the spots being <br> much more numerous <br> than in any other varie- <br> ty 1 25 per dozen ; <br> 10 00 per 100 <br> Roi de Koiiijes King <br> of the lieds One of the finest of the many reds yet <br> introduced ; the flowers are of good size with heavy pe- <br> tals and are produced on stout thickly-set stems ; foliage <br> green ; hal i compact ; 3 ft 1 25 per doz ; 10 00 per lOd <br> Se retaire Chabanne Large flowers of rich salmon a <br> shade entirely distinct from other sorts ; 4 ft high and <br> one of the freest-flowering 1 25 per doz ; 10 00 per 100 <br> Varieties of Special Merit ” Continued <br> Stadtrath Heidenreich A new vaiiety of great <br> merit large spreading flowers 5' inches across indi- <br> vidual petals frequently being 2 inches wide Color <br> almost a pure scarlet with just enough orange to inten- <br> sify its richness foliage dark green with bronze mark- <br> ings 4 feet high 30 cts each ; 3 00 per dozen 1 <br> Tarrytown A strong vigorous grower with brilliant <br> cherry red flowers an exceedingly free bloomer foliage <br> dark green 3h feet high 1 25 per doz ; 10 00 per 100 <br> SPECIAL OFFER <br> One plant of each of the above 14 varieties of Special <br> Merit for 1 50 <br> GENERAL COLLECTION <br> Alsace Pale sulphur yellow changing to creamy white <br> 4i feet <br> August Van den Heede Rich salmon red <br> 4 feet <br> Ami Jules Chretien Bright <br> apricot red suffused with rose 3h <br> feet <br> Ami P G Pezeaux <br> A peculiar shade of pom- <br> egranate red 3 feet <br> Avant Garde Yellow <br> spotted crimson 4 feet <br> Baronne de Poilly <br> Orange shaded salmon <br> 4 feet <br> Baron de Belleroche <br> Amaranth red 3i feet <br> Czar Alexander III <br> Brilliant carmine large <br> flower 3-2 feet <br> Columbia Fine large <br> crimson 3 feet <br> Comte de Bouchaud <br> Golden yellow spotted <br> red 4;i feet <br> Charles Paul Large <br> pure salmon <br> Francois Billard <br> Crimson with dark shad- <br> ings 4 feet <br> FJaming-o Fine crim- <br> son 3 feet <br> Giant Crimson Rich <br> pure crimson 4 feet <br> J C Vaughan Deep <br> orange scarlet bronzy <br> purple foliage 44 feet <br> Leon Pepin Lehal- <br> Caimine red <br> round flowers ih <br> leur <br> large <br> feet <br> Mme Favrichon Sat- <br> iny carmine with orange <br> 4 feet <br> A fine red with large flow- <br> sheen <br> Papa <br> er s and truss Si feet <br> Sam Tbelease <br> Paul Mar iuant Fine salmon <br> with rose sheen 3 feet <br> Premier Crimson scarlet with <br> broad golden-yellow edge 3k feet <br> Robert Owen Large canary <br> yellow striped and spotted red <br> 3 feet ˘ <br> Souvenir du President Car- <br> not Vermilion scarlet bronze foliage 5 feet <br> Souvenir de Jean Chaure Bright red overlaid <br> with a purple sheen 3k feet <br> Vice-Presi lent Luizet Carmine large flower 3J <br> feel <br> Price Any of the above 50 cts per doz ; 4 00 per 100 ; <br> 35 00 per 1 000 45213643 161077 84662 Page 28 Text Winter Edition http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/45213643 1899 Dreer Henry A Firm Biodiversity Heritage Library Dreer's wholesale price list / Garden Stories Bulbs Plants Catalogs Dreer Henry A Firm Nurseries Horticulture Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Seed industry and trade Seeds Mertz Library The New York Botanical Garden bhl page 45213643 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/45213643 bhlGardenStories Flowers Cannas BHLinbloom bulbs plants dreer henry a firm nurseries horticulture mertz library the new york botanical garden bhlgardenstories bhlinbloom Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2015-03-11 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/16760291006 2015-08-24 21 57 27 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Dreer's wholesale price list Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script |