Title: Dreer's wholesale price list / Henry A. Dreer.
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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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HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA, PA., WHOLESALE PRICE LIST 49 Hardy Herbaceous Pseonies We offer a large stock of our own growing, strictly true to descrip- tion, all in strong divisions with from 3 to 5 eyes. Per doz. 100 1000 Agnes Mary Kelway. Rose-white guard petals; centre creamy-white ;1 50 $10 00 $90 00 Achilla. Soft mauve-rose, changing to almost pure white 1 £0 10 00 90 00 Andre Lauries. A fine tyrian rose; late ... 1 50 10 00 90 00 Armandine Mechin. Semi-double deep red 1 50 10 00 90 W) Alex. Verschaffelt. Bright reddish-violet . 2 00 15 00 140 00 Anemonseflora Rubra. Dark crimson, anemone type blooms 2 00 15 00 140 00 Canarl. Guard petals white, centre amber-white changing to pure white. 2 00 15 00 140 00 Charlemagrne. Large rose tinted white 3 00 20 00 Comte de Diesbach. Aniline-red, with lighter shadings; narrow centre petals ... 3 50 25 00 Couronne d'Or. One of the finest late-flowering white varieties . ... 4 50 35 00 Dragon. A fine large single dark-crimson Jap- anese variety 3 00 20 00 Duke of Wellington. Sulphur white 3 00 20 00 Due de Cazes. Guard petals tyrian-rose; centre rose-pink 1 75 12 00 100 00 Duchesse de Nemours. Large sulphur-white. 2 00 15 00 140 00 Francois Ortegat. Brilliant crimson, full, double 3 00 20 00 Felix Crousse. Brilliant red; one of the finest. 4 50 35 00 Floral Treasure. Very large, pale lilac-rose . . 3 50 25 00 Festlva Maxima. Pure white, centre petals occa- sionally tipped red. The most popular white for cutting 2 00 15 00 140 00 Qrandiflora Rosea. Bright pink shaded salmon 2 00 15 00 140 00 Golden Harvest. Medium size; peach blossom pink, creamy-white centre 3 50 25 00 Humei. Beautiful rose-pink; late 1 25 8 00 75 00 Humei Rosea. Large, pale rose; late 2 00 15 00 140 00 La Tulipe. Very large pale lilac, almost white. 3 00 20 00 Marie Lemoine (Lemoine's). Extra large late flowering; ivory-white 4 50 35 00 Mme. Crousse. Purest white; very large . 3 50 25 00 Mme. de Verneville. Sulphur-white, with car- mine-tipped centre petals 3 50 25 00 Meissenier. Free flowering, reddish-purple. . 4 50 35 00 Mons. Chas. Leveque. Large hydrangea pink, with lilac-white guard petals 2 00 15 00 140 00 Mons. Mallet. Tyrian-rose with salmon shad- ings in centre 2 00 15 00 140 00 Ne Plus Ultra. Violet-rose guard petals; centre mauve-rose, with lighter edges 1 50 10 00 90 00 Paganini. Solferino-red. with lighter centre . . 1 50 10 00 90 00 Queen Victoria. A popular early white, exten- sively used for cutting 1 50 10 00 90 00 Reine des Fleurs. Violet-rose, lighter markings 2 00 15 00 140 00 Zee Calot. White, suffused with delicate rose 2 00 15 00 140 00 Paeonies, Early Flowering. Perdoz. Perioo Officinalis (Mutabilis) Alba. Blush white $1 50 $10 00 Rosea. Soft bright pink ... 1 50 10 00 Rubra. Crimson 100 700 Tenuifolia flore plena. Crimson 3 00 20 00 Pasonies in Mixture. Perdoz. lOO looo Double White $0 85 $6 00 $50 00 " Pink 85 6 00 40 00 Alt Colors Mixed 85 5 00 35 00 Tree Paeonles. We offer a collection of 12 distinct varieties; strong, 3-year-old plants. 75 cents each; $8.00 per dozen. Pardanthus (Blackberry Lily). Per doz. Per 100 Sinensis. 4-inch pots $0 85 $6 00 Pentstemon (Beard Tongue). Barbatus Torreyii. 4-inch pots 100 700 Diffusus. 4-inch pots 100 700 Digitalis. 4-inch pots 100 700 Ovatus. 3-inch pots . . . i 00 7 00 Pubescens. 4-inch pots 100 7 00 Smalli. 4-inch pots 100 700 Gentianoides "Sensation." Gloxinia-like flowers in a variety of bright colors, including rose, cherry, crimson, purple, lilac, etc For bedding they rival Phloxes, Petunias, etc. Not quite hardy. 3-inch pots. $1.25 per doz.; $8.00 per 100.
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DOUBLE HERBACEOUS P^ONY Petasites (Coltsfoot). Perdoz. Per 100 Japonicus Giganteus. Strong, 4-inch pots $1 25 $8 00 Physalls. Franchetl (Chinese Lantern Plant). . 1 25 8 00 Physostegia (False Dragon-head). One of the most beautiful of our midsummer flowering peren- nials. A most useful plant for cutting, especially the pink form. Per doz. Per 100 Virginica. Pink. 4-inch pots $085 $600 Alba. 4-inch pots 85 6 00 Speciosa. 4-inch pots 85 6 00 Two Splendid Hardy Pinks. Dianthus Plumarius. Delicata. A soft colored variety, a most delicate silvery mauve peculiar to some of the Orchids. Gloriosa. A pleasing delicate shade of lilac mauve with deeply fringed flowers. 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. Hardy Garden Pinks. Diamond. Fine pure white. Elsie. Bright rose, with maroon centre. Excelsior. Light rosy pink. Her Majesty. Pure white. Juliette. White, laced crimson. Snow. A fine pure white. White Reserve. Everblooming pure white. William Hooper. Deeply fringed white flowers, purple lacing. $1.00 per doz.; $7.00 per 100. with crimson- Hardy Pinks in Mixture. Grown from a very select strain of seed which should produce a good percentage of double flowers, but even those which come single are very pretty and preferred by some to the double forms. 75 cts. per doz.; $5.00 per 100. Hardy Mule Pink (Dianthus hybridus). Fettes Mount. A charming variety completely covered in June with very attractive soft rosy-pink flowers. 85 cts. per doz.; $6.00 per 100.

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