134 Bulletin 128. 



Yellow, 

 PI lit 0)1. Very early and ver}- prolific, far more so than any other yellow 

 dahlia of the old school in trial of 1896. Rather formal and stiff. For some 

 reason it was often not double enonj^h with iis to be entirely globular. 



Buff. 

 Croii'fi Prince. Flowers very large, late, and rather few. The plant was 

 one of the very tiiUest. Foliage ver^' coarse. 



Pink. 

 Livoni . /. J). Pure pink with no trace of a secondary' color. Flowers 

 medium sized, profuse. Ethel Vick seems to be exactly the same thing. 



Scarlet. 

 Blaine James G. Plowers early, very large, and very profuse. Great 

 size does not seem to bring coarseness or vulgarit)-. 



Purple. 

 Honest John. A peculiar shade, not the ordinary purple. Early, very- 

 prolific. Habit very good. This is a very attractive variety and most people 



like it. 



vSalmon. 



AskiuSy Mrs. Reverse salmon pink ; flowers sometimes freaked with 



jiinkish rays ; late and rather few blooms in 1896 ; descril^ed by Wilmore as 



" deep fawn." 



BB. Colors two. 



C. Both colors on some of the rays. 



White and lilac. 



Ale.vis, Grand Duke. Late and scanty bloom in 1896 ; this is well worth 



the having for amateurs even if there should be only two or three flowers ; 



I know of no other dahlia having this particular form ; inner rays tipped 



lilac. ' 



CC. Both colors on all rays. 



D. Shaded ; /. e. colors about equally divided between lower and upper 



half of face of each ray. 



Purple and magenta. 



Ruby Queen. Purple madder brown shading to dark purple and magenta; 



The coloring is very rich and bears close inspection ; it was very attractive 



and made about an equal number of friends and foes in 1896. 



DD. Variegated ; i. e. , streaked and dotted. 



Yellow, streaked cardinal. 



Bolton^ Rev. C. W. Very early and very prolific ; flowers borne well 



above the dwarf, compact, bushy foliage, on long slender stems suitable for 



cutting. Easily the best variegated dahlia of the globular type in the trial 



of 1896. 



Straw, streaked magenta. 



Fawcett^ Lucy. Early; prolific; tall and suitable for cutting. There are 



really two secondary colors beside the straw-colored ground and sometimes 



the flowers come " solid " in either of these secondary colors ; these varia- 



