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HORTICULTURE 



May 16, 1908 



DAHLIA CHARLES LANIER 



BEST NOVELTY OF THE YEAR 



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We shall not describe it ourselves — the Press has already done so. 

 ... WHAT THE PRESS SAYS ... 



Prom the New York Tribune, Sept. 26, 1907. 



At the Dahlia Show at the American 



Institute Exhibit. 



Probably the most strlklug of the new 

 Dahlia spe<imens is a brilliant yellow, its 

 round blossoms as large as the head of a 

 baby, from the Charles Lanier Estate at 

 Lenox. 



Standing high and proud on their long 

 stems in a huge yellow vase In the centre 

 of a table, these magnificent blossoms 

 caused audible exclamations as they caught 

 the eyes of the visitors. This is their de- 

 but to New York, although they were re- 

 cently shown in Boston, 



From the New York Times, Sept. 27, 1907. 



Newest Specimens at the Dahlia 



Show. 



A larKe number of men and women 

 Tlslted the big dahlia show at the Ameri- 

 can Institute, 19 West Twenty-fourth St., 

 yesterday afternoon. There were at least 



200 varieties of tlie finest and newest spec- 

 imens of this beautiful Fall flower, and It 

 would be Impossible to tell how many 

 colors and shades. 



ITie most noticeable blossom was a big 

 Charles Lanier which is known as the 

 "show" dahlia. It is the old-fashioned 

 quilled flower, but of a, mammoth size 

 and beautiful yellow color. This was 

 raised by A. H. Wingett, on the estate of 

 Charles Lanier, Lenox, Mass., and named 

 for the proprietor. Mr. Wingett has been 

 at work developing the plant for the last 

 three or four years, and it has now been 

 awarded flrst prize and a certificate, which 

 is a scientific sanction of It as a new 

 flower. 



The Charles Lanier dahlia probably will 

 be sold before the exhibition closes and 

 should bring a good price, for it stands 

 alone in its class. 



Boston, this week is unquestionably the 

 finest exhibition of dahlias ever given va 

 America. 



The sensation of the show is A. H. Win- 

 gett's Charles Lanier, a four-year-old, deep 

 yellow in color, which may be appropriately 

 described the Col. Appleton of the dahlias. 

 The flowei^, which came in excellent con- 

 dition all the way from Lenox, are shown 

 in one of the large vases occupying the 

 centre of the stage in the lecture hall. 



FYom Horticulture, Sept. 7, 1907. 

 Dahlia Show at Boston. 



The dahlia show at Horticultural Ha! 



Prom "Dahlia News," September, 1907. 



New Seedling Show Dahlia "Charles 



Lanier." 



Twenty-four enormous perfe<-t bhx^ms of 

 a bright yellow were exhibited in a lai'ge 

 Japanese vase, and in effect it equalled 

 the best vase of Chrysanthemum. The 

 special merit of this variety is the ex- 

 treme length of stem, three feet or over, 

 which makes it a most desirable variety 

 for cutting. In size it equals any exhibi- 

 tion vaiietv of show. 



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 25 plants $6; 50 plants $11; 100 plants $20. Orders to be filled in rotation as received. 



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