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HORTICULTURE 



September 24, 1910 



FOUR DAHLIAS OF MERIT. 



W. W. Kaavsox 



Mrs. Goki>ox Abbott 



Mrs. Stutvesant Fish 



Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, Decorative. 



Color, deep amber. The first deco- 

 rative dahlia of this color. Flower 

 often seven inches in diameter. The 

 plants grow four feet high and with 

 fair treatment produce masses of 

 flowers quite early in the season. 

 W. W. Rawson, Decorative. 



Considering formation of flower it 

 appears to be a cross between Grand 

 Duke Alexis and Mrs. Roosevelt. It 

 has thrown off the stiff formation of 



the first, retained the more flatly fluted 

 petal of the latter but improved the 

 appearance by being more compact, as 

 it contains more petals to the individ- 

 ual flower. The flower measures six to 

 seven inches in diameter. Color, white 

 overlaid with Amethyst blue. The 

 plants grow very bushy, four feet high 

 and are most tioriferous. 



Mrs. Gordon Abbott, Fancy. 

 A giant in size and distinct in color- 

 ing. Color golden, mottled, speckled 



Governor Guild 



and striped intense scarlet. The outer 

 petals flatten when flower comes to 

 perfection, giving it a larger appear- 

 ance. 



Governor Guild, Show. 



Color, snowy white. Exquisitely 

 fluted petals, giving the flower a far 

 more graceful appearance than Show 

 Dahlias usually have. The spread of 

 the flowers is five inches. They are 

 borne on erect very long stems and ap- 

 pear far above foliage. 



