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CHAPTER XI. 



SELECT LIST OF VARIETIES. 



N the following pages will be found the very cream of all the 

 new and standard varieties, carefully selected from the many 

 hundreds of varieties now in cultivation. The varieties 

 named in each class represent a complete range of colors and 

 forms, and each are the best of their particular color and type. 

 To avoid confusion it was thought advisable to group the va- 

 rieties, in the following list, according to the present prac- 

 tice in the American catalogues. This will, undoubtedly, be appreciated 

 by amateurs and others who are not familiar with the various sections, and 

 it will be both interesting and instructive for them to classify their collections, 

 which they can readily do, by referring to the Chapter on Classification (page 

 12) ; while of course, those well acquainted with Dahlias would know at 

 once to which section each variety belonged. 



DECORATIVE CACTUS DAHLIAS. 



Asia. A beautiful, delicate peach pink. Flowers are large and distinct ; an early and 

 free bloomer, excellent for cutting. 



Baron Schroeder. An entirely distinct Cactus variety, of large size and great substance. 

 The petals are beautifully arranged and of a rich, glowing imperial purple. 



Beauty of Arundel. A sport from and similar to Juarezii in form, but of a glowing 

 crimson, shading toward the tips to a bright, rosy purple. 



Beauty of Brentwood. The flowers are of good size, fine form and a distinct shade 

 of purplish magenta. 



Beauty of Wilts. Soft, rich terra-cotta, shaded red ; the flowers are of medium size, 

 with long, twisted petals. 



Bertha Mawley. A distinct and pleasing variety, with long, spiral petals, tapering to 

 a point ; the flowers are large and of a rich cochineal color. 



Black Prince, Of perfect form, dwarf and compact habit ; color an intense velvety 

 maroon, almost black. One of the best. 



Blanche Keith. A beautiful pure yellow, with long, twisted petals. A dwarf, com- 

 pact plant and profuse bloomer. 



Blushing Bride, Soft, delicate rose, of large size and beautiful form. 



Bronze Cactus. A very strong grower, early and profuse bloomer. Flowers large, 

 buff yellow, overlaid reddish bronze, tipped red. 



Clifford W. Bruton. This superb new variety is acknowledged, by all who have seen 

 it, to be the finest yellow Cactus Dahlia ever produced, and is the greatest acqui- 

 sition since Nymphaea. It is a very strong, sturdy grower, and an extremely 



