THE DAHLIA 



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POMPON DAHLIAS 



A good Pompon Dahlia must have small, round flowers, with 

 quilled florets, and show no eye. 



Bacchus, crimson. 

 Buttercup, yellow. 

 Guiding Star, white. 

 Jessica, amber, red edge. 

 Nerissa, rose, silver edge. 



Phoebe, golden orange. 

 Spitfire, scarlet. 

 Sunny Daybreak, apricot. 

 Tommy Keith, red, white tip*. 



SINGLE DAHLIAS 



A good single Dahlia must have a circular flower of eight 

 broad florets, each rounded, not pointed, at the extremity, and all 

 slightly overlapping each other. 



Beauty's Eye, mauve, crimson ring. 

 Columbine, rose, orange shading. 

 Formosa, crimson, yellow centre. 

 Leslie Seale, lilac. 



Miss Roberts, yellow. 



Polly Eccles, fawn, red centre. 



The Bride, white. 



POMPON CACTUS DAHLIAS 



Coronation, vivid scarlet. 



Little Dolly, deep pink, shaded 



mauve. 

 Modesty, flesh. 



Peace, white. 

 Titus, yellow. 

 Tomtit, rosy pink. 



SINGLE CACTUS 

 These have twisted, incurved florets, and are very quaint. 



Althea, crimson. 

 Brenda, yellow. 



Ivanhoe, rose. 

 Jeanie Deans, orange. 



DECORATIVE DAHLIAS 



These are flatter than typical show flowers, but the florets are 

 too round for them to be accepted in the Cactus section, with 

 which some of them were originally identified. 



Grand Duke Alexis, white. | Glare of the Garden, scarlet. | Spotless Queen, white. 



