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Mrs. J. J. Crowe, rich yellow ; Profusion, rosy purple self, 

 very free flowering ; Progenitor, rich scarlet, suffused with 

 purple, petals broad and forked at the tips ; Ranji, deep 

 velvety maroon, petals long and narrow ; Robert Cannell, 

 rosy carmine ; Rosina, bright rosy red, with paler shadings ; 

 Ruby, ruby red, tipped and shaded with carmine ; Starfish, 

 orange-scarlet, a superb flower for form ; Stella, rich scarlet, 

 suffused with crimson, very free flowering ; Tillie, salmon, 

 tinged with rosy mauve ; William Cuthbertson, bright scarlet, 

 touched with carmine, very free. 



Decorative Cactus Varieties. Baron Schroder, purple ; 

 Constance, white, free flowering; Grand Due Alexis, large, 

 white; Henry Patrick, pure white; Miss Jane Basham, orange, 

 touched with salmon-pink ; Orange Glare of the Garden, rich 

 orange-red, unusually free flowering ; Rayon d'Or, bright 

 orange, the centre of each petal striped with white ; Salisbury 

 White, pure white, very floriferous. These are not of the true 

 Cactus type. 



Pompon Varieties. Alwine, pink, touched with heliotrope ; 

 Annie Holton, crimson, tipped with white ; Arthur West, 

 crimson ; Bacchus, brilliant scarlet ; Ceres, pale primrose- 

 yellow ; Claribel, pale pink, edged and suffused with rosy 

 purple ; Dagmar, deep maroon, shaded crimson ; Darkness, 

 maroon ; Dr. Jim, very pale purple, edged with a deeper 

 shade ; Doris, rich rose, flushed with purple ; Fairy Tales, 

 clear primrose-yellow ; Fashion, rich orange ; Ganymede, 

 amber-yellow, tinted lilac ; George Brinckman, pure white ; 

 Hilda, rosy purple, edged with cream-white ; Iris, yellow, 

 flushed with pale salmon ; Katie Parnham, light purple, shaded 

 and edged with rosy purple ; Little Sweetheart, scarlet, slightly 

 edged with white ; Mars, very bright scarlet ; Midnight Sun, 

 crimson-maroon ; Model, light pink, suffused and edged with 

 deeper shadings; Nemesis, maroon; Nerissa, rose pink, faintly 

 suffused with white ; Opal, lemon-yellow, edged with white ; 

 Phoebe, rich golden orange, suffused with scarlet ; Red Indian, 

 scarlet ; Sunny Daybreak, pale apricot, tipped and flushed 

 with red ; Thalia, deep lilac, with a white centre ; Whisper, 

 rich yellow, edged and suffused with gold. The beginner 

 should get White Aster, snow white, one of the most valuable 

 of all Dahlias for cutting and for the garden, and Zerlina, deep 

 crimson, almost maroon. The Pompon is quite an old world 

 group, and most useful for cutting. 



Single Cactus Varieties. Althez, deep crimson ; Brenda, 

 chrome yellow, twisted petals ; Fair Maid, delicate pink, pass- 

 ing to a deeper tint ; Guy Mannering, cream white, with a 

 paler centre ; Maid of Bute, rose-pink, distinct and showy ; 



