184© & 1843, 



PRINCES' 

 SELECT CATALOGUE 



OF THE 



MOST SPLE^OfO SOOBLE DAHLIAS, 



This magnificent plant bids fair to rival in splendor and in diversity the far- 

 famed Tulip and the Rose. Many of the varieties are inconceivably beautiful 

 and interesting, and there seems a never-ending variation of color and form. 



The numerous varieties combine the richest shades and most varied hues of 

 which nature is susceptible, with every diversity in shape and magnitude, from 

 the size of a small globe an inch and a half in diameter, to an expanded disk 

 twenty-four inches in circumference ! Most persons are not aware how simple 

 are the means necessary to their preservation during winter. When the frost 

 has destroyed the foliage, nothing more is required than to cut off the stalks two 

 or three inches from the ground, and to take up the roots and put them in boxes 

 of dry sand in a cellar or any other place free from frost, there to remain until 

 spring, without further care. Indeed, the Proprietors have, for the five past 

 winters, kept their stock quite dry and without sand. 



The coUectioii here offered is unrivalled in extent and beauty, and combines 

 the most magnificent varieties of each class; it being a concentration of the 

 most choice and interesting that could be selected from the principal establish- 

 ments of Europe. The most of them have taken premiums at the Floral Exhi- 

 bitions in Europe, and many of them were imported at a cost of one to five 

 Guineas each, and very many at half a Guinea each. It will be perceived that 

 the catalogue is particularly rich in the splendid Variegated, Striped, Mottled, 

 and Shaded varieties, and others of the first class, and most vivid and brilliant 

 colors. 



Of the older kinds above 400 varieties are in our collection, but which have 

 been omitted, from a desire to combine in the present catalogue, only the most 

 select and to curtail its extent. 



In addition to the usual course of obtaining the newest kinds offered for sale 

 in the catalogues of foreign Florists, the proprietor has made arrangements with 

 several amateurs abroad to furnish him with their most interesting varieties 

 previous to their '' coming out'" in Europe ; and it is to this arrangement that he 

 13 indebted for a large number of the very splendid varieties comprised in his 

 catalogues of the last and present year, although obtainable nov/here else in our 

 country. The present collection may with justice, therefore, be said to consti- 

 tute the acme to which this favorite flower has yet attained. Other new varieties 

 are continually accumulating, and Supplementary Catalogues, containing the 

 additional kinds, will be published in March and October of each year. 



Specimen beds containmg many thousands of plants comprising two acres, are 

 annually planed for the inspection of amateurs, which will be extended by addi- 

 tions of all the most choice new varieties that foreign countries and our own may 

 present, thereby affording ample facilities for personal examination and selection, 

 to those who desire it. 



A large stock will be regularly cultivated in pots, so as to be ready for trans- 

 portation at any period desired, and more than 10,000 drv roots and plants in pots 

 can be delivered the present season. The dry roots can be supplied immediately, 

 and will be packed so as to ensure success. 



The plants m pots can be delivered after the 15th April, and can be trans- 

 planted successfully until the beginning of July, but they should not be planted 

 until all frosts have subsided and the earth has attained a genial warmth- 

 It may be asserted without fear of contradiction, that at no period since the 

 ^a of the famed Tulipo-mania, has the attention of the votaries of Flora beea 



