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evident; corollas broad, heavy, cupped, or quilled, with 

 rounded tips and more or less involute margins. Verging 

 toward the decorative class and sometimes found classed 

 with the decoratives. 



Typical examples: Mrs. Roosevelt; La Colosse; Grand 

 Duke Alexis; Cuban Giant. 



CLASS IV. 



PEONY-FLOWERED DAHLIAS 



Semi-double flowers with open centre, the inner floral rays 

 being usually curled or twisted, the other or outer petals 

 being either flat or more or less irregular. 

 Typical examples: Andrew Carnegie; Meyerbeer; Ger- 

 trude Dahl; Queen Wilhelmina. 



CLASS V. 



DUPLEX DAHLIAS 



Semi-double flowers, with centre always exposed on open- 

 ing of bud; with petals in more than one row, more than 12, 

 long and flat, or broad and rounded; not noticeably twisted 

 or curled. (Many so-called peony-flowered Dahlias be- 

 long here.) 



Typical examples: Merry Widow; Sensation; Golden 

 Sunshine, Mme. J. Coissard. 



CLASS VI. 



SINGLE DAHLIAS 



Open-centred flowers, small to very large, with eight to 

 twelve floral rays more or less in one circle, margins often 

 decurved (turned down or back). (The type embraces 



