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Cockade or zonal dahlias : Single or collarette dahlias, with 

 three distinct bands of colour about centre. Type hardly 

 known in America, but includes such forms as that of 

 Cocarde Espagnole. 



The accompanying chart of named varieties 

 does not pretend to be a selected list of the finest 

 chosen from the five thousand or more now 

 listed in the records of the American Dahlia 

 Society. It is a list compiled of those I person- 

 ally know and have grown, together with those 

 recommended to me by about twenty -five men 

 and women, all experts, both amateur and pro- 

 fessional, and which I have seen in their gar- 

 dens. 



Among the newer sorts are those whose names 

 appear in no less than three catalogues of 1921 

 issued in this country, and which are highly 

 spoken of by more than one person. 



The old favourites are there also; some the 

 survivors of 1840. 



New varieties appear every year, and this list 

 will soon be out of date unless the reader adds to 

 it, in the spaces provided, those which he has seen 

 at the shows. Others, not so new, which the 

 reader may particularly admire, may have been 

 left out. These also I hope he will add. 



The choice of dahlias is largely a matter of 

 taste, and both climate and quality of soil alter 



