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flowers should plant these Dahlias. They 

 are tall and vigorous and very free flowering, 



Decorative Dahlia Orange Glare of the Garden, 

 orange red. 



Fancy Varieties. These 

 are distinguished from the 

 Show Dahlias by having 

 splashed, spotted or striped 

 flowers, though at times this 

 distinct character is not con- 

 stant. If no class is pro- 

 vided separately for them at 

 exhibitions they are included 

 in the Show section. Buffalo 

 Bill, buff, striped vermilion ; 

 Dandy, orange, striped crim- 

 son ; Emin Pasha, yellow, 

 striped and splashed crimson ; 

 General Grant, orange, striped 

 chocolate ; George Barnes, 

 lilac, striped crimson ; John 

 Forbes, fawn, striped maroon ; 

 Lottie Eckford, white, striped 

 purple ; Mabel, lilac, striped 

 crimson; Matthew Campbell, 

 apricot, striped crimson; Pea- 

 cock, purple, tipped with 

 white ; Professor Fawcett, 

 lilac, striped chocolate; 

 Watchman, golden yellow, 

 striped and blotched crimson. 



Paeony - flowered Varie- 

 ties. Anyone having large 

 borders to keep gay with 



the blossoms being borne on long stalks well 

 above the foliage ; altogether they are very 

 showy in the garden and valuable for cutting. 

 The first sorts introduced came from Holland, 

 but now our own raisers are yearly bringing 

 out improved home-raised seedlings. Among 

 the latter are Codsall Gem, deep yellow 

 shading to primrose ; Holman Hunt, crimson- 

 maroon, shaded scarlet ; Kimberley, rosy- 

 carmine, yellow centre ; Mafeking, fawn, 

 suffused rose ; Sunset, red, suffused yel- 

 low ; Primrose Queen, yellow ; Colonel Cody, 

 orange-yellow ; Connie Humphries, creamy- 

 white. To complete a dozen add the follow- 

 ing four continental sorts : King Leopold, 

 sulphur yellow ; Reine Wilhelmina, pure 

 white ; Germania, glowing crimson ; and 

 Glory de Baarn, rosy tint. 



Single Dahlias. These occupy a very 

 high place in our gardens for border 



Cactus Dahlia Alpha, one of the striped varieties. 



