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If You Have the Following Varieties 



After considerable consideration and observation, apd "talks" with the trade, we have decided to offer the fol- 

 lowing Dahlias to florists this season. Our retail Catalogue, which will be mailed free, contains a larger collec- 

 tion, but few are superior to the following and all are good size, divided clumps that have been field-grown and 

 are strong and healthy. 



Price of all the below-named varieties of Dahlias, large divided clumps or roots, except where nottid, 10c each, $1 per 

 doz., $7.50 per 100, $70 per 1,000. 



larlc l?n«^ (Decorative type.) The variety Jack Rose is rightly named and is a florist's Dahlia, "from the 

 uaCK tyUaC. ground up." The color is similar to the Jacqueminot rose, and is a unique color in the Dahlia, 

 which lights up beautifully at night. The habit of the plant is stocky, very free-ftowerlng. Producing its blooms 

 in great profusion, upon erect, long stiff stems, making it invaluable for cutting. You cannot afford to be without 

 it, if you sell cut-flowers. Price, green plants, ready April 1, 1909, 50c each, $5 per doz., $35 per 100. 



Sylvia. 



Decorative Dahlias 



Best described as a Giant Nymphsea, being 



stronger, larger and deeper colored. Flowers 



4 to 6 inches in diameter, of fine form and full to the 



center, which is white, shaded to soft pink on the outer 



petals. One of the best cut-flower varieties. 



Admiral Dewey. Brilliant Imperial purple. 



Black Beauty. A beautiful dark velvety maroon. 



Blue Oban. A sport of the Decorative Dahlia Oban, and 

 the nearest approach to blue found in Dahlias. 25c 

 each, $2.50 per doz. 



Catherine Duer. Strong-growing, free-flowering crim- 

 son-scarlet. 



Clifford W. Bruton. Best yellow; immense size; perfect 

 form 



Frank L. Bassett. Color, bright royal purple, shading to 

 blue. 



Grand Duke Alexis. Very large, white, tinted pale lav- 

 ender. 



Henry Patrick. Superb pure white; long stems; fine for 

 cutting. 



Lyndhurst. One of the best bright scarlet. 



Maid of Kent. Cherry-red, tipped white. 



Mrs. Winters. Very large; pure snow-white. 



Nymphaea. Color, clear, light shrimp-pink. 



Oban. Very large rosy lavender. 



Orange King. Rich glowing orange; early and profuse. 



Perle (Perle de la tete d' Or). The grandest white Deco- 

 rative Dahlia to date; very large and of beautiful shape. 



William Agnew. Rich, dazzling red; immense size. 



Cactus Dahlias 



Aegir. Petals are twisted and color bright rich crimson- 

 scarlet. 



Countess of Lonsdale. A pleasing blending of amber 

 and salmon. 



Dainty. The ground color is lemon-yellow, which shades 

 lighter as the season advances, at which time the color 

 approaches canary-yellow at the base of the petals 



Earl of Pembroke. Bright plum. 15c each. $1.50 per 

 doz.. $12 per 100. '. * "« y^i 



Floradora. Color, dark velvety crimson. The best dark 



crimson for cutting, as the flowers are borne on long 



erect stems and keep for a long time. 15c each, $1 50 



per doz., $12 per 100. 

 General Buller. Color, deep, rich, velvety maroon, tipped 



white. 15c each, $1.50 per doz., $12 per 100 

 Harbor Light. Flowers are of immense slie, outer petals 



extending to 7 inches across; long, slender, twisted and 



incurved; color, orange-red. 

 Jealousy. Purest pale canary-yellow. 

 J. H. Jackson. The largest of the deep, rich velvetv 



maroons. vcivcij- 



!^*?'"*u-^*''**A °"5 °' ^^^ ^^«t "White Cactus Dahlias. 

 Kriemhilde. One of the finest pink Cactus Dahlias 



Cactus Dahlias 



IVlrs. H. J. Jones. Incurved portion of the petals are deep 

 crimson; the broad stripe of white running through the 

 center of the petals extends almost to the center. 



Standard Bearer. Brightest scarlet; profuse bloomer. 1.5c 

 each, $1.50 per doz., $12 per 100. 



Strahlein Krone. Intense cardinal-red. 



Victor Von Scheffel. The color is a fresh, delicate pink, 

 shading to deep rose-pink. 15c each, $1.50 per doz., 

 $12 per 100. 



Winsome. Flowers white, very large, beautiful Cactus 

 form. 



Show and Fancy Dahlias 



A. D. Livoni. Beautiful soft pink; early and profuse 

 bloomer. 



A. Pefferhorn. Rosy crimson. 



Arabella. Pale primrose, tipped and shaded old rose and 

 lavender. 



Camel'llaflora. A fine large pure white. 



Glowing Coal. Brilliant red. 



Green's White. One of the best whites for cutting. 



Harlequin. Brilliant crimson, striped and tipped white. 



Lemon Beauty. A grand yellow. 



ly^enheddy Beauty. Fancy buff, with crimson spots, free, 

 long stems, large bloom. 8c each, 80c per doz., $6 

 per 100. 



Olympla. Color is deep rose-pink, striped and penciled 

 crimson. 



Progress. The color is a clear, soft rosy lake, beauti- 

 fully penciled and spotted glowing crimson. Very val- 

 uable as a cut-flower. 15c each, $1.50 per doz., $12 

 per 100. 



Queen Victoria. Deep yellow; fine for cutting. 



Red Hussar. Pure cardinal, red flower, very free bloomer, 

 splendid for cutting. 



Storm King (Blizzard). A companion for the superb 

 pink Dahlia. A. D. I.,ivoni. Flowers are snow-white; 

 extremely early and a free-bloomer. This is the florisf.s 

 ideal white. 15c each. $1.25 per doz., $10 per 100. 



White Swan. Snow-white, with long stems. 



Single Dahlias 



THE 20TH CENTURY. Intense rosy crimson, with white 

 tips and white disk around the yellow center. 



Dahlias to Color 



We can also furnish, without names, in mixture, all 

 colors separate, or all colors mixed, as follows: 

 Mixed Pinks, Mixed Whites, Mixed Reds, Mixed Yellows. 



8c each, 75c per doz., $6 per 100, $55 per 1,000. 

 Mixed, all colors. 60c per doz., $5 per 100, $45 per 1,000. 



ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON, Seedsman, 'lil^^'^'^^' 



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pies were obtained (two from each firm 

 in all cases except one, one by mail and 

 one by purchase) contains some good 

 names. A round dozen of them are firms 

 regularly engaged in the seed trade, and 

 seven or eight are in it largely enough 

 so that they ought to know what they 

 are doing. 



"Kextucky Blue Grass.— Of the 357 

 samples of Kentucky blue grass seed ob- 

 tained, twenty-five were found to contain 

 Canada blue grass as an adulterant, 



twelve were practically all Canada blue 

 grass, containing only a trace of Ken- 

 tucky blue grass seed, and two were 

 meadow fescue misbranded and offered 

 for sale under the name of Kentucky 

 blue grass seed." 



The list of twenty firms from which 

 the thirty-nine samples of Kentucky blue 

 grass seed were obtained again contains 

 some good names. In each case, eicept 

 one, two samples were obtained, one by 

 mail and one by purchase. Seven of the 



firms whose names are published are 

 in the seed business as their main issue. 

 Three of those who supplied adulterated 

 Kentucky blue grass seed also supplied 

 impure orchard grass, but of these only 

 one is a regular seedsman, and not a 

 large one. 



Tlie report concludes: 



"It is encouraging to note the falling 

 off in the trade in adulterated seeds 

 since the line of work reported upon was 

 begun. The importation of yellow tre- 



