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should be entire or nearly so, pointed or rounded, reflexed, 

 and so forming a globular head, regular in their disposition, 

 each series overlapping the other backwards ; they may be 

 either plain or quilled, but never distorted ; if, instead of being 

 reflexed, the florets are recurved, the flower will be equally 

 symmetrical. The peduncles ought to be sufficiently strong 

 to keep the blossoms erect, and consequently well exposed to 

 view, and long enough to show the flowers free of the leaves ; 

 if they are a little" pendulous in the taller-growing sorts, they 

 will have a more elegant appearance. The plant ought to 

 flower early and abundantly, and retain its characters until 

 the end of the season. Bright and deep velvety colours are 

 most admired." 



Fifty tall and ten dwarf dahlias are described and arranged 

 according to their colours ; and, as these may be considered 

 as forming a very complete collection, we shall enumerate 

 their names as a guide to purchasers. 



Tall Dahlias. 



White. 

 Dutch White. 

 Agathe Royal, or Agate White. 



Lilac. 

 Grand Alexander. 

 Agate Imperial. . 

 Lilac Striped. 

 Spring Grove Lilac. 



Light Purple. 

 Ma Favorite. 

 Speciosa. 



Dark Purple. i 



Changeable Purple. 

 Piilchra. 



11. Well's Atropurpurea. 



12. Douglas's Royal Purple. 

 15. Purpurea nigra. 

 Morone, or Dark Purplish Ctimson. 



14. Morison. 



15. Young's Crimson. 



16. Sabini. 

 Hetherington's Waratah. 

 Douglas's Chancellor. 

 Douglas's Superb Crimson. 

 Douglas's Duchess of Gloucester. 

 Douglas's Marquis. 

 Young's Fimbriata. 



23. Wells's Crimson. 



Bright Purplish Crimson. 



24. Douglas's Beauty of England. 



25. Douglas's E'lesans. 



1. 

 2. 



3. 

 4. 

 5. 

 6'. 



7. 

 8. 



9. 

 10. 



17. 

 18. 

 19. 

 20. 



21. 

 22. 



26. Miller's Royal Sovereign. 



27. Douglas's Ruby, 



28. Lee's Mutabilis. 



29. Miller's Sans Rival. 

 Light Crimson. 



30. L'Honneur d'Anvers. 



31. Dodonaeus. 



32. Princess Elizabeth. 

 Deep Scarlet, or Blood Red. 



33. Wells's Insignis. 



34. Miller's Beaute' Supreme. 



55. MiddSeton's Sovereign. 



56. Wells's Eclipse. 



37. Wells's Sunflower. 

 Pure Scarlet. 



38. Wells's Comet. 

 59. Wells's Fulgida. 



Orange. 



40. Belvidere. 



41. Orange Hog. 



42. Koning Aza. 

 Buff. 



45. Wells's Fawn-coloured. 



44. Royal Olive. 



45. CameWiceflora. 



46. Henriette. 

 Yellow. 



47. Sulphiirea grandiflora. 



48. Luteola. 



49. Sulphurea speciosa. 



50. Miller's Straw-coloured. 



