THE DAHLIA. 



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7. Colarette Dahlias. 



Open centered blossoms with 

 not more than nine floral rays 

 ("petals"), with one or more 

 smaller rays, usually of a different 

 color, from heart of each ray floret, 

 making a collar about the disk. 



Typical examples: Maurice 

 Rivoire, Souvenir de Chabanne, 

 Diadem, Orphee, Madame Poirier 

 and Albert Maumene. 



8. Anemone-flowered Dahlias. 



Flowers with one row of large 

 floral rays ("petals") like single 

 Dahlias, but with each disk flower 

 producing small, tubular petals. 



Includes such forms as those 

 of Graziella, Mme. Chas. Molin, 

 Messioner and Mme. Pierre Dupont. 



C. H. CURTIS 



p. Other Sections. 



Miniature or Pompom Cactus: Small flowered, stellate fine petaled Cactus Dahlias repre- 

 sented by Tom-tit, Mary, Nora, Minima. Mignon or Tom Thumb: Dwarf, bushy, single flow- 

 ered Dahlias for edging. 



Typical examples: Jules Closson. Bedding Dahlia: A taller, more upright type than the 

 Tom Thumb. Typical examples: 

 Barlow's Bedder and Midget Im- 

 proved. Cockade of Zonal Dahlias: 

 Single or collarette Dahlias, with 

 three distinct bands of color about 

 center. Type hardly known in 

 America, but includes such forms as 

 those of Cockade Espagnole. 



In the above classification too 

 little attention was given to the 

 Single Dahlia. The various classes 

 and types range in size from 2 inches 

 to 10 inches in diameter, and a still 

 greater variation in form, type, etc. 



The Century is the most valu- 

 able section and the new intermedi- 

 ate varieties must be classified as 

 self-colored, zonale, penciled, mar- 

 gined, etc. 



Double Dahlias are classified 

 according to form. Single Dahlias 

 must be classified by size and color 

 markings. 



H. SHOESMITH 



