THE DAHLIA. 



NEW PINK SHOW DAHLIA, DOROTHY PEACOCK 



of its resemblance to the red cactus of the plains. As this strain developed it was divided, the 

 broad, reflex petaled sorts were called Decorative and those with pointed petals called Cactus. 



None of these first varieties would now be called a true cactus (see classification), but 

 other classes came quickly. The Century, a race of giant sihgle, developed from the giant 

 Decorative types; the Duplex, a double or two- row Century; the Pseony flowered, Collarette, 

 and Anemone. 



As soon as some of these finer varieties were introduced, interest was at once revived, and 

 as a result we now have specialists who equal, at least, the foreign growers in the production 

 of superior varieties. But owing to the decadence of the Dahlia trade, through multiplicity 

 of names and inferiority of varieties, it soon became evident to these specialists that they must 

 work together, shoulder to shoulder, if they wished to thoroughly popularize the Dahlia. At 

 the suggestion of several amateur admirers of the Dahlia, one of these specialists undertook the 



