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Frontispiece — "Minnie Burgle." page 



Paeony Flowered Dahlia, "Mrs. Wm. Kerr'' 2 



Show Dahlia, "Princess Victoria" (field view) 6 



Duplex Dahlia, "Mme. J. Coissard" 8 



Show Dahlia, "Dorothy Peacock" 9 



"Dahliamum" (Chrysanthemum shaped Dahlia) 10 



Staghorn Dahlia ^ 11 



Assorted Group 13 



Decorative Dahlia, "Melody" 14 



Hybrid Cactus Dahlia, "Mrs. C. H. Breck" IS 



Hybrid Cactus Dahlia, "Mrs. J, P. Mace" 16 



Cactus Dahlia, "Marjorie Castleton" 16 



Cactus Dahlia, "C. H. Curtis" 17 



Cactus Dahlia, "H. Shoesmith" 17 



Show Dahlia, "Ethel Maule" 18 



Decorative Dahlia, "Virginia Maule" 18 



Cactus Dahlia Radium 21 



Ball Dahlia, "Dorothy Peacock" 23 



Comparative sizes, roots and plants 25 



Specimen Plant, Show Dahlia, "Storm King" 27 



Dahlia, "John Wanamaker" 30, 31, 32 33 



Spray Show Dahlia, "Dorothy Peacock" 34 



Habit of Growth, Dahlia "John Wanamaker" 35 



Paeony Dahlia, "F. R. Austin" 36 



Decorative Dahlia, "Dr. Tyrrell" 38 



Storm King 39 



Giant Century Dahlia, "Mrs. Wendel Reber" ' 40 



Commercial Dahlia Growing 41 



Field Views 42 



Corner of Flower Room 43 



Dahlias Packed for Shipment 43 



Dahlias Crated for Shipment 44 



Exhibition Dahlias in Box 45^ 47 



Field View of Dahlias 48 



Cactus Dahlia, "Jupiter" 5q 



Decorative Dahlia, "jMrs. Roosevelt" 5I 



Dahlia Exhibit , 52 



Type of Century Dahlia 57 



Cactus Dahlia, "Magpie" 5q 



Cactus Dahlia, "Mrs. D. Fleming" 52 



Cactus Dahlia, "Snowden" g3 



Cactus Dahlia, "Satisfaction" 54 



Decorative Dahlia, "Nymphrea" 55 



Decorative Dahlia, "Jack Rose" gg 



Decorative Dahlia, "Morocco" g7 



Decorative Dahlia, "Mrs. J. Gardner Cassatt" gg 



Show Dahlia, "A. D. Livoni" go 



Group of Pompon Dahlias 71 



Paeony Dahlia "Lullingstone" 72 



Basket Century Dahlias » . 



Century Dahlia, "Gladys" 7c 



Giant Single Dahlia, "Velvet" 77 



Group of Collarette Dahlias 70 



Anemone Dahlias o- 



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