VARIOUS 
JULY - 
Color 
English 
Name 
Botanical 
Name and 
Synonyms 
Description 
Height 
and 
Situation 
Time of 
Bloom 
Various 
Various 
FANCY 
DAHLIA 
POMPON 
DAHLIA 
**Dahlia 
vars. 
*Dahlia vars. 
Bronze Beauty; large red-bronze. 
Lemon Giant; lemon-yellow. 5 ft. 
Lyndhurst; (color no. 20 lighter), 
bright scarlet. 5 ft. Mephisto; ver- 
milion. Nymphaea, (white to 38 pale), 
shrimp-pink, shaded darker. 5 ft. 
Perle; white. 3 ft. Sundew, orange- 
scarlet. Wm. Agnew; (color no. 19 
brighter), bright red. Waulhelm Mil- 
ler; purple, free blooming. 4 ft. 
Zulu; (color no. 28 deeper), blackish 
red. 5 ft. 
Fancy, Show and Pompon Dahlias 
belong to the same category, differing 
chiefly in size. The flowers are quilled 
and form symmetrical balls. Prop. 
most easily by root division or cut- 
tings. Plant the tubers 14 to 3 ft. 
apart, in sheltered spots in any rich 
soil not too clayey. Dahlia rosea is 
the parent of these Dahlia. 
Large-flowered vars.—Admiral 
Schley, crimson, shaded maroon, each 
petal striped with white; 3 ft. Buffalo 
Bill; deep golden orange, striped red; 
4 ft. rank Smith; (color no. 35 
very deep, tipped with pale pink), 
rich deep purplish maroon, almost 
black, tipped with pale pink; 5 ft. 
Judah; pale yellow shading to old 
gold, marked with deep crimson. 
Eloise; (white to coler no. 36 with 
petals tipped 33), white shading to 
blush-pink, with red margins; 4 ft. 
Olympia; (color no. 33 brighter), very 
large bright pink flowers, marked 
with crimson; 4 ft. Lucy Fawcett, 
(color no. 2 faintly marked 33 light), 
sulphur-yellow, marked with pinkish 
ted; 5 ft. Lottie Eckford; (marked 
with color no. 43 warmer and 33 
lighter), white, marked with pink 
and crimson; 3 ft. Penelope; white 
tinged with lavender near the margin. 
Striped Banner, rich bright red, 
white striped. 
Prop. best by root division. Plant 
the tubers 14 to 3 ft. apart in any 
rich soil, not too clayey. The Dahlia 
rosea is parent. 
Vars.—Catherine; (color no. 3), 
yellow; 3 ft. Elegante; (bet. color 
nos. 30 & 27, tinged deeper), pink 
shaded deeper and lighter; 24 ft. 
Le Petit Jean; plum color. Little 
Beauty ; (32 brighter), shrimp-pink; 
excellent cut flower. Little Natad; 
rose-lake tinged with crimson. Little 
3-6 ft. 
Sun 
3-5 ft. 
Sun 
Late 
July 
to late 
Oct. 
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