VARIOUS 
JULY 
Color 
English 
Name 
Botanical 
Name and 
Synonyms 
Description 
Various 
Various 
Various 
QUILLED 
DAHLIA 
SHOW 
DAHLIA 
SINGLE 
DAHLIA 
**Dahlia 
vars. 
**Dahlia 
vars. 
**Dahlia 
vars. 
Prince; (26 deeper and white), red 
with white tips; 3 ft. Lou Kramer, 
vellow and pink, red tipped; 3 ft. 
Snowclad; white, very small; 24 ft. 
Sunshine; bright scarlet; 3 ft. 
Prop. most easily by root division 
or cuttings. Plant in sheltered spots 
in any rich soil not too clayey. Plant 
the tubers 14 to 3 ft. apart. Quilled 
are often given under the head of 
both Decorative and Show Dahlias. 
See Plate, page 362. 
Vars.—4. D. Livoni; (color nos. 
32 to 38), clear pink; 4 ft.  Grard 
Duke Alexis; ivory white tinged with 
white near the edges; 44 ft. Kazser 
Wilhelm; (5 lighter and softer), old 
gold with scarlet tips. Queen Vte- 
toria; (color no. 3). deep yellow; 4 ft. 
Ruth; white faintly tinged with pink 
near the centre. 
Large compact flowers of two or 
more colors, double to the centre. 
Prop. best by division. Plant the 
tubers 14 to 3 ft. apart in sheltered 
spots in any rich soil not too clayey. 
When frost destroys the stems lift the 
plant and keep over winterin dry cellar. 
Plant in May when there is no danger 
of frost. Dahlia rosea is the parent. 
See Plate, page 362. 
Vars.— Arabella, (color no. 36 with 
2 centre), primrose, tinted with eld 
rose and lavender; 4 ft. John Ben- 
nett; (color nos. 18 & 8), golden yel- 
low tipped with red; 3 ft. John 
Height 
and 
4-6 ft. 
Sun 
3-6 ft. 
Sun 
Walker; (color no. 2 pale), white. : 
La Phare; rich scarlet. Mrs. Dexter; 
(color no. 16 pinker), deep salmon ° 
pink. Miss May Loomis; white ! 
tinted with rose. Black Diamond, 
black changing to black maroon. 
Pink Dandy; pink. Red Hussar; 
cardinal-red. Queen of the Belgians; 
(white to 36), delicate pale pink. 
Queen of Yellows, (color no. 3), clear 
yellow. Thos. White; (color no. 28 
darker), deep maroon. 
Prop. most easily by root division 
or cuttings. Plant the tubers 14 to 
3 ft. apart in sheltered spots in any 
rich soil not too clayey. Dahlia 
rosea is parent. 
Vars.— Anemone; white. Annie 
Hughes; (color no. 26 with 3 light 
centre), carmine with yellow centre. 
Gold Standard; very large deep vel- 
low. Juno; white tipped with rose, 
4-6 ft. 
Situation | 
Time of 
Bloom 
Late 
July 
to late 
Oct. 
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