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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



Mat, 1909 



How to 



Beautify Outdoor 1 



Surroundings 



Do you wish to make your grounds 

 more attractive ? Most satisfying effects 

 may easily be secured by proper group- 

 ing and contrast of well-grown trees, 

 shrubs, vines and perennials. Bare 

 lawns may be beautified, home and 

 garden charms intensified, property 

 values raised and wonders accomplished 

 by artistic landscape treatment. 



We have prepared an illustrated booklet, 

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 Them," that goes into details on this sub- 

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stands for highest quality of nursery 

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Chicago 



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A New Classification of Dahlias 



THE New England Dahlia Society has adopted 

 the following new classification of dahlias 

 in order to accommodate the recent developments 

 of newer types of the decoratives, etc. The most 

 important change that the old-time dahlia fancier 

 will notice is the amalgamation of the show and 

 fancy, which seems perfectly reasonable, the pres- 

 ent classification being based entirely on the form 

 of the flower. The official ruling on the disputed 

 classification of the few varieties listed at the end 

 should also prove valuable to exhibitors. 



i. Common Singles. One row of flat ray 

 florets, eight in number, of any color, flowers 

 stellate in form or nearly so and not less than 

 two inches in diameter. 



Types: Polly Eccles, Rosebank, Cardinal. 



2. Giant Single. Ray florets'! eight in number, 

 the whole forming a solid flower circular in out- 

 line; in size not less than four inches in diameter. 



Types: Twentieth Century, and kindred varie- 

 ties^ 



3. Single Cactus. Ray florets eight in number, 

 at least twice as long as they are broad, with edges 

 rolled backward for not less than one half their 

 length, tips incurving or twisted; flowers not less 

 than three inches in diameter. 



Types: Ivanhoe and Queen Mary. 



4. Collerette. Single or semi-double with a 

 row of petaloids inside the ray florets. 



Types: President Viger and M. Joseph Goujon. 



semi-double 



5. Semi-double or peony-flowered. Two 

 or more rows of broad loosely arranged florets, 

 often pointed and sometimes twisted, flowers not 

 less than five inches and showing disc. Stems not 

 less than twelve inches. 



Types: Queen Emma, Queen Wilhelmina. 



6. Show. Florets cupped and quilled, globular 

 in form, and not less than three inches in diameter. 



Types: Frank Smith, A. D. Livoni, Dr. 

 Keynes and Gracchus. 



7. Cactus. Florets at least twice as long as 

 broad, with edges rolled backward for not less 

 than one-half their length, tips incurving or twisted, 

 flowers not less than three inches in diameter. 



Types: (a) Long narrow florets: Fairy and 

 Aurora; (b) Straight regular florets: Countess of 

 Lonsdale, Marguerite Bouchon; (c) Floret tips 

 split, forked or fringed: Lady Fair, Mr. Seagrave 

 and Progenitor; id) Large flowers and heavy 

 florets: Mrs. Chas. Turner, Goliath and Due 

 d'Orleans. 



8. Decorative. Florets broad and fiat and 

 intermediate between the Show and Cactus types 

 with margins either slightly incurved or reflexed. 

 Flower not less than three inches across. 



Types: Jeanne Charmet, Souvenir de Gustave 

 Doazon, Nymphaea, Catherine Duer, Kaiserin 

 Augusta Victoria. 



9. Anemone-flowered. At least two rows of 

 flat guard florets surrounding the crown of tubular 

 florets of which the flower is composed. 



Type: Gloria. 



10. Show Type. Florets or petals cupped or 

 quilled, any color, flower globular in form and 

 not exceeding two inches in diameter. 



Types: Belle of Springfield, Darkest of All. 



11. Cactus Type. Florets or petals at least 

 twice as long as they are broad with edges rolled 

 backward for not less than one-half their length 

 with tips incurving or twisted. 



Types: Hobbies' Pet, Edelweiss. 



(Signed) W11. F. Turner, Chairman. 

 James Robertson, 

 Alexander McLellan, 



Committee. 



Note. — The varieties named below have been 

 definitely placed in the following classes: 



Mrs. Chas. Turner, Cactus; Mrs. Roosevelt 

 Show; W. W. Rawson, Show; Grand Duke Alexis, 

 Show; La Colosse, Show; Le Siam, Show; Le 

 Geant, Show; Gigantea, Decorative; Les Allies, 

 Decorative. 



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$1.00 Dahlias T %T^°? e s » ndin ! 



^ me $1.00 I will send 



20 Dahlia Bulbs — no two alike — all named 

 varieties and good ones. I have 400 kinds. 



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65 Galen St. Brockton, Mass. 



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