OF NEW, RARE AND BEAUTIFUL PLANTS. 



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varieties of merit, and none are retained in our collection that do not come up to the* standard 

 of perfect flowers. It now embraces all the finest Show Flowers in cultivation. Dry pot roots 

 of most can now be supplied, or strong plants in May ; either can te sent by mail. 



Dahlia, Ada Tiffin, light peach, beautiful and chaste 

 edue flower, splendid form. 

 Aristides, (hep purple, splendid form. 

 Alexander Cramond, shaded maroon. 

 Alderman, light shaded purple, constant, form per- 

 fect. 

 Bob Ridley, bright red, splendid form. 



British Triumph, very dark crimson. 



Ben Crossland, rich dark purple. 



Burgundy, rich shaded puce, very large. 



Crimson King, beautiful crimson. 

 Cremorne, yellow, tipped with red. 

 Canary, pale yellow, good petal and outline. 



Christopher Ridley, crimson scarlet, perfect out- 

 line, tine form and high centre, extra. 



Charles Lingard, deep yellow, edged with red, very 

 distinct. 



Constancy, yellow, edged with lake, an exquisite 

 flower, very constant. 



Duke of Roxburgh, salmon buff, extra. 



Duke of Wellington, purple, very large. 



Dauntless, shaded orange, fine form and centre, deep 

 and full, extra. 



Edward Purchase, beautiful bright crimson. 



Earl of Shaftesbury, rich purple, exquisite. 



Earl of Radnor, deep crimson, intense color. 



Earl of Beaconsfield, rich plum, fine form and out- 

 line. 



Emily "Williams, light ground, edged with vermil- 

 ion. 



George Goodhall, scarlet, most desirable. 



Gypsey King, dark crimson, fine. 



Golden Beauty, a beautiful clear yellow. 



George Smith, a grand built show flower, centre 

 perfect, color bright magenta. 



Henry Walton, yellow ground, deeply edged with 

 vermilion. 



Her Majesty, white, deeply edged purple. 



Hercules, yello»v, striped with red, frequently self, 

 brownish red. 



Henry Glasscock, buff, regularly striped, and spot- 

 ted crimson, often self, then the finest crimson, and 

 grandest of flowers. 



Henry Bond, rosy lilac, large and very fine, perfect 

 form. 



Incomparable, yellow ground, heavily tipped with 



claret- 

 John McPherson, rich violet purple. 



Julia Davis, a most magnificent yellow, clear, full 

 and large. 



John Cocker, black and all black, the blackest of all 

 Dahlias. 



John Downie, yellow, tipped with red, fine. 



John Kirby, yellow buff, a full flower. 



John Neville Keynes, the finest of yellows. 



John Sladden, nearly black, extra. 



John Bennett, yellow, edged with scarlet. 



Jennie Greive, white ground edged with rosy lilac. 



James Wilder, rich velvet maroon, shaded with red. 



John Wyatt, crimson scarlet, fine petal and outline. 



John W. Lord, shaded buff, novel and disiinct.very 

 fine 



John Harrison, dark crimson. 



King of Primroses, very large and beautiful prim- 

 rose. 



Lady Maude Herbert, yellow tinted buff. 



Lady Jane Ellis, creamy white, tipped with pur- 

 plish rose. 



Lady Mary Wilde, white, tipped with rosy purple. 



Lilac Grand, the finest lilac. I 



Price 20 cents each, $2.00 per dozen ; my selection $1.50 



Dahlia, Lottie Atkins, blush, tipped with blue. 

 Lord Hawke, yellow buff, tinged with red, large. 

 Louisa Neate, delicate pink, creamy white centre, 



beautiful form and outline. 

 Mrs. Fordham,french white, tipped with soft purple. 

 Maid of Essex, white, tipped purple. 

 Miss Turner, light ground, slightly edged purple. 

 Miss Susan Ingram, soft pale peach, shaded with 

 white. 



Mary Keynes, fawn ground, edged with bright rosy 

 purple 



Memorandum, light ground, tipped with lake. 



Mrs. Pigott, pure white, good form, fine. 



Mr. Dix, crimson scarlet, iarge. 



Maggie Fairbairn, rosy lilac, with every good 

 quality. 



Masterpiece, rosy purple, large, finest form. 



Mrs. Brunton, pure white ground, heavily laced 

 with d i ep purple. 



Mephistopheles, dark maroon, fine form. 



Marchioness of Bath, light ground deeply edged 

 purple 



Marchioness Lome, orange ground, edged with 

 purple. 



Mrs. Stancomb, canary yellow, very distinctly tip- 

 ped with deep lawn. 



Mrs. Charles Kimberley, deep blush. 



Mrs. Lexington, rosy purple, very effective. 



Mrs. Sinclair, ro.»e, tipped with purple. 



Minnie Bond, cream edged with rosy purple, a lovely 

 flower. 



Michael Saunders, rosy purple, large and of fine 

 form. 



Netty Buckell, light blush, tinted pink. 



Nelly, white ground, edged and tipped with purple, 



O. E. Coope, rich purple, fine centre, deep and full. 



Paradise Williams, clear claret, new in color. 



Princess, white, large, full and fine. 



Princess Alice, light lilac, extra fine. 



Paul of Paisley, the finest lilac. 



Philip Frost, shaded orange, fine petals, large and 

 cons! ant. 



Perfection, dark brown, of exquisite form and very 

 constant. 



Perfection of Primroses, pale primrose, an im- 

 mense flower. 



Queen of York, white, tipped with purple. 



Royal Queen, creamy ground, deeply edged with 

 purple crimson. 



Rival Harris, rose, very large, most desirable. 



Rosamond Ottoway, blush white, large. 



Rifleman, crimson scarlet, constant. 



Star of the Morning, orange buff, very fine. 



Sarah McMullen, soft mauve pink. 



Sarah Reed, lilac, very fine. 



Sir Jos. Paxton, yellow, tipped with red. 



Silvio, yellow, edged with bright red. 



Thomas White, fine deep maroon, almost black. 



The Countess, blush, deeply edged with purple, ex- 

 tra fiue. 



Unique, yellow, deeply edged with crimson, 



Victory, rich shaded crimson, very bright. 



Walter Reid, purple, with magenta tinge. 



William Keynes, orange, one of the finest formed 

 Dahlias. 



William Pringle Laird, the finest maroon. 



Willie Eckford, a beat on Lord Derby, same odor, 

 wonderfully fine. 



William Dawkins, fawn, edged with bright crim- 

 son, verv attractive, 

 per dozen; 50 very fine varieties for $6.00, Mailed free. 



NEW SHOW AND FANCY DAHLIAS. 



Those marked (/) are Fancy. 



Dahlia, Acme of Perfection, primrose-yellow, very 

 fine and constant. 



Alderman (/), lilac, striped and spotted with purple, 

 fine. 



Andrew Harkness, orange shaded and edged car- 

 mine, fine. 



Dahlia, Annie Pritchard (/), white, striped with rose, 

 large and beautiful. 

 Barmaid, white, heavily tipped with crimson-pur- 

 ple, extta. 

 Barnaby Rudge (/), fawn, striped and spotted crim- 

 son, large and fine. 



