OF NEW, RARE AND BEAUTIFUL PLANTS. 



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DAHLIAS. -General Collection. 



SHOW FLOWERS. 



Our collection of Show Flowers have received first premiums at the Maryland Horticultural 

 Society's Exhibition for several years past, and at the Cincinnati Industrial Exposition the past 

 season. Our collection of this beautiful flower is unrivalled. We import annually all the new 

 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 be sent by mail. 



Dahlia, Ada Tiffin, light peach, beautiful and chaste 

 edge flower, splendid form. 



Aristides, deep purple, splendid form. 



Alexander Cramond, shaded maroon. 



Alderman, light shaded purple, constant, foini 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. 



Canary, pale yellow, good petal and outline. 



Christopher Ridley, crimson scarlet, perfect out- 

 line, fine form and high centre, extra. 



Constancy, yellow, edgfd with lake, an exquisite 

 flower, very constant. 



Critic, lilac, white at base, finest shape. 



Duchess of Wellington, white, tipped with crimson. 



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, plum, fine form and outline. 



George Critchett, shaded yellow, large, constant. 



George Dickson, chestnut-brown, peculiar color, a 

 constant and useful flower. 



George Goodhall, scarlet, most desirable. 



George Smith, a grand built show flower, centre 

 peiiect, color bright magenta. 



Golden Beanty, a beautiful clear yellow. 



Gypsey King, dark crimson, fine. 



Henry Walton, yellow ground, deeply edged with 

 vermilion. 



Her Majesty, white, deeply edged purple. 



Henry Bond, rosy lilac, large and fine, perfect form. 



H. W. Ward, yellow, heavily edged with crimson. 



Incomparable, yellow ground, heavily tipped with 

 claret. 



James Stephen, bright orange-scarlet, of the finest 

 fi >rm . 



J. C. Quennell, bright yellow, a splendid flower of 

 first rate quality. 



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, yellow tipped red. 



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 distinct, very 

 fine. 



John Harrison, dark crimson. 



John Forbes, fawn, striped with maroon. 



Joseph B. Service, beautiful clear yellow, large. 



King of Primroses, soft primrose. 



King of Primroses, very large and beautiful prim- 

 rose. 



Lady Maude Herbert, yellow tinted buff. 



Lady Jane Ellis, creamy white, tinted with pur- 

 plish rose. 



Lady Mary Wilde, white, tipped with rosy purple. 



Lilac Grand, the finest lilac. 



Lizzie Leicester, pink, curiously penciled, very 

 pretty. 



Louisa Neate, delicate pink, creamy white centre, 

 beautiful form and outline. 



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



Dahlia, Lottie Atkins, blush, tipped with blue. 



Mrs. Fordham, French white, tipped with soft pur- 

 ple. 



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, large. 



Maggie Fairbairn, rosy lilac, with every good 

 quality. 



Masterpiece, rosy purple, large, finest form. 



Mrs. Brunton, pure white ground, heavily laced 

 with deep 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 fawn. 



Mrs. Charles Kimberley, deep blush. 



Mrs. Lexington, rosy purple, very effective. 



Mrs. Sinclair, rose, tipped with purple. 



Minnie Bond, cream edged with rosy purple, a lovely 

 flower. 



Michael Saunders, rosy purple, large and fine form. 



Netty Buckell, light blush, tinted pink. 



Nelly, white ground, edged and tipped with purplp. 



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 

 constant. 



Perfection, dark brown, of exquisite form and very 

 constant. 



Perfection of Primroses, pale primrose, an im- 

 mense flower. 



Pioneer, the darkest Dahlia yet raised, being a rich 

 glossy black. 



Prince Bismark, pure, remarkably constant, extra. 



Princess Matilda. 



Prof. Faucet. 



Queen of Beauties, straw, tipped purple, constant. 



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 fine. 



Toison d'Or, yellow, fine form. 



Triumphant, rosy purple, very fine shape. 



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. 



William Ady. 



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

 wonderfully fine. 



William Dawkins, fawn, edged with bright crim- 

 son, very attractive. 



Price 20 cents each, $2.00 per dozen ; my selection $1.50 per dozen ; 50 very fine varieties for $6.00, Mailed free. 



