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Decorative Dahua 

 Mr. C. H. Dresselhuis 



SELECT DECORATIVE DAHLIAS 



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Oregon Beauty. ' Remarkable for its large size and brilliancy 

 of color, an intense oriental-red with golden sheen and garnet 

 suffusion which makes it stand out prominently in the garden 

 among all others. SO cts. each. 



Patrick O'Mara. Named in honor of one of America's noted 

 horticulturists. It is of free-fiowering habit. The flowers, 

 supported on long stiff stems, are of good size, perfect form, 

 and in color a rich chrome-yellow, with salmon-red suffusion. 

 75 cts. each. 



Paul Michael. One of the sensational large e.xhibition flowers 

 that always attracts attention, petals quilled at base, curled 

 and twisted, color pure gold, shaded orange-buff at centre, 

 very free-flowering. §1.00 each. 



Pierre Grissard. Strong growing very' free-flowering brilliant 

 cochineal carmine with lighter suffusion, of uniform good 

 shape borne on perfect stems, fine for all purposes. 75 cts. 

 each. 



Pink Perfection. This is a pink flowered form of the popular 



Hortulanus Fiet, it is of giant size, of perfect decorative 



form held erect on stiff stems and free-flowering. In color it 



is a beautiful shade of salmon-pink, with old rose suffusion and 



illuminated with a lively golden sheen. $1.00 each. 



Pink Triiunphant. A fair-sized flower of ideal decorative forma- 

 tion, with broad petals running to narrow points. Color a most 

 attractive soft rose-pink with just the faintest white tips. It is 

 early and continues good throughout the season and is valuable 

 for all purposes. $2.50 each. 



Pioneer. Pretty and distinct, a dark mahogany-red with brUliant 

 carmine suffusion on the outer petals, every flower perfect; early 

 and free flowering. $1.00 each. 



Pride of California. A brilliant, glowing cardinal-red, of very large 

 size, verj^ free and wonderful keeper as a cut flower, the best of its 

 color. 75 cts. each. 



Mrs. Carl Salbach. This is one of the California varieties 

 which is seen at most of the Dahlia Shows throughout the country, 

 and which has been accorded many honors. The flowers are 

 of splendid decorative form, measuring fully nine inches across, 

 and are of a pleasing lively shade of soKerino pink with white 

 suffusion, equally fine under natural as well as artificial light. 

 75 cts. each. 



Mrs. C. H. Breck. A splendid all around variety either for 

 garden decoration or for cutting. Its flowers are always of 

 perfect shape, full double to the centre of a soft yellow deeply 

 suffused with carmine. 50 cts. each. 



Mrs. Nat Slocombe. Ng other variety approaches this for 

 a good all around bright primrose-yeUow; it is fine in color, 

 of splendid shape and very free flowering. 75 cts. each. 



Mr. Alex Waldie. A large, well-formed flower held well above 

 the foliage on fine stems and a particularly soft and pleasing 

 color, being a creamy-ground, overlaid and suffused with delicate 

 salmon-pink on the outer petals, the centre creamy-white, a 

 dainty color combination. $1.00 each. 



Mr. C. H. Dresselhuis. For many years the variety Delice 

 has been a favorite cut flower, and while beautiful it was not 

 free-flowering. In this new variety' we have a similar color, a soft 

 rose-pink with white suffusion towards the tips, and what is 

 most important, one of the most prolific bloomers; of medium 

 size just right for cutting and are splendidly supported on very 

 long stiff stems. We predict great popularitj- for this variety as 

 it is undoubtedly the best pink for cutting yet produced. 

 $1.00 each. 



Mr. Crowley. An exquisite shade of salmon-pink with the base 

 of the petals golden-yellow, flowers of large size and come on 

 stout stems on plants of very compact habit of growth, a splendid 

 exhibition flower. $1.00 each. 



Mt. Hood. A medium sized remarkably free-flowering pure white, 

 of good quality on long stems, a good garden decorative variety 

 and cut flower. 50 cts. each. 



Pride of Wajme. A large flower of good depth and abso- 

 lutely perfect form on splendid stems, color rich, brilliant 

 french-purple; a fine e.xhibition variety. $1.50 each. 



Princess Pat. Flowers of immense size and of splendid deco- 

 rative form, always coming with a full centre, in color a most 

 pleasing shade of old rose that lights up wonderfully under 

 artificial light. $1.00 each. 



Red Flamingo. Very large with broad wavy or curled petals, 



forming unique rich luminous crimson-red flowers of unusual 



attractiveness. A splendid free flowering garden variety. 

 75 cts. each. 



Reve d'Amour. A splendid decorative garden variety, pro- 

 ducing a mass of attractive flowers throughout the season. 

 In color a pleasing old-rose pink with strong salmon suffusion. 

 50 cts. each. 



Rookwood. A remarkably distinct Dahlia in every way, habit 

 of growth, hea\T?, vigorous and spreading but dwarf, unusually 

 free-flowering, coming into bloom early and producing 100 per 

 cent, perfect flowers to the end of the season. The form is 

 absolutely perfect and entirely distinct, composed of peculiarly 

 curled or twisted petals, in color a pleasing shade of cerise-rose 

 which does not vary during the entire season. $1.50 each. 



Rosalie Def ranee. Entirely new and distinct in color as well as 

 in form. The narrow, rolled petals are arranged with mathe- 

 matical precisions, found in no other variety. The flowers are 

 about four inches in diameter supported on strong, wiry stems. 

 In color a distinct shade of amaranth pink, shading lighter to 

 the tips with an iridescent golden suffusion at the base. $2.50 

 each. 



Rosa Nell. It is not pwssible to find a better Dahlia of its color. 

 The flowers are large, of best decorative formation, they are 

 borne on long stiff stems; in good shape to the end of the season. 

 It is the brightest rose. SI. 00 each. 



