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SELECT DECORATIVE DAHLIAS 



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Royal Gold. A wonderful free bloomer, flowers of good size of a 



striking luminous tone of golden amber. 75 cts. each. *fKF 



Salmonea. A medium sized flower of elegant form and exquisite ' ^S 



coloring, a soft but lively tint of salmon-pink with golden suffusion, ^ 



a splendid cut flower on excellent stems. Everyone admires it. 



$2.00 each. 



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 Savoy. A fine exhibition and garden decorative variety 

 of a bright tyrian-pink with brilliant, aniline-red shadings 

 which become most intense late in the season. $1.00 each 



September Glow. Flowers of good size of a bright 

 amber-yellow illuminated with a golden-salmon suffusion; 

 a free flowering garden variety that is always a mass of 

 bloom. $1.00 each. 



Shelikoff. A rich glowing deep garnet, good sized, deep 

 flowers of great substance and good form, always full to 

 the centre, one of the very good dark varieties. 75 cts. 

 each. <^,_- 



Shower of Gold. One of the very pretty autumn tints 

 that is always in great demand. It is a large decorative 

 flower with fluted petals, a brilliant yellow deepening to a 

 soft apricot towards the centre, strong stems, flowers very — - 



freely; a splendid cut flower. $1.00 each. 



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Shudow's Lavender. The very large flowers are of a silvery lavender 

 slightly shading to white. In hot weather the white is more pronounced, 

 but as the season advances it will almost disappear. The stem is long 

 and stiff and holds the large flower erect. It blooms continuously and 

 freely from early to late in the season and never shows a centre and has 

 excellent keeping qualities as a cut flower. $3.00 each. 



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Decorative Dahlia Rookwood 



Simone Laurent. Unquestionably the earliest and freest 

 flowering white decorative variety yet introduced. The flowers 

 are of fine form; of good size, on splendid stiff stems for cutting. 

 Continues in good condition to the end of the season. $2.50 each. 



Snowdrift. For garden decoration nothing compares with this 

 splendid giant variety with its broad waxy white petals which 

 form a most perfectly shaped flower on comparatively dwarf 

 plants, on stiff stems, always. $1.00 each. 



Susan G. Tevis. A Bessie Boston variety, described by the 

 introducer as follows: "This beautiful variety should fill a long 

 felt want, for a lilac-blue flower. This has a distinctive new color 

 tone, best described as a deep shade of lilac with a bluish sheen. 

 The blossoms are regularly formed of narrow, flat, pointed petals. 

 It is a very large graceful bloom of fine depth. $3.00 each. 



T. A. Leonard. A distinct glistening brilliant and luminous 

 cerise or crimson-carmine of large size, producing its flowers 

 earlier in the season and more freely than any other of the large 

 flowering sorts. A good Dahlia for all purposes. $2.00 each. 



Tanforan. Very large brilliant scarlet with garnet shadings 

 arranged in fine form with more or less curled and twisted petals. 

 A robust grower of free-flowering habit. $1.50 each. 



Tommy Atkins. Remarkable for its wonderful coloring. 

 Brilliant flaming scarlet with golden metallic lustre, the brightest 

 and richest red yet produced. The flowers are very large, but 

 not at all stiff or formal and are well placed on good long stems; 

 early flowering and continues good to the end of the season; 

 splendid for exhibition, the garden, or for cutting. $2.00 each. 



U. S. A. Probably no other Dahlias has met with such favor as 

 this, which is entirely distinct in color from all others, a pure deep 

 orange, sparkling and glistening, an unusual color in Dahlias. 

 These flowers are of large size, of good formation, on excellent 

 stems, held so as to display their full beauty and not least of all, 

 it is remarkably free-flowering, being early and continuing in 

 good condition to the end of the season. A splendid Dahlia for 

 all purposes. $1.00 each. 



Whopper. A giant decorative with extremely large, well-built 

 deep flowers of a most pleasing shade of yellow-buff, suffused 

 with orange. In form it is aU that can be desired. 75 cts. each. 



Wizard of Oz. A great Dahlia from all points of view, size, 

 formation, color, habit of growth and freedom of bloom. Really 

 a wonderful all around Dahlia, be it for the garden, exhibition, or 

 cut flower. Begins to flower early and holds its bloon;s perfect to 

 the end of the season; these are produced on long stiff stems held 

 so as to show them off to the very best advantage. In color it 

 is a rare shade of amber-pink with soft salmon shading or 

 suffusion. Always attracts great attention. $3.00 each. 



World's Best White. 



exhibition purposes. $ 



A giant white, the best of its color for 

 !.00 each. 



Zonsopgang. A Holland introduction very appropriately 

 named Zonsopgang designating Sunrise. A beautiful rich 

 'golden apricot of splendid form. $2.00 each. 



SPECIAL OFFER. 



One root of proper planting size each of the 109 Select Decorative Dahlias as offered on pages 147 to 151, a grand collection of this 

 desirable type amounting at single rates to $167.00 for $125.00. 



