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Cactus Dahlia, 

 Gladys Bates 



Islam Patrol. A gorgeously rich colored flower, a dark velvety 

 crimson-scarlet tipped and flushed with pure gold. It is very 

 large, early, and holds its perfect shape on splendid stems to the 

 end of the season; one of the most briUiantly colored varieties. 

 $3.00 each. 



Josephine Mendillo. Well formed flower of medium size on 

 long stifi stems. Color an intense velvety-red, very aptly 

 described by the Garden Magazine as an improvement on the 

 popular variety Kalif . A fine very free flowering garden variety 

 and good cut flower. $1.50 each. 



Ealif . A truly majestic flower, of perfect Cactus form, in color 

 a pure scarlet. The habit of the plant is aU that can be desired; 

 the gigantic flowers, produced very freely, are held on strong 

 stiff stems, making it a most effective and useful variety for 

 cutting as well as for garden decoration. 75 cts. each. 



Koh-I-Noor. Maroon, and at times so dark as to be nearly 

 black. The flower texture has a pronounced velvety sheen 

 which adds greatly to its beauty. In form, a perfect hybrid 

 cactus, the blossoms very large and deep with perfect centre 

 throughout the season; blooms abundantly at all times. $2.50 

 each. 



Lolita Velasco. There are many good white Cactus Dahlias 

 and all of them have some distinctive merit of their own. We 

 should hesitate to designate any one of them as the best white on 

 all points, but if we had to select one individual sort, we would 

 take this splendid variety which is composed of long straight 

 petals which form into a flower of perfect shape, borne on long 

 stiff stems, fine forcutting and for exhibition. $2.50 each. 



Maku. Flowers of perfect form, a gracefully incurved bloom of a 

 most delicate shell-pink with deeper suffusion which becomes 

 more intense towards the center. It is appropriately named, 

 Maku being the Chinese word for "Fairy." $2.00 each. 



Marathon. Entirely distinct from all other cactus varieties; 

 a brilliant rich purple illuminated with higher, brighter shadings. 

 50 cts. each. 



CHOICE CACTUS DAHLIAS 



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Marguerite Bouchon. Beautiful in form and color, a 

 good sized flower of a charming shade of brilliant, yet 

 soft rose-pink with a large white centre and distinctly 

 defined white tips, entirely distinct. 75 cts. each. 



Meesterstuck. One of the most distinct and attractive 

 varieties of this type. The flowers are perfect in forma- 

 tion, large but graceful, they are held erect on long stiff 

 stems, color a rich glowing French purple with brilliant 

 aniline-red suffusion, which is intensified by the citron- 

 yeUow base of the petals which give the flower a bicolored 

 appearance that is quite novel. 75 cts. each. 



Mme. Diesny. A fine Dahlia of good size composed of 

 moderately loosely arranged petals of a beautiful lively 

 shade of amaranth-pink. A very free producer; a won- 

 derful exhibition and garden variety. $1.50 each. 



Morning Light. Primrose-yellow, long narrow in- 

 curving petals, entirely distinct from any other variety, 

 and a general favorite among lovers of the cactus type. 

 $2.50 each. 



Mrs. Ethel F. T. Smith. Creamy white shading to 

 lemon at the centre. This is a close counterpart except 

 in color to Gladys Sherwood; the flowers are of the same 

 formation but stiU larger and not quite so deep in the 

 centre; a remarkable Dahlia. $1.00 each. 



Mrs. Warnaar. A splendid free-flowering variety of creamy 

 white, with just a faint apple-blossom suffusion; flowers of 

 gigantic size, on strong, stiff stems, petals long and peculiarly 

 twisted. $1.00 each. 



Nagel's Wonder. A gorgeously colored flower and unique in 

 formation reminding one in this respect of a big semi-incurved 

 Chrysanthemum. The petals are long and narrow, more or less 

 tubular and curled with deeply cleft tips adding to its graceful 

 make-up. The color is a brilliant scarlet-red, lightly tipped and 

 more or less striated with yellow. Good stiff stems and free 

 flowering. $2.50 each. 



Nemrod. A beautifully formed flower, of large size, constructed 

 of long curled wavy petals forming a high centre. Color distinct 

 and very attractive, a brflliant tyrian-rose with luminous metal- 

 lic suffusion, perfect stems hold the flowers weU above the plant. 

 $1.50 each. 



Nibelungenhort. This is always greatly admired, with flowers 

 composed of rather broad, more or less curled and twisted petals 

 of a beautiful shade of old rose with golden-apricot suffusion. 

 75 cts. each. 



Nichu. Flowers of immense size of very incurved shape on good 

 stems, producing an abundance of beautiful light yellow flowers 

 with good centres to the end of the season. $2.50 each. 



Papillon. One of the largest of this type, which seems a greatly 

 improved Geo. Walters, it is a beautiful blending of old rose 

 with golden lights. An early and incessant bloomer with strong, 

 long stems that carry the flower well, an exceptionally fine ex- 

 hibition variety. $2.00 each. 



Paradise. Of the well known George Walters type in formation 

 but entirely distinct in color; creamy old-rose suffused with 

 gold in such a manner as to give it a striking brown tone; ex- 

 tremely free with perfect stems. $2.00 each. 



Picotee. Color of rich luminous crimson-carmine with the re- 

 verse of petals a silvery white color, the petals being fluted on the 

 ends; this reverse side presents itself in such a manner so as to 

 give the flowers the appearance of being tipped with white. 75 

 cts. each. 



