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Decorative Dahlia 

 Mrs. Furbush 



Select Decorative Dahlias 



Continued 

 Le Grand Manitou. The best variegated Dahlia of 

 the decorative type. The ground color white, pret- 

 tily spotted, striped and blotched with deep reddish- 

 violet; occasionally self-colored; tliese are borne on 

 stout, stiff stems, held well above the foli- 

 age. 50 cts. each. 

 Lyndhurst. Brilliant cardinal-red. A fine 



cut flower, 20 cts. each. 

 Maman Rozaill. Flowers very large size, 

 but graceful, of a pearly-white suffused with 

 rose, reverse of petals velvety-purple edged 

 with white; a most distinct and novel var- 

 iety. 50 cts. each. 

 Manzanoia. Brilliant oriental-red with 

 deeper shadings, a fine shaped flower with 

 good stem, very free and ideal for cutting. 

 Illustrated on plate opposite. 25 cts. 

 each. 

 rieadow Gold. A fine large flower sup- 

 ported on long stiff stems, color primrose- 

 yellow faintly tinged with pink on the outer 

 petals. Plants ready April 25th, 25 cts. 

 each. 



rieteor. An attractive, showy, fancy variety; the ground color a brilliant 

 cardinal-red, edged and marked with primrose-yellow. The flowers are 

 not large, but are of perfect form and very freely produced on long, stiff 

 stems. Plants ready April 25th. 50 cts. each. 



Miss flinnie McCullough. One of the most popular cut- 

 flower varieties now grown; particularly valuable for use 

 under artificial light. Color soft yellow, overlaid with bronze; 

 a beautiful autumnal tint. 20 cts. each. 



Mtne. A. Lumiere. A very distinct and attractive variety; 

 ground color white, suffused towards the ends of the petals 

 with red, the tips pointed with bright violet red. 25 cts. 

 each. 



Mme. Mary Collet. Flowers of a beautiful coppery-yellow 

 with golden suffusion. One of the much admired tints. 50 

 cts. each. 



Mme. Van den Daele. A charming soft rose with deeper 

 markings, shading to white in the centre; a beautiful sort for 

 cutting. 25 cts. each. 



Mont Blanc. An early, free, continuous flowering creamy- 

 vrhite on good stiff stems. One of the most important cut- 

 flower varieties. 25 cts. each. 



Mrs. C. W. Bassett. A pleasing, delicate mauve-pink, 

 exceptionally free-flowering on good stiff stems, fine for cut- 

 ting. 35 cts. each. 



Mrs. Chas. L. Seybold. Ground color crimson-carmine, 

 each petal tipped and more or less marked with white; pro- 

 duced very freely. 35 cts. each. 



Mrs. Furbush. The best dark variety, a rich-purplish-garnet 

 with maroon shadings; flowers of good size and form, on 

 stiff, wiry stems; an early, free and continuous bloomer. 35 

 cts. each. 



Mrs. J. Gardner Cassatt. A large-flowered variety of. ele- 

 gant shape, mauve-pink of a shade that is very pleasing in a 

 Dahlia; a fine cut flower. 25 cts. each. 



Mrs. Roosevelt. Of immense size and remarkably free- 

 flowering; color a delicate silvery-rose, which is very attrac- 

 tive when cut. 25 cts. each. 



Orange King. Rich, glowing orange-scarlet. 20 cts. each. 



Ouray. Rich, deep velvety maroon of good form, very free- 

 flowering. 25 cts. each. 



Papa Charmet. A large flower of rich, deep morocco-red 

 with bright garnet shadings. 25 cts. each. 



Perle de Lyon. A most valuable white Decorative Dahlia, 

 and one of the best whites of any class for cut-flower purposes; 

 its flowers are of good size, and held erect on long, stiff, 

 wiry stems. 25 cts. each. 



Prince Danilo. Refined flowers of medium size; ground color 

 a creamy-salmon deeply suffused with carmine rose. 35 cts. 

 each. 



Princess Juliana. While we cannot agree with the European 

 growers that this new sort is in white as important as Delice 

 is among the pink varieties, we must admit it is one of the 

 very promising cut-flower sorts, and on account of its early 

 and free-flowering habit and neatly formed flowers will be 

 appreciated by tbe amateur. 25 cts. each. 



Priscilla. Good shaped flowers of a pleasing violet-rose 

 color on good stiff stems; an attractive garden variety. 50 

 cts. each. 



Souvenir de Gustave Doazon. Of mammoth proportions, 

 which, under ordinary cultivation, will produce flowers 6. 

 inches across, and can be grown to measure full 9 inches. It 

 is of free growth, remarkably profuse-flowering and pure red 

 in color. 25 cts. each. 



Sylvia. Soft, pleasing mauve-pink, gradually changing to 

 white in the centre. A fine cut flower. 20 cts. each. 



Tenor Alvarez. A large flower of reddish-violet striped and 

 blotched purplish-brown. Very free. 50 cts. each. 



Win. Agnew. 



flower variety. 



Rich, dazzling carmine red. A standard cut- 

 20 cts. each. 



Yellow Colosse, Flowers of very large size, of perfect form, 

 pure primrose yellow. 25 cts. each. 



Zeppelin. Entirely distinct, a pleasing soft shade of violet- 

 mauve with silvery suffusion; flowers of medium size, of good 

 „.form and very free-flowering. 50 cts. each. 



Special Offer. 



One each of the 55 Select Decorative Dahlias 

 Offered on pages 145 and 146 for $15.00 



