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PieONY-PLOWBRBD DaHLIA, 



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petals. 



Porcupine. 



DUPI.EX CENTURY DAHLIAS. 



These differ from the regular Century type in having two or 

 more rows of petals, while still retaining the general appearance 

 and characteristics of the original type; all of them are 

 splendid varieties both for cutting as well as for garden decora- 

 tion; all very free-flowering. 



Big Chief. Rich crimson with maroon shadings. 

 Cardinal. Very large rich cardinal-red with broad petals. 

 Centaure. Brilliant orange-red shaded crimson. 

 Merry Widow. Exceptionally bright, deep scarlet flow- 

 ers of a very large size. Effective for massing. 

 Prairie Fire. A rich poppy-red, very free; nothing equals 



this for a mass of brilliant color. 

 Sensation. Vermilion heavily tipped with white. 

 Price. Any of the above, 25 cts. each; $2.50 perdoz. 

 The set of 6 varieties for J1.25. 



CHOICE DOUBLE POMPOX 

 DAHLIAS. 



Annie Doncaster. Light yellow, base suffused with 



pearly-pink, 

 Arthur Kerley. Purplish-crimson; very free. 

 Catherine. Well formed primrose-yellow. 

 Darkness. Deep velvety maroon. 

 Fireball. Bright scarlet liliputian decorative variety. 



Helene Lambert. A splendid free-flowering yellow of 

 perfect shape. 



Kleine Domltea. Orange-buff; always in flower. 



Little Bessie. Creamy- white, closely quilled. 



Little Herman. Deep carmine, shaded garnet, tipped white. 



Little Naiad. White tipped amaranth-red. 



Snowclad. A fine pure white. 



Ware's Mars. Beautiful deep red, of fine form. 



Price. Any of the above, 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 

 The set of 12 varieties for $1.50. 



SELECT P-^ONY-FLOIVERED DAHLIAS. 



This beautiful type is now very popular. The artistic flowers 

 are very large, and are best compared to the semi-double 

 Fxonies in general form. They all flower very freely, 

 and are borne on long, strong stems, making excellent 

 material for cutting, as well as for garden decoration. 



Andrew Carnegie. Rosy-flesh, shading to pale flesh 

 at the tips and suffused golden amber. 

 Antoine Rivoire. A brilliant ox blood red 



with crimson shadings. 

 Chevrefeville. A greatly admired variety, 

 base of petals yellow, gradually passing to 

 apricot and rose, with citron-yellow points. 

 Cleopatra. Rich oriental-red, more or less 



marked with yellow. 

 Feldberg. A splendid large white. 

 Geisha. The showiest and most attractive of 

 this type yet introduced. The flowers are 

 original in form, consisting of peculiarly 

 twisted and curled petals, of an effective and 

 rich combination of scarlet and gold, the cen- 

 tre being yellow, which becomes suffused 

 with and deepens to scarlet at the centre of 

 the petals. 50 cts. each; $5.00 l)er doz. 

 Qermania. Large, fluffy, brilliant strawberry- 

 red. 

 Hampton Court. Large, showy flowers of a 

 bright mauvepink. 35 cts. each. 

 King Leopold. Light primrose-yellow, shading lighter 

 towards the edges. 

 Mannheim. Salmon-pink illuminated with golden sheen, 

 Mrs. O, Gordon. A splendid large lemon-yellow. 35 cts. each. 

 Mrs. J. B. Riding. A brilliant fiery-red, with twisted and pointed 



One of the most striking; ground color white flushed with soft 

 rose and reddish-purple. 50 cts. each. 

 Queen Wilhelmina. Immense pure white. 

 Riesen Kdelweiss. Pure glistening white, 6 inches across. 



Price. Any of the above, except where noted, 25 cts, each; 

 $2.50 per doz. The set of 15 varieties for $4 00. 



Duplex Century Dahlia, Merry Widow. 



SPECIAL DAHLIA CATALOGUE, lUtrng ov«r 500 varieties. Copy sent on application. 



