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MARGUI RITE 

 BOUCHON. 



"Diamond Anniversary" Collection of Cactus Dahlias 



Six perfect gems which we have selected from our extensive collection to place in a class by themselves on account of their 

 beautiful colors, form and freedom of bloom. They have been a feature in our fields during the past two years; have been admired 

 by every visitor, and we offer them with the full assurance that our patrons will be as well pleased with them as we are. These six 

 varieties can only be supplied in green or growing plants, which will be ready to send out about the end of April. 



Gilathea. A medium-sized flower of splendid form, especially 

 appreciated on account of its delicate color, which is an even, 

 tender soft pink. 75 cts. each. 



Mrs. Henry R. Wirth. We have, for many years, recom- 

 mended Countess of Lonsdale as the Dahlia for the million, 

 on account of its free-flowering habit and the fact that every 

 flower which it produces is perfect. We have in Mrs. Wirth 

 a splendid companion, it being the first Cactus variety in 

 our fields to flower and continues covered with perfect flowers 

 until the end of the season. It is an intense, rich, glowing, 

 fiary scirlet in color. 50 cts. each. 



Marguerite Bouchon. We have no hesitancy in saying that 

 this is the most beautiful Cactus D.ihlia yet introduced. It is 

 of absolutely perfect form; every flower on a good stem well 

 above the foliage; color a magnificent shade of brilliant, yet 

 soft rose, with very large white centre and distinctly defined 

 white, tips. 75 cts. each. 



Mons. Sexe. This is one of the finest fancy varieties grown. 

 The flowers are of perfect form, about four inches in diameter 

 and of a rich oriental-red, which is tipped and more or less 

 marked and suffused with old gold. Splendid for garden 

 decoration. 50 cts. each. 



Thais. In our Special Dahlia Catalogue of last year we listed 

 this as a Decorative variety, while it really belongs to the (so- 

 called) Hybrid Cactus class, it having rather broad petals, 

 which are loosely arranged, making up an informally shaped 

 flower which, on account of its color, a pure white with a soft 

 mauve suffusion, is deposited over the snowy petals like a 

 dew, makes it one of the most delicately colored sorts which 

 we have yet offered. 75 cts. each. 



Tricolor. Everybody likes Tricolor on account of its distinct 

 and beautiful medley of colors. The ground is buttercup- 

 yellow, with a blotch cf scarlet on each petal, and as the 

 flower matures the end of each petal becomes suffused with rosy- 

 white, forming a pretty tri-colored combination. 50 cts. each. 



One plant each of the six " Diamond Anniversary" sorts for $3.00. 



1 KICOLOK. 



Gauthea. 



Mons. Sexb. 



