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THE CREAM OF THE 



NEW CACTUS DAHLIAS 



Of IOI2. 



Australian. A brilliant rich purple, with hright 



crimson suffusion; one of the best. 

 Chevrefeville. Base of petals yellow, gradually 

 passing to apricot and rose, with citron-yellow 

 points. 

 Colombo. Very large incurved flowers, of a sol- 



feri no rose, with while tinted centre, 

 Comte de Lambert. A grand flower, of a rich 

 carmine-red, shaded purple, reverse of petals 

 amaranth-red. 

 Daydream. Honey-yellow, with bright yellow 

 centre and salmon-rose shadings; delicate and 

 pretty, of perfect form. 

 Debutante. Long, narrow, incurved petals, ar- 

 ranged verj regularly and of a pleasing soli lint 

 of mauve-pink, passing to white at the centre. 

 Director HamiHe. A fine cactus-shaped flower, 

 perfect in form, rich blood-red, with purplish suf- 

 fusion. 

 Glory of Wilts. A magnificent bright golden yel- 

 low, of large size and splendid quality. 

 Karl Kotte. < me of the most beautiful of the autumn 

 tints, a rich red dish -salmor; flowers of perfect cactus form. 

 Magnet. Distinct in color, a coppery old-rose, with 

 mauve suffusion toward the tips; a fine flower composed 

 of broad petals, tubular towards the tips and more or less 

 curled or twisted. 

 rianon. Flowers of medium size of beautiful cactus form on 

 long stems; splendid for cutting, of a pleasing canary yellow; 

 one of the best. 

 Melilla. A grand flower, very full and double, of a novel tint 

 of chrome-yellow with Union suffusion; very free flowering. 



nile. riarie Doucet. Soft mauve color with large white centre, 



very pretty and floriferous. 

 Phoenix. One of the very gx>d novelties of last year, with 



very large, well-formed flowers of a rich, deep carmine-red, 



each petal when first opening having a broad Stripe ol 



cardinal red through the centre; a most brilliant and i ii h 



color combination and entirely distinct. 

 Reggie A splendid free flowering garden variety of a 



rich crimson, shaded marc 

 .Rev. T. W. Jamison. An exhibition flower of very large 



size, with long incurved petals of a bright mauve-pink, 



illuminated with salmon at base of petals. 

 'Rosaeflora. A particularly free-flowering vari- 

 ety with long, straight petals of a pure rose, 



the centre of the flower being white. 

 .Rosa Selgerin. A beautiful flower of true 



cactus form with long, narrow petals of a tender 



mauve-pink, shading to nearly white in the 



centre. 

 Stormer. Another brilliant deep scarlet of 



the finest form and one of the most relial 

 -Strahlenglanz. A beautiful suffusion of old- 

 gold and salmon; not a very large flower, but 



a pretty harmonious autumn color. 

 .Success. 1'ure yellow with incurved, twisted 



petals; a distinct variety on good stems well 



above foliage. 

 .Sunshine. Long, incurved petals, forming a 



large, very deep Rawer of a deep glowing crim- 

 son-carmine, which is intensified, by the lighter 



tips and golden suffusion at the base of the 



petals; a splendid flower. 

 "Wellington. A bright glowing scarlet with a suffusion of 



purplish-crimson towards the tips; a good incurved (lower on 



long stems. 

 W. T. Rogers. A splendid dark variety; large flowers on stiff, wiry stems; 



velvety maroon, illuminated with crimson. 

 "Yvonne Cayeux. Almost star-shaped, the straight petals arranged with the 



utmost regularity; color an immaculate white. 

 Price. Any of the above, 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. One each of the 25 sorts, a grand up-to-date collection, for $6.00. 



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The Cactus and Decorative Dahlias shown on the plate and offered on pages 148 and 149 are extra fine. 



