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CHOICE CACTUS DAHLIAS 



We offer on this and the following two pages a complete alphabetical list of Ihe 

 together with the older well-tried gems which have made a reputation for themselves. 

 Attraction. Described and offered on page 141. 

 Aviateur Garros. Light sulphur-yellow, shading 



almost to white at the tips of the broad-pointed 



petals. Flowers of medium size and borne freely 



on strong stiff stems. One of the earliest flowering. 



50 cts. each. 

 Break o' Day. A good-sized flower with a full, high 



centre with more or less curved and twisted petals, 



intermingled with the flatter ones, forming a most 



attractive, graceful flower. In color, a clear sulphur- 

 yellow, shading to sulphur-white at the tips, the 



entire flower illuminated by a satiny sheen; early 



and free- flowering. $1.00 each. 

 Cavalier. Flowers of medium size, with long incurved 



petals of an intense rich crimson. 50 cts. each. 

 Countess of Lonsdale. A peculiar but pleasing 



blending of salmon-pink and amber, a color difficult 



to describe. This is the Dahlia for the million. 



Blooms freely under all conditions. 50 cts. each. 

 CrystaL A great exhibition flower of large size and 



splendid form; long twisted incurved tubular petals 



of a tender silvery pink, which passes gradually to- 

 wards the centre to a soft ivory-white. $1.00 each. 

 Duchess of Marlboro. This beautiful variety for 



freedom of bloom is in the same class as Countess of 



Lonsdale; a beautiful tint of solferino, backed by a 

 sunshine-like golden suffusion at the base of the 

 petals. 75 cts. each. 



l>est Cactus sorts of recent introduction, 



Cactus Dahlia 

 Crystal 



Cactus Dahlia, Galathea 



Electric. A large sulphur-yellow with white tips, sometimes 



sports to a self color either white or yellow. 50 cts. each. 



Else. Quite an old variety, but still one of the most charming, 



of a delicate combination of colors. The base of the petal 



is of a buttercup-yellow, gradually passing to amber, finished 



with a tip of Tyrian-rose. 50 cts. each. 



Etendard de Lyon. Everyone stops to admire this 



beautiful carmine rose giant, which we consider one of 



the finest varieties for garden decoration. The flowers 



are distinct in shape from all others; the petals 



are broad, curled and wavy, and form a flower 



fully 6 inches in diameter and 4 inches deep, a 



very large flower, yet without any stiffness or 



formality; its color is a rich carmine rose, or 



Royal purple, with a brilliant suffusion difficult 



to describe. $1.00 each. 



Floradora. A remarkably free flowering briglit 



blood-red. 35 cts. each. 

 Galathea. A delicately colored very free flow- 

 ering variety of medium size and perfect form; 

 color a tender, delicate, soft pink, a pleasing 

 . j^^ tone. 50 cts. each. 



^•■^^ Genoveva. One of the freest flowering primrose- 



"^ ^i^> yellows; fine for cutting. 50 cts. each. 



General J. B. Seth. A rich brilliant scarlet, 



with orange-scarlet shadings, of perfect form. 



50 cts. each. 



Golden Crown. A splendid light clear yellow. 50 cts. each. 



Golden Gate. A very large hybrid Cactus of a rich deep 



gnlden-yellow suffused and shaded fawn, lights up well under 



artificial light. Long stiff stems; very free. 50 cts. each. 



Goldland. A fine primrose-yellow, very free flowering, of good 



form, the flowers held well above the foliage. 50 cts. each. 



