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DAHLIAS. 



Within the last few years a wonderful revival of interest in 

 the Dahlia has resulted in their now being important rivals of 

 those standard bedding plants the Canna and Geranium. This, t» 

 a great extent, is due to the introduction of many new varieties ©f 

 American and European origin, which succeed under our extreme 

 climatic conditions, and the marvelous results obtained augur well 

 for their continued popularity. We have again carefully revised 

 our list, and the collections of the various types offered are the 

 cream of over 500 varieties selected after critical examination and 

 combining in a superlative degree purity of color, perfection of 

 form, free and continuous flowering, and such as succeed under the 

 most ordinary garden culture. 



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T\velve Best L,arg 



Apple Blossoms. Combines all the 

 sliades found in apple blossoms; the 

 first flowers are of a deep pink, but as 

 the season advances they graducilly 

 come lighter until they become white. 



Arabella. Pale primrose shaded, old 

 rose and lavender; large size and fine 

 form. 



A r in O r e r. Deep red ; profuse 

 bloomer. 



Etliel Brittou. White, suffused blush 



e-filowerin^ SIio^^ Dahlias. 



Honest John. Brilliant purple ma- 

 roon. 



Jollll AValker. Finest pure white. 



Miss Flo. Sheerer. Soft rose, 

 shading lighter toward the edges. 



Mrs. Dexter. Rich salmon color. 



Prince Bismarck. Rich deep 

 purple. 



Psyche. Pale primrose, tinted rose. 



Queen of Yellow. Bright yellow. 



Ruby Queen. Rich ruby-red. 



15 cts. each ; $150 per doz.; set cf 12 for $1.50. 



TWEI.VE BEST EARGE-FEOl^VERING FANCY DAHEIAS. 



Arrah Xo Pog'ue. Rich maroon, tipped while. 

 Countess. Blush white, tipped lavender. 

 Eleg'ans. Rosy purple, tipped and banded white. 

 Frank Goodman. Rich dark purple, tipped white. 

 Frank Smith. The finest fancy Dahlia grown ; intense 



purplish maroon, almost black, tipped with rosy white. 

 Fern Leaved Beauty. White, striped deep crimson. 



Kaiser ^^ilhelm. Pale yellow, edged red. 

 Keystone. Pink, striped with crimson. 

 Mrs. Liang'try. Cream, peach and purple ; fine form. 

 Mrs. Stancombe. Straw, suffused amber, striped red, 



mottled and tipped blush. 

 Mrs. Ruth. Yellow, tipped with white. 

 Penelope. White, flaked lavender. 



lo cts. each ; $1.50 per doz.; set of 12 varieties $1 50. 



SIX SUPERB DOUBEE QUIEEED DAHEIAS. 



We have brought together under this heading 6 of the choicest quilled sorts, of which A. D. l.ivoni, No. 2, in the illustration 

 above is a representative flower. All are of exceptionally fine form, and are interesting either as cut flowers or for garden decoration. 



A. L). Livoni. Beautiful clear pink, of perfect form. I Ijittle Beauty. A lovely soft pink. 



Bessie. One of the prettiest, creamy white. | Le Petit Jean. Beautiful rich crimson maroon. 



Oraud Uuke Alexis. Large massive flowers, ivory white, I Queen Victoria. Handsome deep yellow, finely 



with a faint tinge of rose at the extremities of the petals. | quilled. 



Price, 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz.; set of 6 varieties 75 cts. 



Full instructions of how best to grow Dahlias is given in the book " The Dahlia " (Pe.icock). Price, 30 cts., postpaid. 



