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DECORATIVE DAHLIAS 



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La Mascotte. Entirely distinct in formation and coloring. The face of • 

 the petals is silvery-pink, while the reverse is reddish violet, the petal 

 being quilled on first opening, the two-toned effect produced is very 

 novel and pleasing. The flowers are of medium size and are pro- 

 duced in great profusion. 75 cts. each. 



La Senorita. A well built flower with good centre, of large size. 

 Color rich velvety oxblood-red with scarlet suffusion; one of the 

 finest of the dark reds. $1.50 each. 



Leah M. Gleadell. Perfect blooms always greatly admired. 

 The color is copper illuminated with gold; very free, a splendid 

 cut flower. $2.00 each. , 



Living Gold. This beautiful variety will prove a gem 

 for all purposes. It is of medium size, perfect form, 

 color sunflower yellow, with a salmon-red touch at the 

 centre. 75 cts. each. 



Lotus. A favorite with everyone who sees it, in color 

 a most lively orange with an iridescent metallic lustre 

 that makes the flower stand out prominently among all 

 others. It is of good size and in shape is not unlike a 

 water lily, grand for garden decoration and a glorious 

 cut flower. 75 cts. each. 



Louise Aureau. A splendid garden variety with fair-sized 



flowers produced most profusely of a bright pure mauve. 75 cts. each. 



Luminous. Very full perfect flowers of a deep purplish garnet with 

 luminous pomegranate red shadings. 75 cts. each. 



LydiaPoole . A closely built large flower of a brilliant lavender pink, an ea rly 

 and free bloomer holding its full centre to the end of the season. $1.50 each. 



Marechal Foch. A variety that pleases us particularly well; the plant itself is of neat 

 erect habit from 5 to 6 feet high and its very perfectly formed large flowers are supported 

 in such a manner that displays the gay and cheerful blooms to best advantage. The color 

 is a bright scarlet-red with just a wee tip of gold on each petal. $1.50 each. 



Decorative Dahlia, 

 Tommy Atkins 



Margaret Masson. One of the finest exhibition varieties with 

 very large full flowers of splendid form. Color a most pleasing 

 shade of silvery lavender-pink. Has been awarded many 

 prizes and attracted much attention at the shows. $2.00 each. 



Maria Houtman. One of the most valuable and beautiful of 

 the autumn tints, a luminous glowing salmon shading to old 

 gold. The medium sized flowers are produced very freely and 

 continue in good form to the end of the season. 75 cts. each. 



Mevrouw Dix. A glowing lively salmon-rose with golden suf- 

 fusion. While only a medium sized flower 5 to 6 inches, we 

 consider it on account of its free habit combined with the above, 

 a most valuable cut flower as well as a plant for garden decora- 

 tion. $1.00 each. 



Miss Bridgeton. A good sized flower of most desirable form, 

 arranged of comparatively narrow petals, of a most pleasing 

 pink with violet suffusion; plant vigorous and free flowering. 

 $1.00 each. 



Miss Freeman. Large perfectly formed decorative flowers of a 

 pleasing shade of salmon-orange with peach-red suffusion; a 

 fine cut flower. 50 cts. each. 



Mme. Bertha Darru. A French introduction with particularly 

 well formed flowers. Ground color saffron-yellow, dashed with 

 red; a fine cut flower and splendid for the garden. $5.00 each. 



Mrs. Carl Salbach. The flowers are of splendid decorative 

 form, measuring fully nine inches across, and are of a pleasing 

 lively shade of solferino pink with white suffusion, equally 

 fine under natural as well as artificial light. 75 cts. each. 



Mrs. C. H. Breck. A splendid all around variety either for 

 garden decoration or for cutting. Its flowers are always of 

 perfect shape, full double to the centre of a soft yellow deeply 

 suffused with carmine. 50 cts. each. 



Mrs. Eleanor Martin. Very large flowers, can be grown to 

 ten inches in diameter. The form is of best exhibition type and 

 the coloring is unique, different from all others, a beautiful 

 mulberry with golden suffusion. $2.50 each. 



Mrs. J. Brannin. A good shaped large flower that is produced 

 early and freely and holds its good shape to the end of the 

 season, color rich old gold with orange suffusion. $1.00 each. 



Mrs. Nat Slocombe. No other variety approaches this for 

 a good all around bright primrose-yellow; it is fine in color, 

 of splendid shape and very free flowering. 75 cts. each. 



Mrs. O. D. Baldwin. A good sized flower, fine for cutting, the 

 base of the flower is not unlike the color of the American 

 Beauty Rose, a rich rosy-carmine, suffused with, and shading to 

 soft rose-pink at the tips. $1.00 each. 



Mr. Alex Waldie. A large, well-formed flower, a particularly 

 soft and pleasing color, being a creamy-ground, overlaid and 

 suffused with delicate salmon-pink on the outer petals, the centre 

 creamy-white, a dainty color combination. 75 cts. each. 



Mr. C. H. Dresselhuis. A soft rose-pink with white suffusion 

 towards the tips, and one of the most prolific bloomers. Of 

 medium size just right for cutting; splendidly supported on 

 very long stiff stems. 75 cts. each. 



Mr. Crowley. An exquisite shade of salmon-pink with the 

 base of the petals golden-yellow, flowers of large size and 

 come on stout stems on plants of very compact habit of growth, 

 a splendid exhibition flower. 75 cts. each. 



Mt. Hood. A medium sized remarkably free-flowering pure 

 white, of good quality, a good garden decorative variety and 

 cut flower. 50 cts. each. 



Olivia. The medium-sized flowers of perfect form; produced 

 very freely are of an attractive violet-mauve; usually tipped 

 with a small dash of white. $2.00 each. 



Oregon Beauty. Remarkable for its large size and brilliancy 

 of color, an intense oriental-red with golden sheen and garnet 

 suffusion which makes it stand out prominently in the garden 

 among all others. 50 cts. each. 



Patrick O'Mara. Named in honor of one of America's noted 

 horticulturists. It is of free-flowering habit. The flowers, are 

 of good size, perfect form, and in color a rich chrome-yellow, 

 with salmon-red suffusion. 75 cts. each. 



Paul Michael. One of the sensational large exhibition flowers 

 that always attracts attention, petals quilled at base, curled 

 and twisted, color pure gold, shaded orange-buff at centre, 

 very free-flowering. 75 cts. each. 



