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DECORATIVE DAHLIAS 



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Picture. A delicately colored variety that always pleases. The flowers of good 

 size are of perfect decorative form. Color a delicate lemon-yellow 

 with a distinct but soft suffusion of capucine-buff. A fine cut flower. 

 $1.00 each. 



Pink Perfection. This is a pink flowered form of the popular 

 Hortulanus Fiet, it is of giant size, of perfect decorative form 

 held erect on stiff stems and free-flowering. In color it is a 

 beautiful shade of salmon-pink, with old rose suffusion and ^ 

 illuminated with a lively golden sheen. $1.00 each. 



Pioneer. Pretty and distinct, a dark mahogany-red with 

 brilliant carmine suffusion on the outer petals, every flower 

 perfect; early and free flowering. 75 cts. each. 



Pride of California. A brilliant, glowing cardinal-red, of 

 very large size, very free and wonderful keeper as a cut , 

 flower, the best of its color. $1.00 each. 



Pride of Wayne. A large flower of good depth and abso- 

 lutely perfect form on splendid stems, color rich, brilliant i 

 French-purple; a fine exhibition variety. $1.00 each. 



Princess Pat. Flowers of large size and of splendid deco- £ 

 rative form, in color a most pleasing shade of old rose that 

 lights up wonderfully under artificial light. $1.00 each. 



Rayonanthe. A pretty, loosely arranged large flower that always 

 has a good centre to the end of the season of a good sulphur yellow, 

 a desirable, distinct variety. $1.00 each. 



Red Flamingo. Very large with broad wavy or curled petals, form- 

 ing unique rich luminous crimson-red flowers of unusual attractive- 

 ness. A splendid garden variety. 75 cts. each. 



Rookwood. A remarkably distinct Dahlia in every way, habit of growth, heavy, vigorous and 

 spreading but dwarf, unusually free-flowering, coming into bloom early and producing 100 per 



Decorative 



Dahlia, 



Wizard of Oz 



cent, perfect flowers to the end of the season. In color a 

 pleasing shade of cerise-rose which does not vary during the 

 entire season. $1.50 each. 



Rosa Nell. It is not possible to find a better Dahlia of its color. 

 The flowers are large, of best decorative formation, they are 

 borne on long stiff stems; in good shape to the end of the season. 

 It is the brightest rose. $1.00 each. 



Royal Gold. A wonderful free bloomer, flowers of good size of a 



striking luminous tone of golden amber. 75 cts. each. 

 Sagamore. Light saffron-yellow with glowing red-tinted golden 



suffusion. A good free bloomer with medium sized flowers wmich 



are particularly prized for cutting. $2.50 each. 

 San Lorenzo. Flowers large with curled or rolled petals, color 



light rose with yellow suffusion deepening towards the centre. 



Late in the season it often shows a Peony centre but it is good 



in either form. $1.00 each. 

 Santa Rosa. Beautiful distinct old rose of very good form on 



good stems; an exceptionally good cut flower with fine keeping 



qualities. $1.00 each. 

 Savoy. A fine exhibition and garden decorative variety of a 



bright t}Tian-pink with brilliant, aniline red shadings which 



become most intense late in the season. 75 cts. each. 

 September Glow. Flowers of good size of a bright amber- 

 yellow illuminated with a golden-salmon suffusion; a free flower- 

 ing garden variety that is always a mass of bloom. 75 cts. each. 

 ShelikofE. A rich glowing deep garnet, good sized, deep flowers of 



great substance and good form, always full to the centre, one of 



the very good dark varieties. 75 cts. each. 

 Shudow's Lavender. The very large flowers are of a silvery 



lavender slightly shading to white. It blooms continuously and 



freely from early to late in the season and never shows a centre 



and has excellent keeping qualities as a cut flower. $2.00 each. 

 Snowdrift. For garden decoration nothing compares with this 



splendid giant variety with its broad waxy white petals which 



form a most perfectly shaped flower. 75 cts. each. 

 St. Francis. Soft cream color brightened with a pinkish glow 



on the outer petals creating a delightful blossom, which can be 



used for all purposes. Valuable as a cut flower on account of its 



keeping qualities and rigid stem. Admirable for exhibition for 



its large size. $2.50 each. 



SPECIAL OFFER 



One root of proper planting size each of the 123 Select Decorative Dahlias as offered on pages 146 to 150, a grand collection of this 

 desirable type amounting at single rates to $148.50 for $100.00. 



Susan Magill. A deep shade of lilac is not an attractive de- 

 scription for a Dahlia, nevertheless this variety is admired by 

 everyone, a large, well shaped flower. $1.50 each. 



T. A. Leonard. A distinct glistening brilliant and luminous 

 cerise or crimson-carmine of large size, producing its flowers 

 earlier in the season and more freely than any other of the large 

 .flowering sorts. A good Dahlia for all purposes. $1.00 each. 



Tanforan. Very large brilliant scarlet with garnet shadings 

 arranged in fine form with more or less curled and twisted petals. 

 A robust grower of free-flowering habit. $1.00 each. 



Tommy Atkins. Remarkable for its wonderful coloring. 

 Brilliant flaming scarlet with golden metallic lustre, the brightest 

 and richest red yet produced. The flowers are very large, but 

 not at all stiff or formal and continue good to the end of the 

 season; splendid for exhibition, or for cutting. $1.00 each. 



Trentonian. A giant decorative of outstanding merit of a dis- 

 tinct and appealing color, a wonderful shading of old gold, 

 amber and coppery bronze, w-ith a centre of reddish bronze, 

 forming a flower of marvelous brilliancy. A flower of lasting 

 quality, a splendid exhibition variety. $2.50 each. 



Tr esor An versois . One of the most beautifully sh aped and refined 

 large flowers in our collection and a gem in every way, being early, 

 free, and different in coloring from any other, a most striking and 

 attractive pure lavender pink with silvery suffusion. $2.00 each. 



U. S. A. Probably no other Dahlia has met with such favor as 

 this, which is entirely distinct in color from all others, a pure deep 

 orange, sparkling and glistening, an unusual color in Dahlias. 

 These flowers are of large size, of good formation, on excellent 

 stems, held so as to display their full beauty. $1.00 each. 



Viola D. Bryant. A delightful shade of rose pink, very free, 

 medium size, on good long stems, fine for cutting. SI. 50 each. 



Whopper. A giant decorative with well-built deep flowers of a 

 .most pleasing shade of yellow-buff, suffused with orange. In 

 form it is all that can be desired. 75 cts. each. 



William Slocombe. A beautiful clean-cut, pure canary-yellow 

 of splendid form, with very large flowers; it is early flowering 

 and continues good to the end of the season. $1.00 each. 



Wizard of Oz. A great Dahlia from all points of view, size, for- 

 mation, color, habit of growth and freedom of bloom. Really 

 a wonderful all around Dahlia, be it for the garden, exhibition or 

 cut flower. Begins to flower early and holds its blooms perfect to 

 the end of the season; In color it is a rare shade of amber-pink 

 with soft salmon shading or suffusion. $1.50 each. 



