DOUBLE DAHLIA. 



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Paganini. very dark and fine, - - - - D 



Perfection, (Wells's) rose blush and white, [excellent,] - C 



Polyphemus, large crimson purple, D 



Purpurea Elata, fine purple, C 



* Glueen of Dahlias, white, with rosy lilac edge, [superb,] C 



* Glueen of the Whites, (Dennis's) paper white, very large, B 

 Glueen of Wurtemburg, mottled purple, B 

 Glueen Adelaide, (Connelly's) fine bright scarlet, - B 



Glueen of the Yellows, yellow, B 



Glueen of the Purples, plum colour, A 



Glueen of Roses, (Widnall's) rose coloured, very fine, - C 



Glueen of Sheba, (Wells's) fine deep yellow, - - D 



Glueen of Belgium, white, elegantly tipped with purple, C 



Glueen of August, beautiful light purple, C 



Romulus, large scarlet, B 



* Royal Lilac, fine lilac, won 12 prizes, C 

 Royal Dwarf Change, scarlet orange, C 

 Rising Sun, (Widnall's) extra fine scarlet, - - - A 

 Richardson's Alicia, white spotted, [beautiful,] - - D 

 Star of Sussex, splendid scarlet, C 

 Seale's Invincible, dark maroon, with bright crimson stripes, C 

 Scarlet Ranunculus, fine scarlet, C 

 Sulphurea Majeritum, fine yellow, A 

 Striata, white, with purple stripes, [beautiful,] - - C 



* Shannon, (Levick's) large crimson, won 10 prizes, - A 



Stephania, fine dark maroon, D 



Surpass Triumph Royal, rosy lilac, C 



Squibb's Pure Yellow, very delicate yellow, - - B 



Squibb's Master-Piece, fine scarlet, C 



Transcendanta, delicate French white, C 



Theodore, delicate lilac, ------ C 



Widnall's Cleopatra, beautiful blush, lilac, D 



Widnall's Salamander, scarlet, extra large flower, - A 



Widnall's Comus, fine brilliant yellow, - C 



* Widnall's Prince of Orange, beautiful orange, A 



* Widnall's Jason, bright yellow, - C 



* Widnall's Perfection, beautiful rosy lilac, with cupped petals, C 



* Widnall's Granta, purple, with cupped petals, C 



* The Glueen of the Dahlias won 24 prizes, and the Glueen of 

 the Whites 10. Widnall appears to have been the champion for 

 Dahlias ; his Prince of Orange won 20 prizes, his Jason 15, his 

 Perfection 25, and his Granta 15; he also took several prizes for 

 others in this list. 



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