SPECIAL DAHUA CATALOGUE 



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Select Standard Sorts Cactus Dahlias 



bright canary- 



CACTUS DAHLIA 



KRIEMHILDE 



Fancy Cactus Dahlias 



A distinct and showy class, in which the flowers 

 are beautifully striped and variegated, as shown in 

 the illustration. 



Alpha. Creamy-white, with pencilings, spots and 

 stripes of reddish purple. Plants ready April 15th. 



^omet. Delicate 'lilac, penciled, spotted and striped 

 with tyrian rose. 



Charles Parnot. Ground color rosy-white, striped and 

 speckled with reddish violet. Plants ready 

 April 15th. 



Electric. A large sulphur-yellow with white tips, 

 sometimes sports to a self-color either white or 

 yellow. Plants ready April 15th. 



Fireworks. Ground color golden-yellow, striped and 

 spotted with oriental-red. 



Jupiter. Ground color at base of petals yellow, pass- 

 ing to salmcn-rose at the tips, the whole 

 splashed and striped with crimson. Plants ready 

 April 15th. 



Louis Due. A good-sized primrose-yellow, striped 

 and penciled currant-red. Plants ready April 15th. 



Maurice Fuld. Base of petals golden-yellow, 

 shading to bronzy-rose at the tips and densely 

 striped with bright currant-red. 



Mercury. Ground color yellow, thickly striped 

 and spotted with crimson; large flower. 



Meteor. Large incurved flower, ground color 

 sulphur-yellow striated French purple. Plants 

 ready April 15th. 



Mrs. J. Emberson. A distinct fancy, with large 

 incurved flowers of a pale-lemon, splashed and 

 speckled with rosy-pink. 



Vesuvius. Ground color butter-cup-yellow, 

 striped and spotted blood-red. 



CONTINUED 



Otto Henschel. A good, 

 yellow. 



Prima Donna. Distinct and free, flowers 



large, with long, tubular twisted incurved 



petals, the centre ones creamy-white, 



the outer delicate mauve-pink; very 



choice. 



Prince of Yellows. A rich canary- 

 yellow; one of the best yellows for 

 cutting. 



Princess Mary. A large flower of pleas- 

 ing light terra-cotta, slightly veined 

 with reddish carmine, quite distinct. 



Progenitor. Bright carmine, each petal 

 being furcated on the end like a stag- 

 horn fern. 



Rene Cayeux. Rich geranium-red; one 

 of the earliest to flower. 25 cts. each. 



Reliable. A very large, bold, striking 

 flower, of'a pleasing madder-carmine, 

 suffused with salmon and yellow. 



Roland von Berlin. A magnificent, bril- 

 liant and intense geranium-red, with 

 deeper shadings and full of fire. 



Rother. 



finest 

 duced. 



Sceptre. Base of petals yellow, passing to 

 mauve-rose at tips with salmon sheen; a 

 pleasing, live color. 



Siegstab. A rich French purple of splendid form and 



very free-flowering. 

 Strahlen Krone. Intense cardinal-red; rich and glow- 



ng. 

 Thebes. Deep oriental-red, on fine stems; very free. 

 Warjag. Orange-carmine, tipped with bright carmine; 



good size. 



Weisse Dame. A pure snow-white, with the edges of 



the petals cleft. 

 Wunderkind. Luminous canary-yellow, shading to 



white, suffused with flesh at the edges; one of the 



freest. 



PRICE — Any of the above, except where noted, 15c each; 



$1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 

 Collection of one each of the 47 Standard Cactus Sorts offered 



on preceding page and above for $5.00. 



Rich, bright garnet; one of the 

 dark-colored sorts yet intro- 



PRICE — Any of the above, 30c each; $3.00 per dozen. 

 One each of the 12 fancy sorts for $3.00. 



For Wholesale Prices see pages 1 to 4 



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FANCY CACTUS 

 DAHLIA 



