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Dahlias— New and Tried Varieties 



These fall-blooming plants offer wonderful possibilities for prolonging the 

 garden season, and providing flowers for decorations when most other annuals 

 have disappeared. 



Dahlias are divided into several classes, according to the form, color, and 

 character of the flower. The following explanatory note may be of value to 

 our friends, and the class indicated by the latter after each variety: 



Cactus C) because of its fancied resemblance to the common cactus. The 

 flowers are loosely formed, much like a chrysanthemum. Show (S) usually 

 those of one color, or tipped and edged with a darker shade of the same color. 

 Fancy F> in form identical with the Show section, but the flowers have two or 

 more colors, or are edged with a lighter shade of the ground color. Decora- 

 tive D are full to the center, large, and flat; petals irregular, long, broad, and 

 almost straight. Pompon (P) identical with Show and Fancy classes, but 

 much smaller blooms. Single (Sg) have only one row of petals, usually eight; 

 very free blooming. Collarette (Co) single, with an extra row of petals around 

 the base. 



25 cts. each, $2.25 for 10 



A. D. Livoni. (S.) Handsomely formed flowers of soft pink. A strong grower 



and free bloomer. 

 American Flag. (D.) Cherry-red, striped white. 

 Frank L. Bassett. CD.) Metallic blue, shaded with royal purple. 

 Jack Rose. D. I Handsome crimson, resembling the well-known "Jack" 



rose. Ideal for cut-flowers. 

 Keystone. (S.) A pronounced purple color, with pink striping. 

 Little Bessie. P.! Creamy white, quilled petals. 

 Little Herman. P.) Soft, light red, tipped white. 



Lucy Fawcett. (S.) Pale 

 yellow, with carmine 

 touches. 



Lyndhurst. (D.) Glowing 

 bright red; very early. 



Maurice Rivoire. Co.) 

 Deep maroon-red, shad- 

 ing to deeper red at the 

 center; collar pure white. 



Oritor. (S.) Flowers large; 

 color deep rich buff. 



Progress. (D.) Soft lav- 

 ender, with the petals 

 striped and blotched with 

 crimson. 



Queen Victoria. (F.) 

 Large, well-formed flow- 

 ers, gorgeous golden yel- 

 low. 



Red Hussar. (S.) Bright 

 red. One of the best 

 Dahlias for cutting. 



Snow Clad. (P.) Pure 

 snowy white. 



Sylvia. I'D.) Mauve-pink, 

 the center of the flower 

 becoming white. 



Twentieth Century. (Sg.) 

 Glowing rosy crimson, 

 with white at the petal 

 edges. 



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Show Dahlia 



