SPECIAL DAHLIA CATALOGUE 19 
Select New 
DECORATIVE DAHLIAS 
for 1914 
_/ Breeze Lawn. This is unquestiorably the 
ideal red decorative Dahlia, and though it 
originated some five years ago, it has only 
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been introduced in a very limited manner. 
Its flowers, while very large, frequently 
over eight inches in diameter, are 
not at all coarse, but have a re- 
finement along with its rich 
color, an intense fiery-red that 
is lacking in many other popu- 
lar varieties. One of the earliest 
and most continuous bloomers. 
$1.00 each. 
Freibeuter. Of all the high 
colored decorative garden vari- 
eties this is not only one of the 
earliest, but also one of the most 
continuous free bloomers; in 
color a brilliant cardinal red, a 
rich glow of color from early to 
late. 
/Hortulanus Fiet. Another giant-flowered variety 
with blooms over eight inches in diameter, of the 
most delicate shade of shrimp-pink, the tip of each 
petal barely touched with gold. The entire flower , fy 
has a suffusion Gf delicate tints of red and yellow, 
to describe. 
Illustrated on the back cover of this catalogue. $1.00 each. 
which gives a glow yet softness of color difficult 
New Decorative DAHLIA 
BREEZE Lawn. 
/Hoetulanus Witte. A very large, long stemmed, free-flowering pure 
white, a splendid cut flower and exhibition variety. $1.00 each. 
Jean Wood. Probably a seedling of Mme, Vanden 
Daele and similar in color, a delicate silvery-rose, but a 
much shaplier flower than its parent, being of true 
decorative form. An early, free and constant bloomer. 
//Meteor. An attractive, showy, fancy variety; the 
ground color a brilliant cardinal-red, edged and marked 
with primrose-yellow. The flowers are not large, 
three-and-one-half inches in diameter, of perfect form 
and very freely produced on long, stiff stems. 
7 “Oregon Beauty. A brilliant gorgeous flower that 
attracts much attention on account of its rich color, an 
intense Oriental-red with golden sheen and garnet suf- 
fusion. Produces its large flowers on long stems in 
the greatest profusion. A splendid garden variety. 
Priscilla. Good shaped flowers of a pleasing violet-rose 
ase: on good stiffstems; an attractive garden variety. 
Royal Purple. A self-colored sport from Le Grand 
Manitou, with flowers of perfect form from 5 to 6 inches 
in diameter, very freely produced and of a rich purple 
color. 
V Zeppelin. Entirely distinct; a pleasing soft shade of violet- 
mauve with silvery suffusion; flowers of medium size, of good 
form and very free-flowering. ‘ 
This collection can be furnished only in green plants which will be ready about 
April 15th. 
New Decorative Danuta a 
Price. Except where noted, 50 cts. each; the collection of 10 varieties for $5.00. 
MeEreEor. 
