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TWELVE PEERLESS CACTUS DAHLIAS 



Ambassador. Color a soft yellow at the centre with salmon, 

 amber and pink shadings, gradually deepening towards the tips. 

 The blending of these colors captivates all. The flowers are of 

 largest size and set just right on perfect stems. 

 Andreas Hofer. A lovely narrow petaled Cactus of ideal form 

 and soft tender coloring. A most delicate shade of pink with 

 salmon suffusion passing to a creamy-white centre. Its stiff wiry 

 long stems and free habit of bloom make it invaluable for cut 

 flowers as well as for garden decoration. 



Cigarette. Creamy white, heavily edged with pome- 

 granate red, but it varies greatly, no two flowers being 

 exactly alike. The petals are long and inclined to roll, 

 forming a large, deep, well-shaped flower of great sub- 

 stance on very long stems of best quality. 

 Gladys Bates. Very large perfect flowers, with in- 

 curved petals of a golden salmon, the reverse of the 

 petals being rose, the two colors giving the effect of a 

 golden old-rose. It is an early, free and continuous 

 bloomer. 



Gladys Sherwood. A wonderful white. We have seen 

 flowers over 10 inches in diameter composed of long 

 curling petals of glistening white forming a flower of 

 unusual depth. 



Goldene Sonne. Andreas Hofer described above, a 

 variety which, however, is yet but little known, is one 

 of the finest and most graceful delicate pink Cactus 

 varieties we know. In Goldene Sonne we have its counterpart 

 in formation but with a larger flower and of a rich golden yellow 

 with soft rose suffusion. 



Hybrid Cactus Dahlia, 

 Jean Chazot or Gay Paree 



Jean Chazot or Gay Paree. This is one of the very best all- 

 around varieties that has yet been produced. A beautiful 

 golden bronze with a faint touch of Nasturtium red and unsur- 

 passed by any of the autumn tints as a cut flower. A free 

 upright grower; long stiff, wiry stems hold the flowers well 

 above the foliage in such a manner as to display 

 their full beauty; it is one of the most prolific 

 flowering, coming into bloom early and continuing 

 good to the end of the season. 



Mariposa. A perfectly formed Hybrid Cactus 

 composed of long narrow incurved petals which 

 curl and twist so as to baffle an artist. A de- 

 lightful shade of true pink which is intensified by 

 a deeper centre, a faint violet suffusion adds to 

 the effect. 'Blooms early and continues good to 

 the end of the season. 



Mercedes. A gay and entrancing flower of large 

 size, of a creamy-yellow suffused with sunset 

 pink, the reverse of the petals a deeper shade of 

 pink. One of the earliest and freest bloomers. 



Mrs. Edna Spencer. One of the best of the 

 narrow petaled Cactus varieties, the large flowers 

 are produced on strong stems and are of a most 

 delicate lavender-pink color with white suffusion. 

 One of the best for cutting. 



Mrs. Ethel F. T. Smith. Creamy white shading to 

 lemon at the centre. This is a close counterpart except 

 in color of Gladys Sherwood; the flowers are of the 

 same formation but still larger and not quite so deep in 

 the centre; a remarkable Dahlia. 



Paradise. Of the well known George Walters type in formation 

 but entirely distinct in color; creamy old-rose suffused with gold 

 in such a manner as to give it a striking brown tone; extremely 

 free with perfect stems. 



Price. Any of the above, 50 cts. each; $5.00 per dozen. 



Cactus Dahlia, 

 Goldene Sonne 



SPECIAL OFFER. We will furnish one dormant field-root each of the Twelve Peerless Cactus Dahlias for $5.00 



