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Arthiir T.Boddington. 342 West 14th St.. New Vork City 



CACTUS DAHLIAS 



NOVELTIES, 1909 



BLITZ. A rich, brilliant geranium-lake-. 



GOLD FASAN. Chrome-yellow ground color, passing to rosy red 

 on edges. 



HAGEN. Rich, purple-brown with deep, aniline-red markings. 

 HELENE. Center creamy white passing to mauve-rose at edges. 

 LIBELLE. A fine, large purple. 

 ORTWIN. Beautiful salmon-flesh, with rosy hue. 

 THOS. PARKIN. A beautiful mars-orange ; bright and distinct. 

 WARJAG. Orange-crimson tipped with bright carmine markings, 

 making a most brilliant, iridescent effect. 



Price, any of the above, 50 cts. each, $6 per doz. Collection one 

 each 8 varieties for $3.60 



CACTUS DAHLIAS OF RECENT 

 INTRODUCTION 



AURORA. A grand Dahlia, not only in its soft, delicate coloring, 

 but also in shape, the petals being long and tubular, forming a 

 full, double flower, while in color it is one of the most e.xquisite — a 

 reddish apricot suffused with flesh-pink, shading lighter toward 

 the tip of tb'.- petals. 



ASCHENBROOEL. A beautiful 

 flower, with wide, curiously twisted 

 petals, the coloring, like a summer 

 sunset, being a combination of rose 

 and gold, the base of the petals of 

 gold passing into rich rose-pink, and 

 again to pale lemon at the tips. Hlx- 

 quisite in every way, of good size, 

 free and continuous. 



BERIilCHINGEN. Deep crimson- 

 carmine shading to bright carmine at 

 the tips; flowers of medium size, nicely 

 quilled petals, plant of fine habit, 

 very free, making a very showy effect. 



COUNTRY GIRL. Base of petals 

 golden yellow suffused with salmon- 

 rose, which is deepest at the points, 

 a bright and striking combination of 

 colors which is difficult to describe ; 

 the flowers are of very large size with 

 broad, pointed petals; a free and 

 early bloomer. 



EFFECTIVE. Chamoise - rose with 

 yellow shadings, deeper in the cen- 

 ter ; a large, perfectly formed, in- 

 tensely double, globular flower with 

 finely pointed petals, very distinct, 

 flowers freely on long, strong stems; 

 a charming variety for cutting. 



FRAU HERMINE MARX. This 

 promises to be one of the best cut-flower varieties. The flowers 

 are of medium size, and when fully developed almost identical in 

 color with the La France Rose; that is, a silvery rose, a most 

 pleasing color. 



FAIRY. Not a very large but a beautiful flower of light, airy form, 

 of the purest white. 



LA WINE. Pure white with just a suggestion of blush as the flower 

 ages. It is of large size, a fine full flower, early and free, with 

 strong stems, holding the flowers erect, a feature not found in 

 many white Cactus varieties. 



MISS DOROTHY OLIVER. Primrose-yellow at base, fading 

 gradually t(j white .'it the lips of the long, narrow petals. 



MRS. SPENCER CASTLE. A water-lily-like flower, with short 

 petals, forming a very pretty douljle flower of a rosy amber color 

 at the base, passing to a lilac-rose at the tips ; early and very free- 

 flowering. 



PIUS X. A benntiful large white, with slight sulphur tint, very 

 double with inii ly (|uillcd petals; a fine cul-llower. 



PRINCE OF YELLOWS. A rich canary-yellow, of very large 

 size, with brf)ad petals, which are fringed at the tips; a strong 

 grower, ])roduciiig an abundance of bloom.i of fine <iualily. 



ROLAND VON BERLIN. .\ magi)in<cnt brilliant Dahlia of 

 large size, .'ilmost glnbiil.ir in form, made up of long, narrow, pet- 

 als. Iti color it is of an intense gerimiiun r<'d, with (le<'per shad- 

 ings, and full of fire. The flowi rs are prodiucd most profusely on 

 stiff Kteins held well alKJve the foliage. 



Cactus Dahlia (type) 



ROTHER. A magnificent bloom of very large size, with long, 

 twisted petals, of a particularly rich, bright garnet color ; one of 

 the finest dark-colored sorts yet introduced, long, stiff stems hold- 

 ing the flowers erect. 



STERN. A beautiful fiat-petaled, star-shaped flower of pure lem- 

 on-yellow ; a good grower, ;(iid exceptionally free-flowering, showy 

 either in the garden or as a cut-flower. 



Price, any of the above varieties, 36 cts. each, $3.60 per doz. 

 Collection one each 15 varieties for $6 



STANDARD VARIETIES OF CACTUS 

 DAHLIAS 



Price, except where noted, 16 cts. each, $1.50 per doz, 

 Aegir. ICntirely distinct. Petals are twisted and incurved in the 

 most irregular and pleasing manner. Color bright, rich crimson- 

 scarlet. 



Bravo. Robust grower ; flowers rich Jacqueminot-red ; one of the 

 best for cutting. 



Countess of Lonsdale (Improved). Extremely profuse bloomer; 



one of the best. A pleasing blending of amber and salmon-pink. 

 Dainty. Lemon-yellow, tips of petals golden, base rose-pink. 



Earl of Pembroke. Bright plum, 

 deeper and more velvety toward the 

 center. 



Floradora. Color dark velvety crim- 

 son ; continually covered with finely 

 shaped blooms. The best dark crim- 

 son for cutting. 25c. ea. ,$2.50 per doz. 

 General BuUer. The grandest fancy 

 Cactus Dahlia, and very appropri- 

 ately called the Cactus Frank Smith. 

 Color deep, rich velvety maroon 

 tipped white. It is a very profuse 

 bloomer ; the flowers are borne on 

 long, slender, stiff stems and will 

 keep a long time after being cut. 20 

 cts. each, $2 per doz. 

 Harbor Light. Vivid orange-red, 

 very striking; free grower; distinct. 

 J. H. Jackson. The largest and fin- 

 est of the deep, rich velvety maroons. 

 Flowers very large ; finest form. 20c. 

 each, $2 per doz. 

 Jessie. Creamy white; a very free 

 bloomer. 



Jealousy. Purest pale canary-yellow, 

 without shade or blemish. Very fin- 

 est form ; large, borne on erect stems. 

 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 

 Keynes White. One of the finest 

 white Cactus Dahlias. 

 Kriemhilde. 1 Undoubtedly the finest and most perfect pink Cac- 

 tus Dahlia to date. 

 Mabel Tullock. Soft violet-rose shaded at base. 

 Mars. Brightest dazzling scarlet ; good size ; early and extremely 

 profuse bloomer. 



Mrs. H. J. Jones. A beautiful fancy Cactus Dahlia. Bv far the 

 most valuable of this favorite type ; the flowers are perfectly full 

 to the center, of finest cactus form with long, narrow, twisted, 

 pointed petals. In color the incurved portion of the petals are deep 

 crimson ; the broad stripe of white running through the center of 

 the petals extends almost to the center, where it blends harmoni- 

 ously with the deep crimson. Should be in every collection. 



Strahlein Krone. Intense cardinal-red. 



Standard Bearer. Brightest scarlet. Plant dWarf, of branching 

 habit : extremely profuse bloomer, bearing the flowers well above 

 the foliage. 



Victor von Scheffel. The color is a fresh delicate pink, shading 

 to deep rose-pink, which is in the same general form as Kriem- 

 hilde, except the petals are narrower, more pointed and the color 

 nnu h softer. It is a strong, vigorous grower, extremely profuse 

 bloomer, the flowers borne on erect stems. 2.sc. each, 82.50 per doz. 



Winsome. Undoubtedlv the finest white Cactus to date. Flowers 

 are verv large, beautiful Cactus form, with twisted mcurvcJ pet- 

 als and borne on long, erect stems, holding the flower up m 

 marked contrast to other white Cactus Dahlias. 



The collection of 20 varieties, as above, for $2.60 



