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PEERLESS COLLECTION OF CACTUS DAHLIAS 



Cactus Dahlia, 

 Goldene Sonne 



Ambassador. Color a soft yellow at the center 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. 25 cts. each. 



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 center. Its stiff wiry 

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

 flowers as well as for garden decoration. 50 cts. each. 



California Beauty. Probably the nearest approach to a pure 

 copper, a flower of excellent form and dainty appearance pro- 

 I duced most prolifically on long stiff wiry stem; a gem in the gar- 

 den and a splendid cut flower. 50 cts. each. 



Cigarette. Creamy white, heavily edged with pomegranate 

 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 substance on very long stems of best 

 quality. 25 cts. each. 



Elsie Daniels. Very soft lavender-pink shading to pearly- 

 white at center, long, more or less wavy petals forming a most 

 perfect shaped large flower on excellent stem. 35 cts. each. 



F. W. Fellows. One of the very best Cactus varieties ever 

 raised, with flowers of unusual size for the long narrow petaled 

 type of which this is one of the finest representatives. In color 

 it is an intense coral-red with deeper suffusion at the center. 

 25 cts. each. 



Gladys Bates. Very large perfect flowers, with incurved 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. 25 cts. each. 



Gladys Sherwood. A wonderful white. We have seen flowers 

 over 10 inches in diameter composed of long curling petals of 

 glistening white, of unusual depth. 35 cts. each. 

 Goldene Sonne. Andreas Hofer described in first column, 

 is one of the finest and most graceful delicate pink Cactus 

 varieties we know. In Goldene Sonne we have its counterpart 

 with a larger flower and of a rich golden yellow with soft rose 

 suffusion. 50 cts. each. 

 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. 25 cts. each. 

 Jugendpracht. Originated as a sport of the variety Goldene 

 Sonne and is identical in size and formation with that charming 

 variety except in color, which is a soft golden-yellow with a 

 delicate pink suffusion. 75 cts. each. 



Lolita Velasco. There are many good white Cactus 

 Dahlias and all of them have some distinctive merit of 

 their own. We should hesitate to designate any one of 

 them as the best white on all points, but if we had to 

 select one individual sort, we would take this splendid 

 variety. 50 cts. each. 

 Mariposa. A perfectly formed Hybrid Cactus composed 

 of long narrow incurved petals which curl and twist so as 

 to baffle an artist. A delightful shade of true pink which 

 is intensified by a deeper center a faint violet suffusion 

 adds to the effect. 35 cts. each. 

 Mercedes. A gay and entrancing flower of large size, of a creamy- 

 yellow suffused with sunset pink, the reverse of the petals a deep- 

 er shade of pink. One of the earliest and freest bloomers. 25 cts. 

 each. 



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 suf- 

 fusion. 25 cts. each. 

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

 the center. 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 center; a remarkable Dahlia. 

 35 cts. each. 



Papillon. One of the largest of this type, a greatly improved 

 Geo. Walters, it is a beautiful blending of old rose with golden 

 lights. An exceptionally fine exhibition variety. 35 cts. each. 

 Pierrot. A unique and striking color, and of unusual grace, 

 being composed of very long, narrow tubular petals, which are 

 of a deep amber color, usually showing white tips, but even 

 when it comes a self color without these tips it possesses an 

 individual refinement different from all others. 25 cts. each. 

 Siskiyou. A truly sensational Dahlia that grows to immense 

 size, an attractive pink with just a suggestion of mauve. 50 cts. 

 each. 



Springfield. An improvement over the variety Countess of 

 Lonsdale, which for many years was considered one of the very 

 best Cactus varieties for general cultivation. In Springfield, we 

 have the same beautiful blending of salmon-pink and amber, 

 possibly more intensified and luminous. 25 cts. each. 



Sulphur Queen. A splendid large flower of true Cactus form 

 of a clean sulphur-yellow, early and free; the best of this color 

 yet introduced. 25 cts. each. 



Sunnyside. A rich shade of grenadine-red which is greatly 

 intensified with metallic shadings, different from all other 

 varieties. A strong, vigorous grower, very free and early, and 

 makes a bright vivid spot in the garden. 50 cts. each. 



Verheissung. A splendid orange-scarlet with golden-yellow 

 suffusion at base. The long narrow petals are quilled towards 

 the tii>s, forming a most graceful bloom. $1.00 each. 



Wizard of Oz. A great Dahlia from all points of view, size, for- 

 mation, color, habit of growth and freedom of bloom. Really a 

 wonderful all around Dahlia, be it for the garden, exhibition or 

 cut flower. In color it is a rare shade of amber-pink with soft 

 salmon shading or suffusion. 35 cts. each. 



Mote — The Dahlias offered on this page will be supplied in dormant field-grown roots of proper planting size 

 SPECIAL OFFER. We will supply one root each of the above Peerless Collection of Cactus Dahlias, 24 

 'arieties, amounting at single rates to $9.35, for $7.50. 



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