SPECIAL DAHLIA CATALOGUE 



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Superb New Cactus Dahlias 



for 1913 — continued 



NEW CACTUS DAHLIA 

 MME. HENRI CAYEUX 



Mme. Eugene Remy. Centre of flower white gradu- 

 ally shading" to mauve and deepening to a reddish 

 violet at the tips. 75 cts. each. 



Mrs. C. G. Wyatt. Recommended as one of the finest 

 whites with long numerous petals forming a flower 

 of great depth and of finest qualitJ^ 75 cts. each. 



Mrs. Ferdinand Jeffries. Rich deep velvety garnet of 

 very large size, petals curved and twisted give the 

 flower a light graceful appearance 

 each. 



H. L. BrOUSSOn. Extremelj- narrow petals of 

 gieat length and slightly incurved form, 

 color white in the centre passing to a rich 

 rosvi and again white at the tips. 75 

 ct.':. each. 



John Don. a large bold flower of a rich 

 golden-amber on good stiff stems. 50 cts. 

 each. 



Lady Kilmaine. Salmon-pink shading deeper 

 towards the tips of the long incurved 

 petals. 50 cts. each. 



Mary Goodall. Narrow incurved and 

 twisted long tubular petals, sulphur 

 yellow suffused with salmon. 50 cts. 

 each. 



Masterpiece. Light salmon pink, gradu- 

 ally passing to sulphur yellow at the 

 centre, flower very regular in form com- 

 posed of long narrow petals. 75 cts. 

 each. 



Mary Furrier, a strong erect growing va- 

 riety with bright scarlet flowers of fin- 

 est quality. 50 cts. each. 



Millicent. Very narrow, almost thread-like 



slightly incurved petals of a bright car- 

 mine sufftised with orange; a very refined 

 flower. 75 cts. each. 



Mme. Adolphe Bechet. A large flower of light 

 and graceful shape of a tender rose color, 

 suffused with tyrian-rose. 50 cts. each. 



Mme. Henri Cayeux. a variety that is universally 



admired, the flowers, which are of most perfect 

 form, are borne on long erect stems and are of 

 soft but lively rose-color shading to white at the 

 tips. In general makeup as well as in color it is 

 similar/ to Marguerite Bouchon, and some contend 

 that it is the finest of the two varieties. 75 cts. 

 each. 



75 cts. 



Modern, a splendid variety of medium size 

 difficult to describe, a suffusion of salmon- 

 pink, old rose and copper. 50 cts. each. 



New York. One of the largest incurved 

 varieties with long narrow tubular 

 petals of a salmon-rose color with 

 bronzy shadings. 75 cts. each. 



Pride of Essex. Very large and well 

 formed double flowers of a bright 

 yellow; early in the season the outer 

 petals change to amber. 75 cts. each. 



Portola. An interesting fancy varietv, 

 color pale-pink margined with clear 

 orange bands, very variable, fre- 

 quently producing self-color flowers, 

 but pretty in either form. 75 cts. 

 each. 



Reform. Flowers of medium size of 

 rich French purple with deeper shad- 

 ings, holding its flowers very erect 

 on stiff stems. 50 cts. each. 



Rosenelfe. Pure rose, a most gracefully 

 built flower of perfect form. 50 cts. each. 



Rosalind. Delicate shade of rose-pink suffusing to 

 cream in the centre, large full flowers with long 

 almost straight petals. 50 cts. each. 



Rheintochter. Beautiful perfect shaped flowers with 

 long petals of a pleasing tender shade of mauve, 

 very free flowering. 50 cts. each. 



NEW CACTUS DAHLIi 



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