SPECIAL DAHLIA CATALOGUE 



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New and Extra Choice 



Decorative Dahlias 



Continued 



Kupferberg Gold, a beautiful Dahlia of a 

 sparkling color difficult to describe, a 

 pretty shade of shrimp pink with old 

 rose and gold suffusions. Plants. 75 cts 

 each. 



Le Grand Manitou. The best variegated 

 Dahlia of the decorative type. The flow- 

 ers are from 5 to 6 inches across, ground 

 color white, prettily spotted, striped and 

 blotched with deep reddish-violet; occa- 

 sionally self-colored; these are borne on 

 stout stiff stems, held well above the 

 foliage. Plants 35 cts. each; $3.50 per 

 doz. 



M aman Rozain. Flowers very large size 

 but graceful, of a pearly-white suffused 

 with rose, reverse of petals velvety- 

 purple edged with white; a most distinct 

 and novel variety. Plants, 75 cts. each. 



Mammouth. A very large flower, fre- 

 quently 7 inches in diameter on good 

 long stems of a bright scarlet. Plants, 

 50 cts. each. 



Manzanola. Brilliant oriental-red with 

 deeper shadings, a fine shaped flower 

 with good stem, very free and ideal for 

 cutting. Plants, 50c each. 



Manzanita. Entirely distinct in coloring from all 

 others, described by the introducer as a rich 

 lavender, with us it has been the nearest ap- 

 proach to a pure mauve. Plants. 50c each. 



Meadow Gold. A fine large flower supported on long 

 stiff stems, color primrose-yellow faintly tinged 

 with pink on the outer petals. Plants, 50 cts. each. 



Mont Blanc. Very large creamy- white, with unusu- 

 ally broad petals, flowers very freely on good long 

 stems. Illustrated on back cover of this catalogue. 

 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Mme. A. Lumiere. a very distinct and attractive vari- 

 ety; ground color white, suffused towards the ends 

 of the petals with red, the tips pointed with bright 

 violet red. Illustrated on back cover of this cata- 

 logue. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Miss Minnie McCullough. One of the most popular cut 

 flower varieties now grown, particularly valuable 

 for use under artificial light. Color soft yellow, over- 

 laid with bronze; a beautiful autumnal tint. lUus- 



DECORATIVE DAHL.IA. PERLE DE L.TON 



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trated on back cover of this catalogue. 25 cts. 

 each; $2.50 per doz. 



Mrs. C. W. Bassett. A splendid Dahlia, of a pleasing, 

 delicate mauve-pink, perfect in form, exceptionally 

 free-flowering on good stiff stems; fine for cutting. 

 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 



Mrs. Chas. L. Seybold. Ground color crimson- 

 carmine, each petal tipped and more or less 

 marked with white; a striking and beautiful 

 flower, produced very freely. See illustration 

 on page opposite. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



Mrs. J. Gardner Cassatt. A large flowered vari- 

 ety of elegant shape, mauve-pink of a shade 

 that is very pleasing in a Dahlia; a fine cut 

 flower. Plants, 50 cts. each. 

 Omega. Flower of perfect form with large pet- 

 als, base lemon-yellow shading to cream, suf- 

 fused with solferino striated with carmine- 

 purple. Plants, 50 cts. each. 

 Papa Charmet. A large flower of rich, deep mo- 

 rocco-red with bright garnet shadings; the 

 finest dark decorative Dahlia yet offered. 

 Plants, 35 cts. each. 



Perle de Lyon. Not only the most valuable white 

 Decorative Dahlia, but the best white of any 

 class for cut-flower purposes; its flowers are 

 of good size, and held erect on long, stiff, wiry 

 stems. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 



Pierre Dupont. a free-flowering creamy-white, 



on good stems. Plants, 35 cts. each. 



Princess Juliana. This comes to us from' Holland 

 and the introducer describes it as the best 

 white variety for cutting in cultivation, plac- 

 ing it in this respect alongside of such varie- 

 ties as Delice; in our own Trials it was un- 

 fortunately planted in an unfavorable position 

 and we were unable therefore to properly test 

 it. Plants, $1.00 each. 

 Sappho. A pretty fancy variety, ground color 

 rosy white striped and spotted with crimson 

 red. Plants, 50 cts. each. 

 (Jlysse. A very fine, rich, velvety maroon with 

 nearly black shadings. Plants, 75 cts. each. 



Collection of one each of the 35 sorts offered on 

 this and opposite page, $14.00. 



