DAHLIAS for 1918 
We realize that there are too many varieties and while we test thous- 
ands each year, we offer only the very best. We have still further 
reduced our list this year by omitting many of the older varieties that 
have been superseded by similar but better ones. 
At the request of many of our customers we have used large type 
to designate the very best. This will greatly simplify the selection for 
beginners and those with small grounds. 
Classification and Culture 
We will send free on request our eight-page pamphlet on culture 
and classification. 
New Book "The Dahlia"-Fifth Edition 
By Laurence K. Peacock, 80 pages, ly^ by 10^. beautifully illus- 
trated. 5th and revised edition. A practical treatise on its habits, 
characteristics, classification, culture and history, by one who for 34 
years has never failed to have a crop of the finest blooms, in their season 
regardless of conditions. Price 50c. postpaid. FREE on request with all 
orders amounting to $5.00 or more. 
ORANGE BEAUTY 0ne of the handsomest decorative varie- 
ties that has ever been introduced. It is 
a beautiful glistening orange, deep and rich, the clearest and richest of this 
popular color. The plant is a very sturdy healthy grower, of medium 
height, branching habit and produces the flowers freely on good stiff stems. 
The flowers are of good size and splendid form, the outer petals 
reflexing to the stem. A splendid cut flower, very striking and effective, 
both under natural and artificial light, also very effective in the garden. 
Strong plants, $2.00 each. A few roots until exhausted at same price. 
MRS. HOWARD M. EARL Thc most remarkable and valu- 
able paeony Dahlia in existence. 
It is a glorified Geisha. Larger, finer form, longer and stiffer stem, and a 
much stronger and more vigorous grower. The foliage is much darker. 
The color is a brilliant coppery red, with a soft golden yellow base 
and tips. Thc petals are longer, narrower, and more incurved than 
Geisha. It is a much larger and handsomer flower and attracted thc 
greatest attention on thc exhibition table and on our grounds. An acqui- 
sition for the garden, exhibition table and decorative purposes, being 
a splendid keeper after cutting. Price, strong plants, $5.00 each. 
TANSBORO A bal1 seedling of Mrs. Chas. Seybold. A most 
striking new show or ball Dahlia. Color, white 
suffused pink, heavily suffused and tipped crimson and maroon. It is of 
perfect form, full and round and a strong vigorous and free bloomer on 
long stiff stems, $1.00 each. 
