DAHLIAS 
pure scarlet, 
large, thick 
No garden is complete without a show of these bril- 
liant and stately autumn flowers, and nothing gives 
greater return for so little money and care. We offer 
dry bulbs or tubers, but if stock of these becomes ex- 
hausted will send started plants. 
CACTUS DAHLIAS 
Characterized by long, narrow, pointed, tubular and 
twisted petals of graded lengths, giving the layered 
flowers a very striking and attractive appearance. 
Brunhilde. Wide, loosely arranged petals, somewhat 
recurved; occasionally tubular and twisted. Violet- 
purple, with very dark base and violet reverse. 
Countess of Lonsdale. Longest season and freest 
bloom of any Cactus type, flowers very large, com- 
plete and perfect. Color, an exquisite warm blend- 
ing of amber and salmon pink. 
Flamingo. Orange red, with slight bluish tinge at tips. 
Floradora 
Floradora. Early and free flowering; full flowers, 
with long, tubular twisted petals. Rich mahogany 
red, even darker at center. 20 cts. 
Keyne's White. A finely formed creamy white. 
20 cts. 
Kriemhilde. A magnificent new variety, bearing 
perfect flowers of fresh delicate pink, shading to deep 
rose pink. The center petals ultimately changing 
to creamy white, give the mature flower a captivat- 
ing pink and white efl'ect. 
(New.) A beautiful pink and 
white variety of perfect Cactus 
type; the long outer petals being a bright, fresh 
true pink, with a creamy white center. Stems are 
of fair length and blooms are quite abundant. 
20 cts. ; ^2.00 per dozen. 
Prince of YeUows. Rich canary-yellow, with broad 
fringed petals. Blooms rather late, but is a splendid 
yellow in a long season. 
Pink Pearl. 
Standard Bearer, ^."jtrs 
and full to center, of symmetrical and perfectly 
round form, petals semi-quilled. Extraordinarily 
productive and one of the best red cut flowers. 
Strahlen Krone. An early and free bloomer, flowers 
very large and full; brilliant cardinal with purple 
button center and rose reflex. 
Winsome. Blooms early and late, with abundant 
masses of large creamy white flowers. 
Unless noted, 15 cts.; $1.50 per dozen. 
DOUBLE DAHLIAS 
LARGE FLOWERED or SHOW TYPE 
A. D. Livoni. Perfect pink with quilled petals. 
Apple Blossoms. Shades of apple-blossoms pink, 
Arabella. Primrose, tipped and shaded old-rose and 
lavender. 
Arlington. Fully double, ball-shaped; bright red 
with grayish pink tips and reverse. 
Caleb Powers. (New.) Large, compact, ball-shaped 
flowers of white, tinted with soft salmon- pink. 
25 cts.; I2.50 per dozen. Started plants. 
Cistnlr (New.) Flowers 6 to 7 
<L.UPan Vjiani:. -^^^^^ diameter; dark, 
glowing crimson shaded maroon. A tall, strong 
grower with projecting flower stems. 25 cts.- 
Eclipse. Low growing and bushy; flowers large and 
full, crimson-scarlet. 
Eldorado. Coppery yellow with russet base. Heads 
are large and loosely recurving. 
Ethel Schmidt. (New.) Medium sized flowers, very 
full and compact; blush white, streaked and dusted 
with crimson maroon. Very dainty. Started plants. 
20 cts.; ^2,00 per dozen. 
Fern Leaved Beauty. A fancy show Dahlia with 
highly ornamental foliage of fern-like construction, 
and striped flowers of white and crimson. 
Grand Duke Alexis. Very large and perfect form, 
with long thick quills overlapping at the ends. White 
slightly tinged and blotched lavender; the most 
chaste, and beautiful of all. 
John Thorpe. Rich, lilaceous pink with creamy base 
near center. Rather flat flowers very full and evenly 
quilled, about 5 inches wide. 
Mrs. Wellsley. White, edged and tipped crimson. 
Penelope. White, flaked lavender about center. 
Queen of Yellows. Perfect form, solid yellow. 
Red Hussar. Tall, bushy, upright; with wrinkled 
highly ornamental foliage. Flowers full, recurved 
to ball shape — fiery cardinal. 
Ruby Queen. A splendid cutting sort, with long stems 
and compact, solid flowers. Color a vivid ruby- 
violet, darker at center. 
Snowdrift. Broad, flat flowers of perfect fullness and 
symmetry; pure white. 
Storm King. Dwarf growing and bushy. A riot of 
snow white bloom. One of the freest and best 
double whites. 20 cts.; I2.00 per dozen. 
Silvan (New.) Extraordinarily free- blooming; 
with large, shapely flowers. A very at- 
tractive mingling of rose-pink and white. Started 
plants. 25 cts. ; ^2. 50 per dozen. 
White Dove. Good sized, round and compact flowers 
of glistening white; each petal deeply fringed. 
Unless noted, 15 cts. each; dozen $1.50. 
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