W. W. WILMORE, DAHLIA SPECIALIST. 
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OPAL QUEEN. 1905. A new decorative Dahlia. 
Strong erect grower with good stems. A color 
as difficult to describe as the opal itself, lp. a 
general way it may be said to be a light sul- 
phur, overspread and shaded with a tinge of 
pink, but giving varying hues according to light 
A pleasing color; 4 feet. 
Strong tubers, 25c each; $2.75 per doz. 
PROGENITOR. Bright carmine or crimson lake, 
the petals being furcated on the end like a stag- 
horn, forming several points, each division hav- 
ing a fluted termination; 3 feet. 
Strong tubers, 20c each; $2.00 per doz. 
Progenitor. 
STANDARD BEARER. Not so new as others in 
this list but nevertheless a most valuable one. 
Few among the Cactus varieties can show a bet- 
ter form or a clearer, brighter scarlet. A gen- 
eral favorite; 4 feet. 
Strong tubers. 20c each; $2.00 per doz. 
THE ANTLERS. 1905. Plant dwarf and spread- 
ing. Color a rich purple maroon with dark violet 
shading. Petals are long and tubular curving 
forward in the form of a deer's antlers; 4 feet. 
Strong tubers, 50c each; $5.00 per doz. 
ZEPHYR. A light, feathery form of unique color- 
ing; rosy pink shading to heliotrope. An early 
and profuse bloomer. One of the best; 3 feet. 
Strong tubers, 20c each; $2.00 per doz. 
Antlers. 
NEW SINGLE DAHLIA. "Twentieth Century." 
No single Dahlia ever created such a sensation 
or was received with such popular favor as this, 
and it is well worthy of the praise bestowed 
upon it. It is entirely distinct from all others, 
and ranks high, not only as a free-flowering 
plant for the garden, but as a cut flower, hold- 
ing a place alongside the finest roses. Intense 
rosy-crimson tipped with white and having a 
white band around the disc. As the season ad- 
vances they become lighter until they are al- 
most a pure white suffused with soft pink; not 
variegated, but blended in the most beautiful 
manner; 5 feet. 
Strong tubers, 25c each; $2.50 per doz. 
SPECIAL OFFER. 
One each of the foregoing twenty novelties 
postpaid for $5.25. '.. . " 
Twentieth Century. 
