W. R. GRAY, OAKTON, FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA 
DAHLIAS 
The Dahlia is the people’s flower. It makes a more gorgeous, dazzling display than any other 
outdoor-grown flower. Immense bloom can be had from our improved varieties, which in size, 
beauty and style rival the finest house-grown, single-stem chrysanthemums. We have a mag- 
nificent collection of the best sorts grown. 
The Dahlia is of the easiest possible culture. Plant in good soil in the full sunlight, and keep 
the ground well worked or mulched, and you will be repaid by showers of bloom. When the frost 
kills the tops, lift the roots and place in any cellar where they will not freeze. I offer strong, pot- 
grown plants that will bloom early and continuously, and be far more satisfactory than roots, 
which I do not sell. 
Four New Giant Dahlias 
For size, coloring, form and vigor of growth, these varieties are in a class by themselves. 
Price, 25 cts. each; the four for 75 cts. 
Cuban Giant. An immense, full-double, quilled Dahlia, 6 to 7 inches in diameter. Color 
dark, glowing crimson. 
Pendant. A very large, bright, crimson-maroon, with broad, overlapping petals. 
Mrs. Roosevelt. Even larger than Cuban Giant. Decorative form, full and double. Color 
a delicate shade of pink. 
Souvenir de Gustave 
Doiizon. A pure scarlet 
decorative variety of mam- 
moth proportions; will 
produce flowers 6 to 9 
inches across. Prof use- 
flowering. 
New Peony-Flow- 
ered Dahlias 
Originated in Holland 
and promise to become 
very popular. Flowers 6 
to 8 inches across; best 
compared to semi-double 
Peonies in general form. 
Flowers very freely ; 
blooms borne on long 
stems; excellent material 
for cutting and garden 
decoration. 
Germania. Brilliant 
strawberry red; very fluffy 
and artistic flower, stand- 
ing well above the foliage, 
producing a gay effect. 
Glory of Raarn. Very 
large, loosely arranged 
flower of soft hortensia- 
rose-color. 
Queen Eniina. A 
charming shade of mallow 
or hollyhock-pink, inner 
petals banded with gold. 
Queen Wilhelinina. 
Immense, fluffy flower; 
pure white, with yellow 
center. 
Price, 25 cts. eaeh; the 
set of four for 80 cts., 
postpaid. 
Dahlia Master Curl 7 inches diameter 
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