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 magnificent collection of the best sorts grown. 
The Dahlia is of the easiest possible culture. Plant in good soil in the full sun- 
light, 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 con- 
tinuously, and be far more satisfactory than roots, which 1 do not sell. 
Four New Giant Dahlias 
For size, coloring, form and vigor of growth, these varieties are in a class by them- 
selves. 
Price, 28 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. Roose- 
velt. Even lar- 
ger than Cuban 
Giant. Decora- 
tive form, full 
and double. Col- 
or a delicate 
shade of pink. 
Souvenir de 
Gustave 
Douzon. A 
pure scarlet de- 
corative variety 
of mammoth 
proportions; will 
produce flowers 
6 to 9 inches 
across. Prof use- 
flowering. 
Dahlia, Master Carl, averages 6 or 7 inches in diameter 
Superb 
New 
Cactus 
Dahlias 
Charm. Yel- 
low at base of 
petals, then red, 
with heavy 
white tips at 
edges; long 
petals; blooms 
freely. Price, 
15 cts. 
Clara J. 
Stredwlck. 
Long, narrow- 
pointed petals; 
flowers some- 
times measuring 
7 inches across. 
Sal mo n-flesh, 
.shaded darker. 
Price, 15 cts. 
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