W. R. Gray, Oakton, Fairfax County, Virginia 
Fifteen Choicest Decorative Dahlias 
Catherine Duer. Flowers measure 6 to 7 
inches in diameter ; open out flat, showing 
no center. Petals broad and well formed ; 
color beautiful, glowing red. Price, 25 cts. 
Clifford W. Bruton. The best yellow. 
Immense size, perfect form, finest canary 
yellow. Tall, vigorous grower. Price, 25 cts. 
Fire Rain. Very free-blooming, brilliant 
red Dahlia. Price, 25 cts. 
Sylvia (or Dolly). Flowers four to six 
inches in diameter ; of fine form and full to 
the center, which is white, shaded to soft 
pink on the outer petals. In freedom of 
bloom next to the Countess of Lonsdale. A 
magnificent Dahlia. Price, 25 cts. 
Matchless. Dwarf and 
branching, strong and vigor- 
ous. Flowers large ; rich 
crimson, overlaid dark, vel- 
vety maroon. Price, 25 cts. 
Nymphaea. Clear, light 
shrimp pink, tinted lighter 
toward center. Price, 25 cts. 
Striped Banner. (Cardinal 
red.striped white. Price,25 cts. 
Jack Rose. Brilliant 
crimson red, similar to the 
popular “Jack” Rose. Per- 
fect for decoration. Price, 
25 cts. 
Wm. Agnew. Rich daz- 
zling carmine red ; a very 
large showy variety and one 
of the best. Price, 25 cts. 
Le Grande Manitou. The 
best variegated Dahlia of the 
decorative type. The ground 
color white, prettily spotted, 
striped and blotched with 
deep reddish violet; occa- 
sionally self-colored ; these 
are borne on stout, stiff 
stems, held well above the 
foliage. Price, 25 cts each. 
Delice. The most popular 
pink variety. Its beautiful 
soft yet lively color, a glow- 
ing rose pink, together with 
its perfect shape, stout, stiff 
stems, and the fact that 
when cut it retains its fresh- 
ness for a long time, makes 
this one of the most valuable 
for cutting or decorative 
sorts in the garden. Price, 
25 cts each. 
Gen. J. B. Seth. A rich, gorgeous Dahlia 
of brilliant scarlet shadings ; of perfect form, 
held well above foliage on stiff stems. This 
variety is a glow of color until the end of 
the season. Price, 25 cts. 
Hohenzollern. Rich gold and bronzy 
orange red. Price, 25 cts. 
John Bragg. Will produce more blooms 
than any other variety grown ; flowers large, 
dark red, almost black; grows 6 feet high. 
Price, 25 cts. 
King of Cactus. Not a Cactus Dahlia, 
but belongs to the decorative class. Color, 
rich crimson, much like Catherine Duer. 
Price, 25 cts. 
Pompon Dahlias 
Small, perfectly round balls of color. 
Snow Clad. A vigorous grower of 
branching habit and a very profuse bloomer ; 
beautiful snow white. Price, 15 cts. 
Rosaline. Golden yellow, edged and 
tipped with red. Price, 15 cts. 
Litle Bessie. Cream white. Price, 15 cts. 
Zoar. A good red. 15 cts. 
Allie Morey. Bright pink. Very fine. 
15 cts. 
One each of the five for 60 cts. 
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