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IF. R. Gray, Oaktoii, Fairfax County, Virginia 
DAHLIAS 
The Dahlia is the people’s flower. It makes a more gorgeous, dazzling display than any 
outdoor-grown flower. Immense bloom can he 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 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. 1 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, 30 cts. each; the four for $1.00. 
Cuban Giant. An immense, full double-quilled Dahlia, 6 to 7 inches in diameter. Color 
dark, glowing crimson. 
Gigantea. A light yellow decorative flower of the very largest size. 
Mrs. Rosevelt. Even larger than Cuban Giant. Decorative form, full and double. Color 
a delicate shade of pink. 
Souvenir de Gustave Douzon. A pure scarlet decorative variety of mammoth proportions ; 
will produce flowers 6 to 
9 inches across. Pro- 
fuse flowering. 
New Peony-Flowered 
Dahlias 
Originated in Hol- 
land, and promise to be- 
come very popular. 
Flowers 6 to 8 inches 
across ; best compared 
to semi-double Peonies 
in general form. Flow- 
ers very freely; blooms 
borne on long stems ; ex- 
cellent material for cut- 
ting and garden decora- 
tion. 
Germania. Brilliant 
strawberry red; very 
fluffy and artistic flower, 
standing well above the 
foliage, producing a gay 
effect. 
Glory of Baarn. Very 
large, loosely arranged 
flower of soft hortensia- 
rose color. 
Queen Emma. A 
charming shade of mel- 
low or hollyhock pink ; 
inner petals banded with 
gold. 
Hampton Court. 
(Peony.) One of the 
best yet introduced. A 
bold flower of good 
form ; of a bright mauve 
pink. 
Price, 30 cts. eac,h; the 
set of four for $1.00, 
postpaid. 
Dahlia Master Carl, 7 inches diameter 
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