April, 1914 
AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
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“Every Day” Dahlias (Left to right) : “Alice Wild,” ”H. Patrick,” “Oclaroon,” “20lh Century Scarlet” and “Louise" 
Phlox. Plant the 
variety 
“Catherine Duer” against 
a background of dark 
foliaged Castor Oil plants. 
Where height is required, 
this combination is capital 
for a screen. For a sym- 
phony in blue and white 
plant “Storm King” with 
an undercover of Helio- 
trope. I'he variety “Alice- 
Wild,” a beautiful prim- 
rose yellow, is ideal to 
plant as a companion to 
Aconitum Napellus. Rene 
Cayeux is a type of dwarf 
Cactus, bright red in color 
and one of the best for a 
bed of one variety. It 
flowers continuously from 
August till cut down by 
frost. “Jack Rose” is a 
glorious shade of crimson 
red, the color of the old favorite 
rose from which it takes its name. 
If this variety can be planted where 
it will receive some shade during the 
hottest part of the day, it will hold 
its color better. Try a few “Jack 
Rose” Dahlias in the foreground of 
white Cosmos, allowing the loose 
light flower stems of the Cosmos to 
hang over the former and so pro- 
vide a light shade. “Louise” is a 
charming variety of apricot shade 
and is splendid for table decora- 
tions. Scarlet and golden “Cen- 
tury,” when used with Autumn 
foliage, forms a delightful combina- 
tion. their light graceful flowers ar- 
ranged in a setting of maple leaves, 
with trailing stems of the common 
Virginia Creeper supply a dining- 
room decoration in Autumn tints 
LIST OF TWELVE \‘ARIF/riES OF RI-X’FX 
r iX'i'RODurnox 
Name 
Type 
Color 
1 . Valor Khein 
Cactus 
Sulmoii uud yellow 
2. Mrs. H. n. Wirtli 
Cactus 
Scarlet 
3. Candeur 
('actus 
Pure White 
4. Mo/.art 
Decorative 
Red 
S. Yellow Colosse 
liecorallvi* 
Yellow 
6. Dellce 
I )ccoral Ive 
Hose Pink 
7. Cecelia 
I’eony Flowered 
Creatny While 
8. W'^eber 
peony !''lowered 
Pink 
9. Mannheim 
Peony Flowcn>d 
Salmon Pink 
10. iJiisan 
Double Show 
Shell Pink 
11. Chas. Lanier 
Double Show 
Rich Yellow 
12. Princess Vicloria 
Double Shi>w 
Primrose Yellow 
EIGMTEKX VAR 
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■:vi-:rv d.w" 
Name 
Type 
Color 
1 , Uene ('aveiix 
Cjk tus 
RrlalU Ui'd 
2. Kremhildc 
Cai'lus 
idnk aiKi WliHe 
3, Cnmitess of Lrmsdale 
Cact u.s 
Salmon Pink 
4. Schwaii 
Cuclu.s 
White 
5. .svlviu 
I >ccoral 1 VI- 
Pink 
fi. r. W Uriiton 
Decorative 
Yellow 
7. Henry I'alrlik 
Decorallvo 
Pure While 
8. .lack Uo.se 
I>pcoratlvo 
Crimson Keii 
9- I’atherine DuiT 
Decorative 
Red 
11 ), Louise 
I'eony Flowered 
[irlcol 
11 I'iike Henry 
Peony Flowered 
Dark Red 
12. (leislin 
Peony Flowered 
Si-arlel and (iold 
13. r»orotiiy Peacock 
Double Show 
Shell Pink 
14. 1). Llvoni 
Double iOiow 
llrlKTht Pink 
1.‘>. Slorrn KtiiK 
Double Show 
While 
IK, Merry Widow 
Duplex ('enlury 
Deep Si-arlet 
17. Scarlet (Vntury 
20lh Century 
Siarlet-Ycllow .11-. 
18 , Citildpii (‘cnliiry 
2ntl» Century 
Yellow 
Dwarf caclus lype of Dahlias 
that cannot be surpassed. 
I'or a luncheon tabic deco- 
ration, the line old variety 
Kretnhildc forms a stiuly in 
pink and white. 
The foregoing notes sup- 
ply a few ideas as to the 
usefulness of the dahlia in 
the garilen. 'Lhc tallest 
growing varieties such as 
"Vater Rhein,” “(ieisha,” 
and “Yellow Colosse” will 
tower above the I leleniurns, 
Michaelmas ilaisies, etc., 
and add a touch of color to 
the bonier that closes the 
season in a blaze of Au- 
tumn glory. 
DAHLIAS AS AN AID lO NEW 
I’l.ANTINtJ 
Where plantings of 
Shrubs are made in the 
Spring, there is a s[)lemlid 
opportunity to plant ilahlias, to fill 
the spaces that will be required by 
the Shrubs the following season. .As 
the majority of shrubs arc Spring 
or early Summer (lowering, the 
Dahlias lengthen the season of flow- 
ers and fill in at a time when flowers 
are needed. 
When the Shrubs are planted 
too close together at the start, they 
soon lose their individuality. As the 
Dahlias are removed in the hail, the 
spaces left are covered by the new 
growth of Shrubbery in the Spring. 
The [)hotographs from which the 
accompanying illustrations were 
obtained through the courtesy of 
Mr. 1*. W. Popp, umier whose care 
these Dahlias were grown on the 
estate of Mr. II. Darlington, 
Mamaroneck, New York. 
