Cannells’ Floral Guide, 1909. 
SHOW VARIETIES. 
509. NTTLLI SECUNDUS — A very beautiful flower, good shape and petal, and of nice 
size ; ground colour, a lovely yellow edged with crimson. Is. Gtl. 
610. ROBIN HOOD— A large full dower of good shape and petal; deep terra-cotta, with 
lighter veininga and very high centre of the correct shape. Is. Gd. 
511. YANKEE — Good flower, fine shape, with nice centre and of good size; colour, a 
blending of claret and crimson. Is. 6<f. 
POMPON CACTUS. 
612. GOLDEN GEM— Bright golden yellow, a very distinct and beautiful little flower 
with narrow straight petals arranged star-like ; habit, very bushy ; with long stiff stems. Is. each. 
513. NANCY— Soft salmon-scarlet, passing to pale cream at tips of petals; very free, 
flowering ; with narrow pointed petals and long stiff stem. Is. each. 
NEW BEDDING DAHLIA- 
615. LITTLE OTHELLO — A splendid bedding acquisition. It is of small growth, 
foliage and stems ’nearly black, and thus being very conspicuous ; flowers are freely produced, 
small, single, and of a dark clear crimson with golden disc. A bed of this on our lawn last year 
claimed the admiring attention of all visitors. This, like onr Kochia, will be grown in every park 
and garden, so distinct is its characteristics. Is. each. 
A 
SPLENDID BEDDING 
AND 
BORDER CACTUS 
DAHLIA- 
516. CANNELLS’ LITTLE 
PET — This isnotbeingintroduced 
as an exhibition variety of Cactns, 
but as a real charming bedding 
kind, and we know of no other 
so well adapted for the purpose. 
The flowers are of a well defined 
cactus shape of a pleasant pink 
shade gradually merging to a 
silvery w'hite at tips of florets ; 
free flowering, and the blossoms 
arc produced well above the foliage 
so as to form a compact head : 
habit dwarf, and not growing more 
than 2^ ft. high. Is. each. 
CAOTD8 DAHLIA, OANNELLS’ LITTLE PET. 
NEW COLLARET DAHLIAS- 
617, ROSE QUEEN— An attractive shape of rcse, coliaret white. Is. 
5i8. YELLOW QUEEN— We have pleasure in introducing thi.s yellow collaret, self 
coloured. Is, 
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