May, 1917 
THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
211 
The Millionaire (Stillman). Decorative, mauve pink, large 
Loma Family of Peony-flowered Dahlias is 
a group of twenty new seedlings in as com- 
plete a set of colors and shapes as has ever 
been evolved within a period of two years. No 
two are alike. 
James Franklin Graham is of orange-red 
color suffused with old rose, with a golden 
sheen. Reverse of petals is mauve (Tyler). 
Mrs. Bowen Tufts. Deep rosy red (Alexan- 
der). 
PEONY DAHLIAS 
Kakadee. Lemon-yellow, white tips. Ti- 
tian. Rose-cerise; of large size. Norah Lind- 
say. Dove color, suffused pink, mauve re- 
verse. Van Dyck. Old rose, with curiously 
turned and twisted petals (Tate). 
Other new Peony-flowered Dahlias that won 
the Gold Medal at the Panama-Pacific Inter- 
national Exposition are: 
Carnival Queen. Cherry, tinted and shaded 
amber. Empress. Salmon-scarlet. His 
Majesty. Clear salmon, tinted amber, shading 
to clear yellow at the base of the petals showing 
a large golden disk. Loyalty. Soft rose with 
heavy carmine markings and shadings. 
Modesty. Salmon, tinted amber, shading to 
clear yellow at the base, with golden disk. 
Melba. Blood-red. Ophir d’Or. Old gold 
Fantastique, Orchid-flowered (Tyler). Represents a 
highly attractive type from the Pacific slope. Shaded crim- 
son with white tips to the rays 
Cherry Maiotte semi single Cactus or "Orchid”type (Tyler). 
Erick red with yellow rase and pale reverse 
fading to a rich tan. Sunshine. Bright sulphur- 
yellow. Sunburst. Golden yellow, shaded old 
gold. War. Blcod-red (Wilmore). 
Mrs. A. K. White (Bassett). A good white decorative 
SHOW DAHLIAS 
Mary Pickford is of lemon-yellow color, 
shading to salmon-pink with a slight tinge of 
mauve (Bassett). 
Dreer’s Yellow. Claimed to be “The Best 
Yellow Show Dahlia yet sent out.” Flowers 
average seven inches in diamater. Fully 
matured they assume ball shape (Dreer). 
Caleb Powers. Large shell-pink. Maud 
Adams. White, shaded with pink. Rose. 
Large, deep rose (Hallauer). 
King of Shows said to be as perfect a Show 
Dahlia as ever shown in this country. Pure 
deep butter-yellow. Largest of All, deep lilac 
color, unusually strong growing, of medium 
height, with exceptionally large leaves (Still- 
man). 
COLLARETTES 
Among the new Collarettes are Annette, 
Billy Spear, The Peach, Color Blender, Grace 
Loraine and Yellow Prize (Stillman); and 
Fairy Queen. Yellow, with white collar. 
Lotus. White, with lemon-yellow collar. Lily. 
Pure white, cupped like a water lily. Dainty. 
Soft pink, with lemon-yellow collar. Rosette. 
Yellow at base, with creamy edging and 
tips, centre suffused cerise, collar white 
(Tate). 
Ruth Van Fleet one of the ten '‘sisters" in the Loma family (Stillman) 
King of Shows (Stillman) is a newcomer in a class that is somewhat neglected to-day 
