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BRAINARD NURSERY & SEED CO., THOMPSONV1LLE, CONN. 
Decorative Dahlia —Avalon 
Alice Stellick. Decorative. A distinct novelty. 
White petals edged and tipped a beautiful 
dark red make it one of the most colorful 
Dahlias. Very tall grower; large flowers on 
good stems. $1.00 each. 
Andreas Hofer. (Cactus.) Flowers a delicate 
shade of pink with salmon suffusion passing to 
a creamy white center. A very free flowering 
variety, bearing the narrow petaled Cactus 
flowers on stiff wiry stems making the variety 
invaluable for cutting as well as for garden 
decoration. 40c. each. 
Avalon. A handsome decorative Dahlia of 
rather formal type of a deep canary yellow; 
very large flowers always full to the center, 
and borne on long, erect stems. Plant of ro¬ 
bust habit; profuse bloomer. 25c. each. 
Barbara Redfern. (Decorative). A most ex¬ 
quisite color combination of old rose and gold. 
Flowers are very large and borne on strong 
stems; plant is of ideal habit. 50c. each. 
Charm. (Decorative). A dahlia of exceptional 
merit and wonderful beauty. Its perfect at¬ 
tractively formed flowers on long strong 
stems well above the foliage are of a beauti¬ 
ful shade of light nasturtium-red. A dahlia 
true to its name. 25c. each. 
Cigarette. (Hybrid Cactus). This novel and 
really attractive variety is much admired by 
all who see it. Petals are long and some¬ 
what rolled and the flower in the entire is 
of a creamy white edged and tipped with a 
peculiar but attractive shade of red. 35c. 
each. 
Edith B eryl. (Decorative.) Large flowers, in 
color a beautiful combination of jaspar-pink 
and yellow in many shades. Flowers on good 
stems. 50c. each. 
Edward Thomas Bedford. Decorative. Very 
large, well formed flowers of royal purple: 
long, stiff stem ; profuse bloomer. 60c. each. 
Ellinor Vanderveer. (Decorative.) Exquisite 
satiny rose-pink flowers on long strong stems. 
Splendid for exhibition. Flowers of great 
depth and substance. 25c. each. 
Florence Finger. (Cactus.) A medium height 
dahlia with good sized flowers of mauve pink 
on long stems. A good cutting variety. 35c. 
each. 
Fort Monmouth. Decorative. A handsome 
shade of rich crimson, shading to maroon. 
Large flowers on tall, strong stems. 60c. each. 
F. A. Parker. (Decorative). Large, full flowers 
of a deep salmon pink shaded orange; free 
flowering; strong, stiff stems. $1.00 each. 
Grace Leona. A very prettily formed lavender 
pink decorative Dahlia. Flowers are large in 
size, stems long and strong. We consider it 
one of the good sorts of recent introduction. 
75c. each. 
Grace Sperling. (Decorative.) A very beauti¬ 
ful good cutting dahlia with good sized flowers 
on long strong stems. The face of petals are 
buff with reverse of petals amaranth-purple 
giving the whole flower a two-tone effect. 
35c. each. 
Harry Mayer. (Decorative). Very large, hand¬ 
some flowers of silvery pink, with reverse of 
petals rose; good stem; strong, healthy 
grower. 50c. each. 
Ida Perkins. Decorative. A very fine pure, 
clear w T hite. Flowers early and continuously. 
A new white of exceptional merit. 50c. each. 
Jane Cowl. Introduced in 1928, and has proved 
a real sensation wherever seen. It is one of 
the prize winning Dahlias to date; its enor¬ 
mous size and marvelous beauty attract instant 
attention. The massive flowers with delicately 
curled and twisted petals of glistening bronzy 
buff blending to old gold and deeper at the 
center with the reverse of petals a pale flesh, 
on very unusually strong stems, makes this 
truly giant decorative Dahlia an unsurpassed 
novelty. We urge every one to grow Jane 
Cowl this summer. 35c. each. 
Jersey’s Beacon. (Decorative). Very large 
flowers of a bright scarlet with buff reflex; 
flowers of splendid form with sturdy stems; 
plant is of robust growth. 35c. each. 
Jersey’s Beauty. (Decorative). We believe one 
of the best all around Dahlias. Large beauti¬ 
ful true pink flowers of perfect form on long 
strong straight stems. Excellent keeper as a 
cut flower. 25c. each. 
Jersey’s Ideal. (Decorative.) A prolific bloomer 
and vigorous grower. The very large flowers 
are of lavender-pink, although it varies to a 
phlox-pink. 25c. each. 
Lemonade. (Decorative). Splendidly formed, 
very large, deep flowers of a pale shade of 
lemon. Strong stem; profuse bloomer. 50c. 
each. 
Mardi Gras. Decorative. Immense flowers of 
rich, Burgundy red; strong grower and pro¬ 
fuse bloomer; long, strong stems. 60c. each. 
Margaret Woodrow Wilson. (Decorative.) An 
extremely beautiful dahlia. Flowers an opal¬ 
escent pink with creamy white on strong up¬ 
right stems. Plants of medium height. 30c. 
each. 
Minnie Eastman. Hybrid Cactus. A Dahlia 
much admired. In color a bright flame tinting 
to yellow at base of petals. Profuse bloomer 
on long, erect stems. 35c. each. 
