Dahlia Catalogue for 1914 
CACTUS DAHLIAS. 
New Up-to-Date Varieties for 19 L4. 
This superb collection of English Cactus 
Dahlias attracted great attention abroad this 
Fall, winning Gold and Silver Medals, Silver 
Cups, and many First-class Certificates, and 
Awards of Merit. Not only are their flowers 
of largest size and exquisite color, but they 
possess the most wonderful and latest type 
of the Cactus Dahlia. 
This phenomenal collection of five up-to- 
date English Cactus Dahlias, I will ship pre¬ 
paid, to any part of North America for $5.00. 
New Superb English Cactus Dahlias. 
Golden Wave. A magnificent New Cactus 
Dahlia; the flowers being- large, charmingly 
beautiful, and perfect for exhibition pur¬ 
poses. Flowers; the effectively incurved 
florets are narrow, and extraordinarily nu¬ 
merous ; and the center remains perfect 
long after the blooms are in their prime. 
In color, a rich, deep, pure yellow, a most 
beautiful color. This variety is one of the 
best in every respect, the plants being 
splendid, robust growers, producing beau¬ 
tiful rich, yellow flowers, upon strong, 
wiry stems. A Dahlia that has come to 
stay, and one likely to supersede all exist¬ 
ing yellows. $1.50 each. 
New York. The largest of our new varieties, 
and the term massive is not too strong to 
describe its general appearance. The flow¬ 
ers are beautifully incurved, the florets be¬ 
ing very evenly distributed; standing out 
like a circular array of spears or, as one 
report describes it, as if worked up geo¬ 
metrically ; while the center is a picture of 
perfection. The plants make splendid speci¬ 
mens, with deep green foliage, and carry 
their flowers on enormous stems, the habit 
being almost identical to that of “C. E. 
Wilkins” from which it is a seedling. Color, 
sweetest orange yellow in the center, shad¬ 
ing off to an exquisite deep, bronzy salmon. 
$1.50 each. 
Onward. A wonderful new variety of abso¬ 
lutely unique formation, the florets being 
very narrow and so gracefully and effect¬ 
ively incurved, twisted, and interlaced, that 
at first sight, one would think it a chrys¬ 
anthemum ; the petals being so long and 
very tightly quilled, forming an almost 
globular flower. The color is pink 
throughout, delightfully and gradually 
deepening from tips to the center. Very 
few, if any, introductions have attracted 
so much attention, both from experts and 
the general public, especially when exhib¬ 
ited at the National Dahlia Show. $1.00 
each. 
Rosalind. A sterling New Garden Cactus of 
perfect form. In color, a delicate shade of 
rose-pink daintily suffusing to cream in the 
center, faintly tipped white. Beautiful 
large full flowers of regular shape; long, 
almost straight petals, and remarkable sub¬ 
stance. One of the most reliable. $1.00 
each. 
Sweetbriar. A champion Cactus, producing 
its perfect blooms with ease; the flower 
stem carrying the blooms perfectly upright, 
and well above the foliage. Everyone who 
sees “Sweetbriar” is charmed with its ex¬ 
quisite pink color and splendid habit. The 
plants are literally covered with flowers, 
which makes it an ideal garden variety. I 
highly recommend this variety, as one of 
the best to date. $1.00 each. 
Cactus Dahlias. 
New Superb French Cactus Dahlias. 
This collection of famous French Cactus va¬ 
rieties attracted much attention in our fields 
the past summer. Not only are the flowers 
of very large size, hut they have a distinct 
and unique form. The habit of the plants 
is also very vigorous, and the profusion of 
perfect flowers is certainly remarkable. 
We offer this wonderful collection of 4 Up- 
to-Date varieties for $2.00 prepaid to any part 
of North America, or we will ship the col¬ 
lection of 5 New Up-to-Date English Varieties 
for 1914 with this set for $6.50 prepaid. 
Henri Cayeux. A variety of immense size 
and perfect form; color an old gold shad¬ 
ing to golden yellow; plants very vigor¬ 
ous. Stock limited. 50 cents each. 
Mine. Henri Cayeux. A reliable exhibition va¬ 
riety, which is one of the finest Cactus 
Dahlias yet Introduced. The flowers are of 
the largest size, with long, narrow florets, 
which incurve gracefully, forming a bloom 
of magnificent form. The most pleasing 
feature of this novelty is its charming 
color, which Is a beautiful rich pink, 
daintily tipped white. I highly recommend 
this grand variety as one of the best In 
existence. Stock limited of this acquisi¬ 
tion. Price 75 cents each. 
Reine Cayeux. An exceptionally free-flower¬ 
ing variety of great substance. The plants 
are literally covered with flowers from July 
until frost, winch makes it a magnificent 
garden variety. The flowers are medium 
size, of a beautiful ruby-crimson, and are 
borne on long, graceful stems: excellent for 
exhibition purposes. One of the best. Price 
50 cents each. Stock limited. 
Yonne Cayeux. A most beautiful form, a 
perfect star shape; petals being located 
with most exact regularity; color an im¬ 
maculate white; a large flower and an ac¬ 
quisition of first order among the white 
Cactus. Stock limited. 75 cents each. 
