Dahlia Catalogue for 1914 
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COLLARETTE DAHLIAS. 
French specialists have given us the beau¬ 
tiful improved Collarette Dahlia, an entirely 
new type of Dahlia; all of which have won¬ 
derful flowers and delightful color combina¬ 
tions. These were shown extensively last 
year at the European Dahlia Shows, where 
they met with great favor, and we feel con¬ 
fident that they will meet with the same ap¬ 
proval here. 
The flowers are Single, with an additional 
row of short petals around the disc, which 
forms a frill or collar, usually of a different 
color from the rest of the flower. 
New Collarette Dahlias for 1914. 
The Four Novelties for 1914, prepaid to any 
part of North America for $2.00. 
Champion. (Linder.) Attractive New Collar¬ 
ette Seedling. An exceptionally attractive 
variety of remarkable individuality. The 
coloring being phenomenal; a glowing brick 
red, artistically tipped lemon-yellow; collar, 
bright lemon-yellow', effectively overlaid 
glowing brick-red. This most sensational 
variety is the showiest and most attractive 
of this type in existence, $1.00 each. Stock 
very limited. 
Directeur Rene Gerard. Gigantic New French 
Collarette Dahlia. Exceptionally large 
flowers; petals of a beautiful violet-purple, 
shaded and' tipped white; collarette, white. 
Most artistic flowers; unsurpassed in qual¬ 
ity. 50 cents each. A remarkable acqui¬ 
sition. 
Mme. E. Poirier. Ideal New French Collar¬ 
ette Dahlia. An ideal Dahlia that appeals 
to everyone, and is renowned for its excel¬ 
lent qualities, distinct color, perfect form, 
and beautiful appearance. This wonderful 
variety possesses a very remarkable color¬ 
ing, entirely new in the Dahlia-world. 
(The nearest approach to blue.) A beauti¬ 
ful deep purple, suffused lighter, which 
gives a violet-blue effect; collar a waxy, 
almost glistening pure white. 50 cents 
each. 
Souvenir de Chabanne. First-class New 
French Collarette Dahlia. A variety of 
great merit; especially distinguished for its 
charming coloring; petals lemon-yellow, 
with coral-red markings; collar; petals 
very abundant and long, lemon-yellow, ar¬ 
tistically tipped white. 50 cents each. 
Stock limited. 
COLLARETTE DAHLIAS FOR 1913. 
These Three Wonderful Creations for 1913 we 
will send prepaid to any part of North 
America for 50 cents. 
Exposition de Lyon. 1913. A very gay flower 
of a bright garnet, with fine yellow tips; 
collar white, daintily suffused lavender and 
washed crimson. One of the showiest to 
date. 25 cents each. 
Maurice Rivorior. 1913. A Wonderful New 
Collarette Dahlia, of sterling quality. The 
flowers are produced in great profusion 
on long, graceful stems, well above the 
foliage. The flower, a gorgeous, rich crim¬ 
son, with pure white collar, of short, well- 
formed petals, perfectly arranged around 
the rich golden yellow center. The remark¬ 
able contrast of the above combination of 
color, together with its ideal form and pro¬ 
fusion of flowers, secures first place for 
this variety among this new type of Dah¬ 
lia. 25 cents each. 
Pres. Viger. Superb Collarette Dahlia. An 
exceedingly effective variety, the color 
combination being one of the prettiest im¬ 
aginable, reddish-carmine with a smaller 
collar of pure white. 15 cents each. 
Peony-Flower-Collarette Dahlia 
In addition to the wonderful progress made 
in the development of the different types of 
the Dahlia, manifest by the great number of 
valuable new varieties; we have accomplished 
another great step; the beginning of a new 
era in Dahlia History. 
My 1912 Seedlings mark the creation of an 
entirely new type of Dahlia, a wonderful 
achievement; and the result of a very 
thoughtful experiment, and careful hybridi¬ 
zation. 
We welcome into the Dahlia-world the 
Peony-flowered Collarette Dahlia; a flower of 
great value; tvorthy of the strongest words 
of praise, and great exhilaration. 
I take pleasure in offering to the Dahlia- 
loving public this new creation. 
Achievement. Alexander’s Wonderful New 
Peony-flower—Collarette Dahlia. This phe¬ 
nomenal creation is the first of an entirely 
new type of Dahlia; a perfect wonder, es¬ 
pecially distinguished for its perfection, 
and unsurpassing qualities. The flowers 
have the wonuerfuly beautiful semi-double 
shape of the Peony-flowered Dahlia, com¬ 
bined with the grace, beauty, and fantastic 
appearance of the Collarette Dahlia. In 
color the flower is a clear, rich, velvety 
maroon; collar, a beautiful snowy white, 
very daintily overlaid a delicate shade of 
pinkish-crimson. The remarkable contrast 
of the above combination of color, together 
with its ideal form, and profusion of flow¬ 
ers, secures for this variety a supreme 
place in the Dahlia-world. $5.00 each. Only 
a very limited stock of this variety. 
