Dahlia Catalogue for 1914 
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Louisiana. Beautiful Orchid-flowering; Canna. 
Sensational flowers, 0 to 7 inches across; 
colors are vivid crimson with a velvety 
sheen, the trusses of bloom are very large 
and stand well above the rich, glossy 
green foliage; the large leaves and luxuri¬ 
ant growth gives to the plant a rich tro- i- 
cal effect: 6 to 7 feet high. 15 cents each, 
$1.50 per dozen. 
Partenope. Giant Orchid Flowers, of dark 
orange, overlaid with flame color; edges 
of petals are dark scarlet, beautifully crin¬ 
kled. Flowers of mammoth size, and pro¬ 
duced upon immense trusses. One of the 
most beautiful. Height, 5 to 6 feet. 15 
cents each, $1.50 per dozen. 
Pennsylvania. Superb Orchid-Flowering 
Canna. Flowers are extra large, often 
measuring seven inches across; remarkably 
free, of an intense vermilion-scarlet, over¬ 
laid with an orange sheen; foliage rich 
green. 4 to 5 feet high. 15 cents each, 
$1.50 per dozen. 
Shenandoah. New Orchid-Flowering Canna. 
Beautiful flowers of rich pink, flamed 
with carmine-pink; a perfect contrast to 
the dark bronze foliage. Was greatly ad¬ 
mired. .3 to 4 feet. 25 cents each, $2.50 
per dozen. 
Tarrytown. Gigantic Orchid-Flowering Canna. 
Beautiful fiery-red, overlaid orauge-red. 
Heavy green foliage. 3 to 4 feet. 50 cents 
each, $5.00 per dozen. 
Wyoming. . Remarkable Orchid-Flowering 
Canna. One of the most majestic Gannas. 
Blossoms orange-colored; true orchid-type, 
with large, magnificent petals. The won¬ 
derful purple-foliage Canna. Height, 4 to 
G feet. 50 cents each, $5.00 per dozen. 
Special Canna Offer. For bed 6 to 8 feet in 
diameter, 1 will send 18 Cannas, My Selec¬ 
tion: 6 tall of one variety, for center, and 
12 shorter of another variety for the out¬ 
side, using my best judgment as to blend¬ 
ing of the colors, prepaid to any part of 
North America for $2.00. 
Montbretia. 
Hard v border plant, with elegant and 
graceful Gladiolus-like flowers: which are 
much prized for cutting during summer. The 
Montbretias are one of the brightest of our 
Summer-flowering bulbs, and deserve to be 
planted extensively. 
The bulbs should be planted during April 
or May, 3 to G inches apart, in clumps of a 
dozen or more. Plant bulbs 5 inches deep 
and protect them during the winter with lib¬ 
eral mulching. We recommend harvesting in 
the Fall, the same as the Gladiolus is har¬ 
vested. 
Crocosmiaeflora. Beautiful deep golden or¬ 
ange. The largest Montbretia to date. 
Price, 25 cents per dozen, prepaid. 
Tigridia. 
One of the most showy of all summer 
bulbs, and bloom from midsummer until 
frost, growing from 10 to 12 inches high, 
with large, curious, wide-open triangular 
blooms. The colors and markings are very 
brilliant and peculiarly odd and attractive, 
and clumps of them in the border have a 
most gorgeous effect. It is difficult to name 
a flower of such unique and exquisite beauty 
as a Tigridia, the superb spotting being so 
self-like and handsome. They are easily 
grown and always more than satisfactory. 
Conchiflora. Attractive New Tigridia. Beau¬ 
tiful golden yellow "bffectively spotted bril¬ 
liant orange-red. 10 cents each, $1.00 per 
dozen, prepaid. 
Tritoma. 
(Red=hot Poker, Flame Flower, or Torch Lily) 
THE EVERBLOOMING TRITOMA PFITZERI. 
Tlie greatest bedding plant ever introduced, 
surpassing the finest Cannas for attractive¬ 
ness and brilliancy, equal to Gladiolus as a 
cut flower and blooms incessantly from .Tune 
until December, regardless of frost. Plants 
are perfectly hardy in the open ground all 
winter south of Philadelphia; further north 
they must be protected or wintered in a cel¬ 
lar like tlie ordinary Tritoma. Just bury the 
roots in sand; nothing more is required. 
Should be planted out early in spring, and 
will commence growth and bloom at once, 
growing larger and finer every day. Plants 
show from 6 to 20 grand flower stalks all 
(Tie time, each holding at a height of 3 to 4 
feet a great cluster of flame-colored flowers 
of indescribable beauty and brilliancy. Fall 
frosts do not kill or stop its blooming, and 
it is as briliant as ever long after all other 
garden flowers have been killed. For cutting 
it is unsurpassed, and the beautiful long 
spikes keep several weeks in water. With¬ 
out a single exception, it is the most desir¬ 
able garden flower. Strong plants. 
Pfitzerii. (The Everlasting Flame Flower.) 
In bloom from August to November, with 
spikes from 3 to 4 feet high and heads of 
bloom of a rich, orange-scarlet, producing 
a grand effect either planted singly in the 
border or in masses. 25 cents each, $2.50 
per dozen. 
Zephyranthes. 
Beautiful dwarf, bulbous plant, very effec¬ 
tive for masses or borders, flowering with 
great profusion during the summer. They 
are also suitable for pot culture. G bulbs 
clustered in a 6-inch pot in the autumn will 
give a fine display during the winter; 8 
inches high. 
Zephyranthes. Crimson-scarlet. Beautiful 
Amaryllis-like flowers. Very effective. 10 
cents each, $1.00 per dozen, prepaid. 
