Dahlia Catalogue for 1913. 
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Cactus Dahlias. 
New Up-to-Date Varieties for 1913. 
This grand set of up-to-date Cactus Dahlias ! am offering this season are 
the finest set of Cactus Dahlias that was ever offered! in this country; they 
are introductions from all over the world. They were grown in our fields 
last season, and considered by us, and other experts, to be the finest set 
ever offered in this country. I will send this grand set of 20 up-to-date Cac¬ 
tus Dahlias, prepaid, to any part of North America for $10 cash. 
Amazon. A variety of immense size and perfect form; color a beautiful 
purple-violet. One of the finest for exhibition purposes. $1.00 each. 
Clincher. A gigantic Cactus, producing its enormous blooms with ease, 
well above the foliage. This variety is properly named; the. petals 
being perfectly incurved and almost meeting in the center, giving the 
flower a very attractive form. The color is the prettiest imaginable; a 
beautiful clear heliotrope. Very free-flowering. 50 cents each. 
Comet. One of the most beautiful Fancy Cactus varieties to date. The 
graceful arrangement of its semi-incurved petals together with the 
splendid blending of color secure a leading place for this among the 
other Fancy Cactus varieties. Color, delicate lilac, pencilled, spotted 
and striped with tyrian-rose. $1.00 each. 
Daisy Staples. Bright mauve-pink. A grand exhibition Cactus, producing 
its perfect flowers on strong, wiry stems. 50 cents each. 
Elsie Turner. A large well-formed flower with very long petals; color a 
lovely fawn, lower parts of florets orange; center an attractive bright 
salmon. 50 cents each. 
Evening Star. A wonderful New Cactus variety. Bright terra cotta at 
points of petals, center gold suffused into deeper color toward the upper 
portion of petals; florets long and pointed and arranged star shaped. 
50 cents each. 
Flame. As the name denotes, a brilliant vivid novel; being a beautiful 
orange-scarlet. The flowers are borne very erect on stiff stems well 
above the foliage. The florets are narrow and very gracefully incurved. 
75 cents each. 
Freemason. Pale apricot center, passing to rich orange at tips; flowers 
large and full. 50 cents each. 
Helene. The freest flowering pink Cactus Dahlia to date. The color is an 
exceedingly beautiful lavender-pink, gradually changing to delicate 
white at the center. The flowers are borne on extra long stems of wiry 
stiffness. This can be recommended as one of the most reliable garden 
varieties. 50 cents each. 
Lightship. A wonderful new variety of perfect habit. The plants are tall 
and robust, and produce their beautiful flowers on exceptionally long 
stems. The color is a handsome yellow. $1.00 each. 
Lucio. The exquisite coloring of this variety, which is a beautiful combina¬ 
tion of yellow and white, classes it as one of the most charming to-date. 
Base of petals light golden yellow, tips pure white. Flowers of large 
size. $1.00 each. 
Madam Emberson. Beautiful pale lemon, specked delicate rose-pink. An 
exceedingly showy variety, being one of the always welcome Fancy Cac¬ 
tus varieties. 50 cents each. 
Mercury. The finest Fancy Cactus Dahlia in existence. The flowers are of 
unusual formation, being beautifully incurved. The petals are narrow 
and very tightly quilled, and so gracefully incurved that at first sight 
one would think it a chrysanthemum. Exceedingly attractive flowers 
of deep yellow at base shading to a delicate lighter yellow at tips; the 
whole being thickly striped, splashed and speckled with rich crimson. 
This can be recommended as the best and most attractive Fancy Cactus 
to-date. Extra free-flowering. Stock limited of this acquisition. $1.00 
each. 
