W. W. WILMORE, DAHLIA SPECIALIST 
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GYFSOPHILA FL. PI. A double 
form of the above. Blooms two weeks 
later. Each floret is double. The most 
valuable introduction in recent years. 
Price, 50c each. $5.00 per dozen. 
HEMESOCALIS. (Lemon Lily.) A 
most useful variety, growing about two 
feet high, with clusters of luy-like flow¬ 
ers of a rich yellow; very sweet. 
HIBISCUS. (Crimson Eye.) An im¬ 
mense white flower with a crimson eye. 
Perfectly hardy. Blooms freely from 
midsummer until killed by frost. 
HIBISCUS. (Red.) Same as preceding 
variety, only running different shades 
of red. 25c each; $2.50 doz. 
HOLLYHOCKS. (Double Strong Field 
Roots.) As a background in large bor¬ 
ders or beds of the lower herbaceous 
plants, there is nothing better. Separ¬ 
ate colors—■ 
Buff Maroon Yellow 
Black Pink White 
Lilac Red Cream Pink 
IBIS 
Late introductions of special merit. 
20c each; $2.00 dozen 
AMBASSADEUR. Bronze violet. 
ANNA FARR. Pale blue. 
BRUNO. Very large. Deep, rich purple 
shaded bronze. 
DREAM. Lilac and violet. 
LORD OF JUNE. Lavender blue. 
LENT WILLIAMSON. Violet. 
MOTHER OF PEARL. Pearl. 
MME. GAUDICHAU. Violet purple. 
ORIFLAMME. Dark lavender. 
PALLIDA DALMATICA. Lavender. 
SIBERICA. Dark blue. 
Older varieties of German Iris, full 
range of colors, 15c each; $1.50 doz. 
FUMILA. A dwarf edging Iris. 
Blooms very early. Dark navy blue. 
LARKSPUR. Belladonna, the best of 
all Larkspurs, blooms from June to 
frost. Clear turquoise blue. After first 
blooms are off, it should be cut back so 
it will bloom again. Rich soil. 25c each, 
$2.50 per dozen. 
LARKSPUR. Bellamosum. Dark blue. 
25c each; $2.50 per dozen. 
LILY OF THE VALLEY. Just the 
thing to put into that cold, shaded strip 
along the walk on the east or north 
side of the house. The loose panicles 
of tiny bell-flowers set low in their 
emerald foliage, are not conspicuous; 
but they do cover the waste ground, 
furnish a vast amount of cut sprays 
and sweetly perfume the entire yard. A 
good rockery subject. 10c each; 75c 
per dozen. 
LILY—REGAL, flower stems are 
slender and flexible but tense as steel 
and from 2 to 4 feet tall, covered with 
dense narrow foliage, and crowned with 
a profusion of funnel-shaped blooms, 
the outside of which are streaked brown 
and shading off to pink. The inside is 
flushed yellow in center, shading off to 
pure white at the outer edge. Sweet 
scented. 40c each; $4.00 per dozen. 
TIGER LILY. A double form of this 
old garden favorite. 
LINUM PERENNE (Blue Flax). Very 
desirable within dwarf perennial beds, 
very much at home in rockeries. The 
plant bushes up evenly about 24 to 30 
inches with feathery, glaucous foliage; 
the surface spangled with perfectly 
round, flat, solitary, azure-blue flowers 
from May to August. A fresh crop with 
each morning’s dew. 25c each; $2.50 
per dozen. 
LUFINUS. Stately plants with pea¬ 
shaped flowers on long, graceful spikes. 
Blooms in early spring. Blue and pink 
colors predominate. Mixed colors only. 
25c each; $2.50 per dozen. 
ORIENTAL POPPY. This poppy is 
perfectly hardy. Its large, orange- 
scarlet flowers make it one of the most 
showy of all plants. 
PYRETHRUM. (Painted Daisy.) A 
very useful plant with fine fern-like foli¬ 
age. Flowers of daisy form on long 
stems. Blooms in May and June. Mixed 
colors only. 
RUNUNCULUS. (Buttercup.) A pretty 
and useful plant, growing about 2 feet 
high. Fine for cutting. Flowers are 
double. Blooms in June. 
SALVIA. (Azurea.) A rank-growing 
plant of a height of 4 feet. Blooms in 
August and September. Color, gentian 
blue. 
SCABIOSA. Sky blue on very long 
stems. One of the most useful of per¬ 
ennials for cutting. 
STATICE. (Sea Lavender.) A hardy 
plant, in bloom resembling the popular 
babybreath. Color, lavender. 35c each. 
SWEET WILLIAM. Too well known 
to require description. A general fa¬ 
vorite with all. Mixed colors only. 
TRITOMA PFITZERI. (Red Hot 
Poker.) Flowers in tall dense spike of 
bright red; slender, trumpet-like flowers 
50c each; doz., $5.00. 
HAVE YOU ANY BUGS? 
Fortunately the dahlia is comparatively free from insect pests. Some years 
there are scarcely any insects to cause trouble, at others they are nation-wide. 
Among the more common pests might be mentioned Thrips, Tarnish Plant Bug, 
Red Spider, and Aphis. Space forbids a full treatise. In brief these symptoms 
appear. 
Thrip—A check in the growth of the plant when about 8-12 inches high, with 
curled cind crinkled leaves 
Tarnish Plant Bug—Failure to bloom, stunted growth at the tip of the branches, 
small warty bumps on the stems. 
Red Spider—Brown and dead leaves at the base of the stalk (remove the leaves 
and burn them). 
Aphis—Easily seen in colonies on the upper branches in mid or late summer. 
Much easier detected than some of the other pests, especially the tiny thrip. 
All of these and many others are amendable to the various nicotine prepara¬ 
tions or tobacco dust. A splendid idea is to give the plants a good spraying or 
dusting when 8 inches high, whether they appear to be infested or not. 
