CACTUS L, 
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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO., N. Y. 
E " n, ,“ ank ®^—Exactly like Belle of Springfield, except 
color, which is huff yellow. Lovely. v 
Livonia— Mueli like M. Brunnt. except, the flowei 
stems are much longer, and the color of the 
large perfect blossoms is a soft, sweet, sea-shell 
pink, a color as rare as it is beautiful. 
M. Bruant— Flower of gigantic size, petals wide, shape 
perfect, double to tbe very center, and a great 
bloomer Color, pure white, beautiful beyond 
description. J M 
Jamaica— An enormous flower, like M. Bruant, of a 
bright magenta-red color. One of the very largest 
and best. b 
Double Floret— A grand Dahlia which may be said to 
be a double double , as it. lias two florets in place of 
one, one snugly rolled inside tbe other. The flower 
is therefore more perfectly double than any other, 
and is a great beauty. Color, rosy scarlet. 
Cactus— A fine variety of the Cactus type. 
DOUBLE 
FLORET 
SOUVENIR 
Sdperb NeW Dahlias. 
Price, 2r,c. each; Sfor 50c.; the 12 for $2.00. 
Balle of Springfield— This is a real gem. If, is exceedincl 
b.TJw’ bfanch.ng freely and forming a very compacl 
bushy plant not over two feet in height, though i 
blooms from the time it is six inches high Five linr 
blossoms have been counted at one time on a fail 
sized plant, while one hundred blossoms is the usna 
number which a plant shows at all times. The flower 
are 1W inches across, bright scarlet in color, perfect 1 
double, and imbricated to the verv center It is th 
most lovely flowering plant imaginable, and equall 
valuable for growing in tbe garden or in pots. It bloom 
profnsely all summer and long into winter, if potted 
DAHIjIA NYMPTIA3A. 
Nympheea— Like a lovely pink Water Lily. Extremely 
beautiful and novel. It is a great and persistent 
bloomer all through the season, and its charming 
Water-Lily-like blossoms are always admired. 
