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MARSHALL’S MATCHLESS DAHLIAS 
MARSHALL’S DECORATIVE DAHLIAS 
The Decorative Dahlias have very large flowers with broad petals; they all flower freely on long, 
strong stems. Our list of varieties is selected from the best adapted for exhibition and cutting. 
The varieties marked F.D. are Formal Decoratives and varieties marked I.D. are Informal 
Decoratlves. 
MARSHALL’S DECORATIVES 
Our Recent Introductions 
All varieties preceded by asterisk (*) are rec¬ 
ommended for cutting. 
Each 
* Marshall's Beauty. F.D. A perfect Jersey’s 
Beauty in Orchid color. Excellent for 
cutting .$2.00 
" Marshall’s Blue Gem. F.D. The color is the 
nearest approach we have to blue. Per¬ 
fect large blooms on long stout stems... 1.00 
♦Marshall’s Champagne. F.D. A seedling 
of Champagne in a much brighter color. . .50 
Marshall’s Gem. A gem for cutting. Jersey 
Beauty color with a slight suffusion of 
bright rose. Stems four feet. 2.00 
♦Marshall’s Golden Beauty. F.D. An out¬ 
standing- bright gold. A wonderful keeper. 2.00 
Marshall’s Lavender. I.D. A giant flower 
of pure lavender. 1.00 
Marshall’s Matchless. I.D. A huge stag horn 
decorative of light orchid shading to Cat- 
tleya in center. Can easily be grown 12 
inches in diameter and cut with a four- 
foot stem. 1.00 
♦Marshall’s Orchid. F.D. White with suf¬ 
fusion of Cattleya on tips of the petals. 
A beautiful color under artificial light... 1.00 
♦Marshall’s Pink. F.D. A wonderful baby 
pink. Long stiff stem, a wonderful robust 
grower, and one of the best for cutting.. .50 
♦Marshall’s Red Beauty. F.D. Wonderful 
bright velvety-red, long stems, a fine cut 
flower and good keeper. 1.00 
♦Marshall’s Scarlet Beauty. F.D. A seedling 
from Jersey Beauty in light scarlet color. 
A wonderful cut flower. 5.00 
♦Marshall’s Sagamore Gold. F.D. A pure gold 
with more orange than Sagamore. Per¬ 
fect flower, stem and habit. For cutting 
and keeping quality it is one of the best. .50 
♦Marshall’s Superb. F.D. Light orchid pink; 
good grower on long stems. Fine for cut¬ 
ting . 3.00 
♦Marshall’s White. F.D. A large pure white. 1.00 
Marshall’s Triumph. F.D. A seedling from 
Jersey’s Beauty with all its good habits, 
stem five feet, robust grower and will 
keep a week. Color brilliant dark velvety 
red. A sterling variety .1.00 
Dahlia, Marshall’s Matchless 
SUPREME DECORATIVES 
Each 
Air Mail. I.D. An orchid pink shade. Light¬ 
er than Mrs. I. De Yer Warner.$1.00 
American Legion. I.D. One of the largest 
of all Dahlias. A deeper and brighter 
color than Aztec Glory. Plants. 1.50 
Ashury Park. F.D. A beautiful autumn 
color, bright strawberry red, flushed with 
salmon, and tinted gold toward the tip of 
the petals . 1.00 
Buckeye Bride. F.D. Bright geranium pink, 
no trace of lavender. A wonderful cut 
flower. Plants. 1.00 
♦Champoeg. F.D. A waxy canary yellow at 
the center and shades into a salmon-pink. 
The backs of the petals are pale yellow, 
strong sturdy stems. 1.00 
♦BIrs. A. E. Wheeler. F.D. A wonderful dec¬ 
orative. The color is beautiful, fuchsia, 
shading to magenta with reverse of petals 
striped white showing in the center. Stem 
long and stiff.75 
Sirs. W. E. Marshall. F.D. Very large blooms 
of silvery lavender slightly suffused white. 
Perfect stems and ideal grower. Flowers 
held erect, making it a perfect exhibition 
flower . 2.00 
Clara Barton. I.D. Immense blooms facing 
slightly upward on a long straight stem 
twelve inches to the first set of leaves. 
Face of petals silvery orchid, reverse of 
petals deep lavender, general effect lav¬ 
ender. Plants . 2.00 
♦City of Trenton. F.D. An autumn color of 
rich glowing tangerine, reverse straw¬ 
berry red . 1.50 
*W. E. aiarshall. F.D. Large brilliant gold 
flowers on long stems. A perfect grower 
and good keeper. Should be in every col¬ 
lection. 1.50 
DAHLIA BOOKS 
Dahlia Culture by Waite.$1.50 
The Dahlia by L. K. Peacock. 1.25 
Above sent postpaid. 
Dorothy Stone. F.D. A shade lighter than 
Kathleen Norris .1.00 
Dr. Ellis Bartley. F’.D. An immense perfect 
flower of orchid pink. A 12-inch flower... 2.00 
DAHLIA. PLANTS 
All our Dahlia plants are grown and shipped 
m three-inch paper pots. 
