BESSIE BOSTON DAHLIAS 
LARGE TYPES—Continued 
★ANDY’S BLACK. I.D. Very dark maroon. Large flowers on tall bushes. Excellent 
in every way. SI.50. 
★APRICOT GLOW. I.D. Nothing like it in coloring. Apricot, shading on the outer 
petals to a golden apricot. An enormous flower; grows for the greater part of the 
season on the top of the stem, which at all times is straight and stiff. Tall growing 
bushes produce abundantly. An exceptionally good cut flower. Will outlast all others 
in a bouquet of autumn tints. $5.00. 
★AUTUMN. S.C. Typical of name, russet shading to golden centre. Large flower. 
$1.50. 
BLACK JACK. I.D. Large, velvety maroon flowers. Fine stem. Tall. 50c. 
★ BRIDE. I.D. An enormous flower of pure, glistening white, and as everybody knows, 
white is now the rage. You cannot grow enough white flowers for sale. Bushes grow 
tall and are weighted with blooms all season. To see this dahlia is to love it. $5.00. 
★ CAPTIVATING. C. Here is an A1 cactus of slightly incurved form which will be 
found invaluable either as a cut flower or on an exhibition table. Fine autumn color¬ 
ing—bright gold, suffused with sunset pink. Very, very large; stem long and stiff. 
The tall growing bushes always carry a wealth of blooms. $5.00. 
★ CHARLES GARRITY. S.C. One of the largest dahlias grown, with an absolutely 
stiff stem. Color, a soft, silvery lavender, without the slightest variation. Flowers 
have great depth, as well as size. Bushes grow very tall and branching, and need 
plenty of space. Leaves are coarse, but ornamental. $10.00. 
CLARA CLEMENS. B. Red and white. Everybody wants it for a cut flower. Good 
size, fine stem, abundant bloomer on tall bushes. 75c. 
★ COMANCHE. I.D. A big deep scarlet grown on a tall bush. Excellent stem. $1.00. 
★ CYNTHIA. I.D. Water lily form of burnt rose. Large blossoms produced freely early 
and late. $1.50. 
★ DELPHINE. F.D. The color is a beige. This is heightened by a reverse of deep 
pink, which predominates in the center of the flower, illuminated with a greenish glow 
at the base of the petals. Flowers are very large, and borne on long, stiff stems. $5.00. 
★DIANA. I.D. Coloring, bright gold shading faint red towards centre. Exhibition size 
blossoms. $1.50. 
★ DOROTHY DIX. S.C. Silvery pink flowers of immense size. Incurved form. Straight 
stem. Tall. $1.00. 
★ ENCHANTING. I.D. Shell pink. Immense blossom carried on very long stiff stem. 
Tall bushes laden with blossoms entire season. $2.50. 
★ ESCAMILLO. F.D. Tall growing bushes laden with enormous scarlet blooms on 
stems as stiff as a cane. The color at all seasons is a bright scarlet, and the flowers 
glisten in the sunshine with a metallic lustre. As far as we know, this is the biggest 
dahlia of its coloring. Blooms freely, early and late. $4.00. 
ESMONDE. B. The best yellow of the ball type. 50c. 
★ FAITH GARIBALDI. F.D. Very large flower of silvery pink. Always good. 75c. 
★FIREFLAME. F.D. The brightest orange dahlia. Large flowers. $1.00. 
Those starred are Bessie Boston varieties. 
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