COLLARETTE DAHLIAS 
Description. Open-centered flowers, with only one row of rav 
florets, with the addition of one or more rows of petaloids, usually of a 
different color, forming a collar around the disc. 
AMI NONIN. Amaranthe, shaded rose, collar white, tinted with orange.$ .51 
JOHN BULL. A huge Collarette, on a giant stem. Color, clear crirrsow with 
yellow disc, collar white.50 
MADAME E. POIRIER. An attractive purple and white. 1.01 
MAURICE RIVOIRE Deep crimson with white collar, go~d form and capital 
habit. One of the best.35 
MERMAID. An attractive light yellow, flushed with carmine.75 
MRS. O. M. COURAGE. A crimson and white. A low plant.50 
PORTOLA. A red collar ripped lightly with pale yellow. The outer petals 
are a clear shade of red. Large. 1 00 
WM. WELSH. A creamy yellow with a long collar of the same color.50 
ORCHID DAHLIAS 
Description. The flowers form the figure of a stellar. The petals 
are pointed or radiated, like the emblem of a star. 
BEAVER Crimson maroon. $ .50 
CITRONELLA, Clear canary yellow ground with crimson carmine reverse. 
A harming flower...35 
GOLDFINCH. Not a profuse bloomer, but very showy. Yellow ground, 
shaded red, with crimson reverse.35 
LEOPARD. Yellowish ground, with crimson reverse spotted lighter.50 
STARFISH. Pale lilac ground, suffused Tyrian rose reverse.35 
NOTE:—This type of dahlia is exceedingly interesting. They enrich the garden 
and make pretty and dainty table arrangements. The bushes grow two to three 
feet high and the flowers are four to five inches in diameter. 
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