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JOSKIMl HKKCK ik SONS 
(Corporation) 
DAHLIAS OF SPECIAL MERIT. 
Cactus Dahlia. 
For more than fifty years the Dahlia has been a general 
favorite. The florist’s skill in improving and creating new 
types has resulted in an increased demand for 
Dscorative anti Cactus Dahlias. 
We offer here one dozen each of what we consider the best 
of these two popular and beautiful sorts. 
Docorativo DahUasm 
FRANK L. BASSETT. Fright royal purple; rather dwarf. 
BEAUTY OF BRENTWOOD. Beautiful rosy crimson, 
shaded carmine. Grand. 
CLIFFORD W. BRUTON. Clear canary yellow. Immense 
size. 
HENRY PATRICK. Very large, pure white; borne on long 
stems. 
LYNDHURST. One of the very best bright scarlets, perfectly 
full centres. 
OBAN. Rosy lavender, overlaid with delicate, silvery fawn. 
An early and continuous bloomer. 
AFRICA. Fine large, crimson maroon. 
ZULU. **The Btack Dahlia.'' Jet black, changing to 
black-maroon as the flower expands. 
JAPAN PINK. Blush pink, good form, quilled. 
BLUB OBAN. Bluish lilac. 
CATHERINE DUER. Carmine scarlet. The Newport Dahlia. 
SYLVIA. White, shading to soft pink. 
Price, 15 cts. each; $1.50 doz. 
Gactus 
CAPSTAN. Delicate brick red ; early. 
NIQHT. Deep chestnut red, shaded black. 
QUEEN WILHELMINA. Rich deep chestnut. 
LAVERSTOCK BEAUTY, Delicate red; yellow at 
base of petals. 
MRS.H.A. NEEDS. Rich crimson, suffused with purple. 
STANDARD BEARER. Bright fiery scarlet. 
Price, 20 cts. > 
DahUasm 
COUNTESS OF LONSDALE. Blending of salmon 
pink and amber. 
MRS, MAWLEY. Primrose yellow ; very fine. 
WINSOM. Pure white; long narrow petals. 
KRBMHILDA. Pink; white centre. 
KINGFISHER. Rosy violet; very fine. 
CINDERELLA. Crimson, shaded with violet, 
ch; $2.00 doz. 
GoUai*ette DahUam 
PRESIDENT VIQER. Crimson, with a white collar, an entirely new class of single Dahlias, with small petals of 
a different color from body of flower in a circle round the centre. 
Price, 25 cts. each; $2,50 doz. 
J Free Delivery Anywhere In j 
I the United States. | 
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( Vegetable and Flower Seeds at • 
the package, ounce, 1-4 pound, I 
s 1*2 pound and 1 pound prices. ! 
I Bulbs at the single and dozen | 
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QAILLARDIA, BRECK'S SUPERB 
STRAIN. This beautiful annual is 
worthy of more general cultivation, 
being showy, free flowering and of bril¬ 
liant coloring — suitable alike for bed¬ 
ding and bouquets. It thrives best in 
a good light soil and in an open sunny 
situation, and grows i to 2 feet high 
with large flowers 2 to 3 inches across. 
The seed we offer was grown for us by 
a European specialist, and includes the 
newest and choicest shades. Mixed 
colors, pkt. 10 cts. 
Breck’s Superb Strain (laillaidib. 
See Special Offers on third page of cover. 
