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H. Cai\i|ell & jSoi|s’ Floral Collide. 
NEW CACTUS DOUBLE DAHLIAS OF 1894 
> Various Raisers, 
5H APHRODITE— Clear straw-yellow, very free, long pointed petals; large. 
'!l"> BEAUTY OF WILTS—Soft terra cotta, shaded red, with long-twisted petals, and a ver\ 
free bloomer. Awarded Four First-Class Certificates. 
1(‘,. BLANCHE KEITH 
Pure vellow, true cactus form. large flowers, petals pointed, 
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habit' throws its flowers well above the foliage; very free. Two First-Class Certificates. 
517 CHANCELLOR SWAYNE—Bluish plum colour, perfect in shape, medium size ; a 
splendid introduction; free and early. , . „ . . .. 
',1S CRAWLEY GEM—Mowers produced m great abundance, ami well above ttie toliage; 
colour of the richest crimson-scarlet, small flowers, pointed petals; grand for cutting. feet. 
daWN _A striking and effective semi-cadus variety ; amber, shaded red. 
!v><7 DUCHESS OF YORK — First-Class Certificate. Deep rich orange-red : fine shape flower 
with pointed petals, and produced on stems well above the foliage; very distinct. 3 feet. 
“‘>i EDITH CHEAL—Rich dark maroon, small flowers with pointed petals, good erect lmbit. 
very free : fine for cutting and garden decoration. 4 feet. 
-qo ERNEST CHEAL—Award of Merit, Royal Horticultural Society. Beautiful bright rosy- 
scarlet : fine shape flowers with long pointed and twisted petals, flowers on long wiry stems, well 
above the foliage. 3$ feet. 
fine formed flowers; distinct and graucL 
-95 LADY H. GROSVENOR— Clear yellow, outer and older petals shaded buff ; true cactus. 
5 : >G ; LADY PENZANCE— Clear sulphur yellow, perfect in shape; the finest vellow. 
597 * MARY HILLIER —Buff-salmon, true Cactus form, similar in form to Juarez f ; very free, 
good habit, throws its flowers well above the foliage. 3 feet. 
©28 MATCHLESS— Of an intensely rich deep velvety maroon ; true cactus type ; the biooms 
are~tlirown well above the foliage. Should be in every' dahlia grower’s hands. Awarded many 
Certificates. An acquisition. . . 
-go. MRS. A. PEART —This is the first real White Cactus Dahlia yet raised, anu is 
unquestionably the grandest novelty in the whole family of Dahlias; it is a fac-simile of Juurezi, 
but of the purest white. Four First-Class Certificates. 
530 PERLE DE LA TETE D OR— A decorative variety, very early, pure white, large fine 
flowers, partly folded or fluted petals; very free, vigorous ; most useful for borders, &c. ; specially 
valuable for cutting purposes. ^ . . 
531. PURPLE PRINCE— Rich deep purple, shaded bluish maroon ; true cactus shape ; habit 
dwarf and compact; one of the best. Awarded Certificates. 
532. SIR FRANCIS MONTEFIORE— Award of Merit, Royal Horticultural Society. A 
splendid rich dark velvety-maroon or ruby-crimson ; fine for exhibition. It is a seedling from 
Beauty of Arundel , and is of similar habit and shape of flowers. 4 feet. 
533. VULCAN—Bright reddish crimson, large and open ; decorative. 
2s. (jrf. each. 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE, 20th September, 1894. 
Cactus Dahlias. —The new, or as is termed Pompon, section of Cactus Dahlias bids fair to 
make a very popular one Mr. Cannell started the section with his GW-a very perfect 
Cactus, flowers most profusely borne—just, indeed, in growth like to a Pompon variety, and it 
has been followed by several others. ‘ We are gradually getting away from the large loose 
i flowers of the earlier types, and their coarse leafy habits. 
GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE, 15th September. 1894. R.H.S. Show. 
Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons, Swauley, staged bunches of Cactus and decorative Dahlias in 
their usual effective style, including several new varieties, one of which received an Award of 1 
Merit—thane/A' Velvety bright crimson, tipped with magenta; a true Cactus form. They abo i 
had Councils' Gem, Miss Irene. Cannell, delicate salmon; Mrs. II. Connell, golden buff, 
shaded ; and of decorative varieties, Mrs. Glass, Old Gold, Connells' Brilliant, Dean Hole, 
Canned S' Own, $*c. . 
Messrs. Cannell had also some blooms of the very distinct Grand Duke . 1 lens of Russia— 
quite a new type—the flowers large and full, the florets tubular and somewhat inflated, the 
colour white, tipped with delicate lilac. 
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