HOUSE AND GARDEN 
3/8 
May, 1913 
Baby Margaret is a white button 
type of considerable beauty and 
a trifle larger than Baby 
This old dahlia has been developed 
into such modern beauties as the 
cactus and peony flowered sorts 
Golden Shower is descriptive of 
this unique form of hardy 
chrysanthemum 
Julia Lagravere is one of the best 
known types. It is a rich, deep 
garnet 
of the colors and forms of various blossoms, and all you need to 
do is to select according to your taste. These flowers have the 
advantage of variety and naturalness over their pampered sisters, 
the greenhouse sort, and I do not care to place them by kinds, but 
grouped and massed together, chosen only for their colors I get 
my best effects. They vary from the little button types to large 
blooms about two inches in diameter. The following are some 
varieties that I have had good success with: Baby, a small button 
type of clear bright yellow; Baby Margaret, a little larger than 
Baby, but with white buttons; Bedouin, a small sort of deep ma¬ 
roon mixed with white; Savannah, a button type of brilliant 
yellow; Mary Keyes, a single form of white like a daisy; Autumn 
Queen is almost two inches in di¬ 
ameter, a beautiful rosy pink; Soeur 
Melaine, a white, full flowered sort; 
Julia Lagravere, one of the most 
popular of all, shades from maroon 
to deep garnet; Fremey is an un¬ 
usual type with crepe petals of a brick red; Globe d'Or is a large, 
light lemon yellow flower; Strathmeath, an attractive, rosy pink; 
Stratagem, about the same size, but crimson with a glint of gold; 
Brown Bessie, a terra cotta brown button type; Nellie Rainsford, 
medium sized, orange shading to red ; St. Illoria, a pretty sort with 
quilled petals of rose tipped with silver; Sunset is large type of 
glowing color with petals of scarlet bronze about a golden center; 
Daybreak is a large, soft pink. 
Round tight dahlias that we used to see primly guarding a 
stiff walk seemed like so many colored cabbages, and were sug¬ 
gestive of the dreadful period of wax flowers beneath glass domes. 
Nowadays the word dahlia means an entirely different thing and 
the careful developers of this flower 
have eventually added to its improved 
beauty the attraction of fragrance. 
Its deep green foliage and well 
formed bushes make a background 
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Irene Craig is a hardy chrysanthemum of The cactus dahlia is an interesting addition to any fall Harold Shaw has white petals, the tips of 
large size, pure white with yellow center garden, its loose form being a great improvement which are tinted with pink 
