DAHLIAS. 
Put Dahlia tubers in the ground when the season 
becomes warm, covering the neck some three inches. 
If many shoots start, thin them out. After flowering, 
and before hard 
frosts, take up the 
bulbs, dry them a 
little, remove the 
tops, and store in the 
cellar until spring, 
when they can be 
divided and re¬ 
planted. Look at 
them occasionally to 
see that they are not 
shriveling from too 
dry an atmosphere, 
nor starting the eye DAHUA ROOT * 
early in consequence of too much moisture and warmth. 
The Dahlia is divided into three pretty distinct 
classes, — the ordinary or Show Dahlia ; the Dwarf or 
Bedding Dahlia, making a thick, compact bush only 
eighteen inches in height, but with flowers of full size ; 
and the Pompon or Bouquet , with small, very perfect 
flowers, only from one to two inches in diameter, while 
the plant is of nearly the common size. 
Tubers can be sent as soon as danger from frost is 
passed — about first of April. Price, except in the se¬ 
lect list of scarce sorts, 30 cents each, and $3.00 per 
dozen. To those who wish to make a large collection, 
or plant extensive beds, we will sell at $20.00 per hun¬ 
dred, and a good selection. 
GENERAL COLLECTION. 
Acme of Perfection, delicate light yellow ; new 
Ada Tiffin, light peach tinged with rose. 
Adonis, French white, tipped with lilac. 
Alexander Cramond, crimson and maroon. 
Amazon, yellow, with scarlet edge. 
Arthur, deep lilac, full size. 
Autumn Glow, saffron-red. 
Bird of Passage, white, tipped with pink. 
Bishop of Durham, deep buff, perfect form. 
P.lushing Fifteen, rosy lilac, good. 
British Triumph, rich crimson. 
Buck’s Lass, yellow, tipped with white, large flower. 
Butterfly, scarlet and brown stripes, light ground. 
Chang, yellow, striped with crimson ; requires thinning. 
Charles Backhouse, scarlet. 
Charles Turner, yellow, edged with crimson. 
Cloth of Gold, yellow. 
Commander, chrome yellow. 
Constance, blush white, good form. 
Cremorne, yellow, tipped with red. 
Dom Pedro, scarlet, tipped with white. 
Duchess of Cambridge, blush tipped with lake. 
Duke of Cambridge, fine shaded orange. 
Duke of Edinburgh, deep yellow. 
Earl of Radnor, plum, large and fine. 
Ebor, chocolate, dark maroon stripes. 
Edward Purchase, bright crimson. 
Emily, blush, suffused with rose, free bloomer. 
Emily Williams, light ground, edged with vermilion. 
Fancy Boy, light scarlet. 
Fancy Queen, dark cherry, white tip. 
Fanny Purchase, bright yellow. 
Firefly, deep scarlet. 
Flamingo, vermilion scarlet; very fine. 
Flora Wyatt, orange, flaked with red. 
Flossie Williams, violet flaked, large and full. 
Flossy Gill, light, heavily edged with violet purple 
Formosa, pale pink, 
j Foxhunter, deep scarlet. 
Fulgens picta, scarlet, tipped white. 
Galatea, white, striped with purple and maroon. 
George Goodhall, large, scarlet; new. 
Gem, maroon, striped with white. 
Gil Bias, crimson and purple on buff ground. 
, Glory of Summer, rich, glowing salmon scarlet 
Golden Eagle, yellow, heavy red tip. 
Grand Sultan, buff, striped with red. 
Hamlet, Indian red. 
Harlequin, white, striped purple. 
Henry Walton, yellow ground, edged with vermilion 
Herbert Purchase, rosy ground, mottled with crimson. 
Herbert Turner, French white. 
Her Majesty, white, deeply edged purple. 
High Sheriff, very dark color. 
Immortal, clear yellow. 
Incomparable, yellow, heavy claret tip, fine and large. 
James Cocker, purple, most beautiful in color and form. 
James Service, anew crimson of great merit. 
James Wilder, rich velvet maroon. 
John Cocker, very dark, almost black. 
John Harrison, very dark maroon ; requires cutting out 
John Lamont, maroon, striped black. 
John McPherson, rich violet-purple, a gem. 
J. Neville Keynes, large, shaded yellow ; best ot its coit.r 
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