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DAHLIAS FROM SEED 
It is not generally realized that most beautiful Dahlias may be 
grown and flowered in late summer and autumn from spring-sown 
seed. Many of them, differing from any of the named varieties on the 
market, and some from seed are equally beautiful, the production of 
novel forms and combinations of colorings being most interesting. 
One of our customers, Mr. A. P. Updike, Reno, Nev., writes us thus: 
“By planting a packet of your choice Dahlia seed this spiing, I was 
successful in raising such beauties that I secured the First Premium— 
a gold medal—at the Nevada State Fair.” 
CHOICE, Large-flowering, Double Mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
CACTUS-FLOWERED, Double, Mixed Colors. Saved from the 
choicest Cactus-flowered varieties. Pkt* 10 c. 
NEW DOUBLE GIANT-FLOWERING DECORATIVE DAHLIAS. 
This grand new race produces flowers, often 7 to 8 inches in diameter, 
very double and in form intermediate between the formal show 
Dahlias and the narrow curlcd-petaled Cactus Dahlias — the grace 
and beauty of these Giant Decorative Dahlias being unapproachable. 
The flowers arc borne on long, strong stems, and are in a variety of 
colors. Pkt. 15c. 
20TH CENTURY. Immense single flowers, 4 to 0 inches across, 
white, marked carmine and pink; very handsome. Pkt. 10c. 
SINGLE GIANT PERFECTION, Mixed. Immense single flowers 
of various colors, including many beautifully striped and spotted 
sorts.. Pkt. 10c. 
COLLARETTE, Mixed Colors. Flowers of various colors, adorned 
with a collar of small petals around the center, novel and beautiful. 
Pkt. 15c. 
COLOSSAL. A French race producing flowers that attain the extra¬ 
ordinary dimensions of 8 to D inches in diameter. The flowers are 
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composed of three or more whorls of wide overlapping petals—placed one above 
the other. The stems are long and rigid, bearing the flowers well above the foliage; 
the colors are rich and varied . Pkt. 15c. 
Customer’s Collection of Dahlia Seeds. Any three 10c. pkts. selected for 25c., 
or any two 15c. pkts. for 25c. 
DELPHINIUM LARKSPUR 
For Annual Larkspur , see page 110. 
^Giant Single and Double Superb Hybrids. A splendid race of these popular hardy 
garden plants. The blossoms are of immense size, single, semi-double and double, 
dressing the graceful, towering spikes for from 2 to 5 feet of their length. The 
colors range from white and lavender through every shade of blue from azure to 
indigo and purple, several shades being blended in some of the varieties. The 
plants grow from 6 to 10 feet in height and are very desirable and valuable in the 
garden during the spring and early summer. These improved hybrids should, to 
get the best effect, be planted in groups dotted here and there at intervals in the 
herbaceous border. The lighter colors look particularly well when planted in 
front of shrubbery where they will be thrown into strong relief. Delphiniums are 
also very beautiful for house decoration shown in vases. By cutting off the spikes 
immediately after flowering, these Delphiniums may be had in bloom for several 
months. Mixed Colors . Per 1,000 seeds, $1.00; Pkt . 25c. 
Hybridum Belladonna Fanny Stormonth. A greatly improved variety of the “Bella¬ 
donna” Larkspur; it retains the early and continuous blooming habit and/the 
light azure-blue color, but the flowers are much larger, of better substance, and the 
stems are from*6 to 7 feet high; the upper 2 to 3 feet form a huge branching raceme 
of fine, well-placed flowers. There is nothing like it amongst all the hundreds 
of new hybrids . Pkt. 15c. 
Formosum. Deep blue, white center; 2 to 3 feet... Per 1,000 seeds , 35c.; Pkt. 5c. 
Single, Fine Mixed Colors . Per 1,000 seeds, 35c.; Pkt. 5c. 
Henderson|s New Garden Guide and Record for 1917 is pronounced an indispensable 
“Gardening Companion”; it answers the 101 questions that “crop up” about 
gardening. We give it free with orders of $2.00 or over. See page 3. 
HENDERSON’S GARDEN PLANS AND SUGGESTIONS. 
Tells how to make Flower Gardens entirely from seeds. Also much about cultiva¬ 
tion, time of planting, etc., etc. Sent free if asked for when ordering. 
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