BERLIN, MARYLAND 
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Dahlias —New and Tried * Varieties 
These fall-blooming plants offer wonderful possibilities for prolonging the 
garden season, and providing flowers for decorations when most other annuals 
have disappeared. _ 
Dahlias are divided into several classes, according to the form, color, and 
character of the flower. The following explanatory note may be of value to 
our friends, and the class indicated by the latter after each variety: 
Cactus (C) because of its fancied resemblance to the common cactus. The 
flowers are loosely formed, much like a chrysanthemum. Show (S) usually 
those of one color, or tipped and edged with a darker shade of the same color. 
Fancy (F) in form identical with the Show section, but the flowers have two or 
more colors, or are edged with a lighter shade of the ground color. Decora¬ 
tive (D) are full to the center, large, and flat; petals irregular, long, broad, and 
almost straight. Pompon (P) identical with Show and Fancy classes, but 
much smaller blooms. Single (Sg) have only one row of petals, usually eight; 
very free blooming. Collarette (Co) single, with an extra row of petals around 
the base. 
25 cts. each, $2.25 for 10 
A. D. Livoni. (S.) Handsomely formed flowers of soft pink. A strong grower 
and free bloomer. 
American Flag. (D.) Cherry-red, striped white. 
Frank L. Bassett. (D.) Metallic blue, shaded with royal purple. 
Jack Rose. (D.) Handsome crimson, resembling the well-known “Jack” 
rose. Ideal for cut-flowers. 
Keystone. (S.) A pronounced purple color, with pink striping. 
Little Bessie. (P.) Creamy white, quilled petals. 
Little Herman. (P.) Soft, light red, tipped white. 
Lucy Fawcett. (S.) Pale 
yellow, with carmine 
touches. 
Lyndhurst. (D.) Glowing 
bright red; very early. 
Maurice Rivoire. (Co.) 
Deep maroon-red, shad¬ 
ing to deeper red at the 
center; collar pure white. 
Oritor. (S.) Flowers large; 
color deep rich buff. 
Progress. _(D.) Soft lav¬ 
ender, with the petals 
striped and blotched with 
crimson. 
Queen Victoria. (F.) 
Large, well-formed flow¬ 
ers, gorgeous golden yel¬ 
low. 
Red Hussar. (S.) Bright 
red. ^ One of the best 
Dahlias for cutting. 
Snow Clad. (P.) Pure 
snowy white. 
Sylvia. (D.) Mauve-pink, 
the center of the flower 
becoming white. 
Twentieth Century. (Sg.) 
Glowing^ rosy crimson, 
with white at the petal 
edges. 
Show Dahlia 
