. The dahlia; a practical treatise on its habits, characteristics, cultivation and history . ouble; floral rays (petals)short as compared with previous type, broad, flat, recurved or twisted, not sharply pointed exceptwhen tips are divided (staghorn), margins only slightly revolute (rolled back), and tubesof outer florets, if any, less than half the length of the ray. Typical examples: Master Carl, Perle de Lyon, Flora, Mrs. J. P. Mace, Kalif and Rheine-konig. 2. D£corative Dahlias. Double flowers, full to center in early season, flat rather than ball-shaped, with broad, flat,somewhat loosely
. The dahlia; a practical treatise on its habits, characteristics, cultivation and history . ouble; floral rays (petals)short as compared with previous type, broad, flat, recurved or twisted, not sharply pointed exceptwhen tips are divided (staghorn), margins only slightly revolute (rolled back), and tubesof outer florets, if any, less than half the length of the ray. Typical examples: Master Carl, Perle de Lyon, Flora, Mrs. J. P. Mace, Kalif and Rheine-konig. 2. D£corative Dahlias. Double flowers, full to center in early season, flat rather than ball-shaped, with broad, flat,somewhat loosely arranged floral rays (petals) with broad points or rounded tips which arestraight or decurved (turned down or back), not incurved, and with margins revolute (rolledback) if rolled at all. Includes forms like those of Souvenir de Gustave Douzon, Jeanne Charmet, LeGrandManitou, Delice, Lyndhurst and Bertha Von Suttner; but does not include Le Colosse, , Dreers White, Grand Duke Alexis or similar forms, which fall into section B of theball-shaped double Dahlias. 14 THE NEW DECORATIVE DAHLIA, MELODY THE DAHLIA. 15
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