. Decorative Dahlia, Rayonanthe M. H. de Young. Not only a splendid large exhibition variety but equally good for garden decoration or as a cut flower. Color pure old gold with scarcely any variation except an iridescent, slightly higher colored centre. It is always a mass of bloom on splendid stems with the flowers held well above the foliage. $ each. Miss Freeman. Large perfectly formed decorative flowers of a pleasing shade of salmon-orange with peach-red suffusion; a fine cut flower. 75 cts. each. Mrs. Carl Salbach. This is one of the California varieties which is seen at most of the D
. Decorative Dahlia, Rayonanthe M. H. de Young. Not only a splendid large exhibition variety but equally good for garden decoration or as a cut flower. Color pure old gold with scarcely any variation except an iridescent, slightly higher colored centre. It is always a mass of bloom on splendid stems with the flowers held well above the foliage. $ each. Miss Freeman. Large perfectly formed decorative flowers of a pleasing shade of salmon-orange with peach-red suffusion; a fine cut flower. 75 cts. each. Mrs. Carl Salbach. This is one of the California varieties which is seen at most of the Dahlia Shows throughout the country, and which has been accorded many honors. The flowers are of splendid decorative form, measuring fully nine inches across, and are of a pleasing lively shade of solferino pink with white suffusion, equally fine under natural as well as arti- ficial hght. 75 cts. each. Mrs. C. H. Breck. A splendid all around variety either for garden decoration or for cutting. Its flowers are always of perfect shape, fuU double to the centre of a soft yellow deeply suffused with carmine. 50 cts. each. Mrs. Nat Slocombe. No other variety approaches this for a good all around bright primrose-yellow; it is fine in color, of splendid shape and very free flowering. 75 cts. each. Mrs. O. D. Baldwin. A good sized flower on long stiff wiry stems, fine for cutting, the base of the flower is not unlike the color of the American Beauty Rose, a rich rosy-carmine, suffused with, and shading to soft rose-pink at the tips. Sl-00 each. Mr. Alex Waldie. A large, well-formed flower held well above the foliage on fine stems and a particiflarly soft and pleasing color, being a creamy-ground, overlaid and suffused with deUcate salmon-pink on the outer petals, the centre creamy-white, a dainty'colorcmnbinatiotf; 75 cts. «ach. SELECT DECORATIVE DAHLIAS (Continued) Mr. C. H. Dresselhuis. For many years the variety Delice has been a favorite cut flower, and while beautiful it was not
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