. Cactus Dahlia, Gladys Bates Islam Patrol. A gorgeously rich colored flower, a dark velvety crimson-scarlet tipped and flushed with pure gold. It is very large, early, and holds its perfect shape on splendid stems to the end of the season; one of the most briUiantly colored varieties. $ each. Josephine Mendillo. Well formed flower of medium size on long stifi stems. Color an intense velvety-red, very aptly described by the Garden Magazine as an improvement on the popular variety Kalif. A fine very free flowering garden variety and good cut flower. $ each. Ealif. A truly majestic flowe
. Cactus Dahlia, Gladys Bates Islam Patrol. A gorgeously rich colored flower, a dark velvety crimson-scarlet tipped and flushed with pure gold. It is very large, early, and holds its perfect shape on splendid stems to the end of the season; one of the most briUiantly colored varieties. $ each. Josephine Mendillo. Well formed flower of medium size on long stifi stems. Color an intense velvety-red, very aptly described by the Garden Magazine as an improvement on the popular variety Kalif. A fine very free flowering garden variety and good cut flower. $ each. Ealif. A truly majestic flower, of perfect Cactus form, in color a pure scarlet. The habit of the plant is aU that can be desired; the gigantic flowers, produced very freely, are held on strong stiff stems, making it a most effective and useful variety for cutting as well as for garden decoration. 75 cts. each. Koh-I-Noor. Maroon, and at times so dark as to be nearly black. The flower texture has a pronounced velvety sheen which adds greatly to its beauty. In form, a perfect hybrid cactus, the blossoms very large and deep with perfect centre throughout the season; blooms abundantly at all times. $ each. Lolita Velasco. There are many good white Cactus Dahlias and all of them have some distinctive merit of their own. We should hesitate to designate any one of them as the best white on all points, but if we had to select one individual sort, we would take this splendid variety which is composed of long straight petals which form into a flower of perfect shape, borne on long stiff stems, fine forcutting and for exhibition. $ each. Maku. Flowers of perfect form, a gracefully incurved bloom of a most delicate shell-pink with deeper suffusion which becomes more intense towards the center. It is appropriately named, Maku being the Chinese word for "; $ each. Marathon. Entirely distinct from all other cactus varieties; a brilliant rich purple illuminated with higher, brighter shadings.
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