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Title: Maule's seed catalogue : 1896
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Wm. Henry Maule (Firm) Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Seeds Catalogs Vegetables Catalogs Fruit Catalogs Flowers Catalogs Livestock Catalogs Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Maule
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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LiliumAlexandras ovelties in Dahlias. GRAND DUKE ALEXIS.
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...THE COMING... gPOPULAR FLOWER. 1 > Undoubtedly the Dahlia Novelty of the year and the grandest introduc- 5 tion since Nymphaea, which 1 introduced four years ago. The flower is of 5 eutiiely new form, each petal being twisted and curved funnel shaped, with S astonishing regularity, most accurately shown in illus- ^ tration herewith; the whole flower presenting a beauti- O ful and unusually symmetrical appearance. The color £. of the flower is pure white, shading to a most delicate 9 and charming shell pink; each petal cupped so closely a as to make the inner side appear to be of a much m deeper shade of pink; in fact, the color and form S of the flower easily make it the most remarkable and * attractive of Dahlias. The flowers are of enormous size, ? often measuring 20 inches or more in circumference, ■< while the plant is of vigorous habit and a most profuse ^ and contmuous bloomer. The past summer when S scarcely any dahlias flowered owing to the severe » drought In thi

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