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The Florists^ Review 



78 



THE SENSATIONAL NEW YELLOW CACTUS DAHLIA 



GOLDEN GATE 



No grower or florist can afford to 

 ignore the Golden Gate Dahlia and be 

 up-to-date. The public today craves for 

 dahlias for either garden or floral use, 

 and vhey simply go wild when they see 

 the Golden Gate Dahlia in bio >m Ex- 

 amine an old catalogue of any of the 

 large seed houses of say ten or more 

 years ago, note the few varieties of 

 dahlias listed, not much doing in dahlias 

 at that time, but by examining any of 

 today's seed house catalogues you will 

 flnd several pages devoted to dahlias. 

 Some houses issue special dahlia cata- 

 logues, which all goes to show the great 

 demand for this popular flower. Louk 

 up any trade paper of fall 1913 and see 

 the market quotations. Compare chry- 

 santhemum prices of 1918 with prices 

 of 1912, note the low prices for 1913. Mr. 

 Totty, of chrysanthemum fame, in his 

 speech at the annual meeting of the 

 Chrysanthemum Society of America, in 

 Chicago, November 6, 19l3, stated that 

 the public's demand for dahlias caused 

 the slump on mums; result, mum growers 

 began to sit up and take notice of 

 dahlias. Watch them and growers of 

 other kindred stock add dahlias to their 

 stock for the coming season. Why not 

 follow suit, start right, plant Golden Gate 

 Dahlia, the Queen of them all? 



After having grown dahlias twenty 

 years for cut flowers and for the last 

 five years have grown hundreds of 

 novelties, we have yet to see a dahlia 



JOHN LEWIS CHILDS. 



Flowerfleld, L. I., N. Y. 

 Mr. Wm. A. Finger, Jr., 



Hicksville, L. I. 

 Dear Sir: From all appearances up to 

 the present time you have in Dahlia 

 Golden Gate one of the best varieties 

 that has come under my attention. The 

 character and habit is ideal, and the 

 color is one of the richest I have seen. 

 Without a doubt you have one of the best 

 seedlings that has been raised in this or 

 any other country, and I believe that 

 there will be a great future for it. 

 Yours very truly, 



I. S. HENDRICKSON. 



that has the good qualities of the Gold- 

 en Gate. Most of the visitors to our 

 grounds last year were of the million- 

 aire class, who as a rule grow all the 

 dahlia novelties. One and all declared 

 the Golden Gate the most wonderful 

 of them all. 



We wish to call your attention to the 

 testimonial of Mr. I. S. Hendrickson, ex- 

 president of the Gladiolus Society, whose 

 worldwide reputation and experience 

 makes his Judgment very convincing. 

 Mr. Hendrickson has been observing this 

 dahlia for years, and was one of the first 

 to book an order with us. 



Now is the time to start bulbs of the 

 Golden Gate dahlia for cuttings to work 

 up stock for the coming season. Bulbs 

 started now are a big advantage over 

 plants bought in spring. Don't fail to 

 take advantage of this opportunity to 

 procure tubers of this grand dahlia at 

 half other dissemination charge for 

 plants delivered in May. A little money 

 invested now will bring you big returns 

 in the fall. You can make your own 

 price to your customers for the bulbs or 

 blooms of this grand dahlia; and by 

 placing your order at once, you can have 

 them In quantity In season. 



Price to the trade for fleld-grown 

 tubers, $1.00 each, postpaid; $10.00 per 

 dozen, $75,000 per 100. 26 at 100 rate. 

 Packed frost-proof. No tubers sent out 

 that do not show sprouts. 



WM. A. FINGER, JR., 



LONG ISLAND 

 DAHLIA GARDENS, 



HICKSVILLE, L I., N. Y. 



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Per 100. $1.10: per 250, $2.50; 

 per 1000. $8.50 



Caladium Esculentum 



(Elephant's Ear) 



Dozen 100 1000 



5 to 7 $0.36 $1.75 $15.00 



7 to 9 60 3.60 30.00 



9 to 11 90 6.00 



11 to 14 1.60 10.00 



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166 North Wabash Avenue 

 CHICAGO, ILL. 



Phone Central 6004 



LilyofiheValley 



QUALITY BRAND 



2S00 to case, $17.00 per 1000 



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ST. LOUIS. MO. 



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