THE TREND OF THE DAHLIA 



SEVENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION AMERICAN DAHLIA SOCIETY 



LL HA I L the Dahlia ! King of 

 an enthusiastic Dahlia hobb\ 

 roof of the Hotel Pennsylvania, 

 September 27th, at 



the opening of the four-day 



Seventh Annual Show of the 



American Dahlia Society. 



Dahlia hobbyists ourselves, 



we pardoned his enthusiasm 



and we might add — nearly 



felt ourselves saying'Amen." 



At any rate, we are quite 



certain that no other one 



flower could bring such en- 

 thusiastic public response. 



Once more the Dahlia showed 



it is the flower of the greatest 



public favor of the present * 



time. Last year the Ameri- 

 can Dahlia Society held its " 



first independent show in 



the same place, when success 



encouraged a step farther in 



securing the entire roof for 



this year. A wise move, in- 

 deed, for every foot of space 



was filled. This year's exhi- 

 bition far outshone anything 



ever done in Dahlia exhibits 



in the East. The amateur 



exhibits were fully up to the 



standard of the professional, 



and the fact that an amateur 



can compete on even terms 



with the professional is in 



the Flowers, " exclaimed 

 ist as he entered the 

 New York, on Tuesday, 



large measure 



Dahlia among 



The Dahlia 



DOROTHY DURNBAUGH 

 Cactus. Clear pink showing no 

 trace of lavender shade, nor white. 

 A full-substanced flower for gar- 

 den or exhibition (Broomall) 



responsible for the tremendous popularity of the 



amateur gardeners of all grades. 



hobbyist who tries to keep a sort of mental 

 catalogue of all that's good 

 in Dahlias finds an intriguing 

 problem awaiting him at the 

 Dahlia show. He is intro- 

 duced to so many new varie- 

 ties of deserving quality and 

 so many of the old favorites 

 still hold their places of merit 

 that he must needs attend 

 the Show several times. It 

 can not be digested in one 

 visit. He must needs see it 

 under artificial light, too, for 

 many listless colors under 

 daylight are gems under arti- 

 ficial light. This year's Show 

 clearly demonstrated that so 

 far as variety of color is con- 

 cerned the Dahlia is in a 

 class by itself; that future 

 progress in the flower must 

 be along other lines than 

 color; that the greatest im- 

 provement shown in color 

 during the past year was 

 among the whites and reds; 

 that, with a few exceptions, 

 the California producers are 

 making that state the cradle 

 of the best American produc- 

 tions. 



For the first time in the 



THE GRIZZLY 



Hybrid Cactus. Very dark, deep crimson, yet brilliant. A remarkably 

 impressive flower of large size with graceful velvety petals (Burns) 



THE EMPEROR 



Decorative. A massive flower of regal appearance. 

 Royal purple, that glows under illumination (Marean) 



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