The Garden Magazine, January, 1921 
221 
The 
ONLY Dahlia Awarded a Gold Medal 
by the American Dahlia Society 
“Patrick O’Mara” 
The sensation of the New York 
Show of the American Dahlia So- 
ciety. Featured and praised alike 
by the daily papers and the horti- 
cultural journals. 
Received Silver Medal, Society 
of American Florists, 1920; Gold 
Medal, American Dahlia Society, 
for best new variety, 1920; Medal, 
T oronto Horticultural Society, 1920. 
American Dahlia Society Certifi- 
cate of Merit 1920. 
J§^T“Highest score at the Trial 
Grounds of the American Dah- 
lia Society, 1920, at the Connec- 
ticut Agricultural College, un- 
der ordinary field culture , which 
is the real test and shows what 
may he expected in any ordi- 
nary garden. 
DAHLIA PATRICK O’MARA, GREATLY REDUCED IN SIZE 
The flowers are 8 inches or more in 
diameter, borne on long, strong, erect 
stems, firmly set at right angles close to 
the stems. This makes these superbly 
beautiful flowers invaluable for decorative purposes when cut, or for a g and display in the garden. 
The color is an unusually soft and pleasing shade of orange-buff, slightly tinged with Neyron rose. 
A rare Autumn shade that will be in great demand. The flowers are full to the center as perfect 
flowers should be. The petals are firm and in every way it is an almost perfect flower. It is a splen- 
did shipping and a long keeping Dahlia when the flowers are cut. None better for commercial use. 
The Dahlia 
Prof. Geo. W. Fraser, Connecticut Agricultural College, in charge of the Dahlia Trial Grounds, says: “Its grow- 
ing, keeping and shipping qualities are excellent. Growers will find its habit, color, etc., something that has been 
greatly needed.” 
Orders booked now and plants shipped next Spring in the rotation in which orders are received. Price, 
$10.00 per plant, $100.00 per doz. Tubers will be sent on orders from far distant points. 
Safe delivery guaranteed. Cash to accompany order. 
RICHARD VINCENT JR. & SONS COMPANY 
WHITE MARSH, MARYLAND 
More than forty thousand persons , in one day, from all over the United States, visited our vast Dahlia fields last autumn 
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