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The Garden Magazine, February, 1921 
DAHLIA PATRICK O’MARA 
WHITE MARSH, MARYLAND 
Three thousand automobiles from various parts of the country passed through our Dahlia fields one day last Autumn. Visitors are 
always welcome. 
RICHARD VINCENT JR. & SONS COMPANY 
P ATRICK O’MARA began work as a 
boy for Peter Henderson, and grew 
up with the house, becoming general 
manager. In appreciation of his life-long 
efforts for horticulture, we named for him 
this, the best Dahlia we have sent out in 
nearly half a century of growing reliable 
stock. 
Awarded 
Gold Medal, American Dahlia Society 
for best new variety; Silver Medal, So- 
ciety American Florists; Bronze Medal, 
Toronto Horticultural Society; American 
Dahlia Society Certificate, highest score 
at the trial grounds, at Connecticut Agri- 
cultural College, under ordinary field cul- 
ture, a test that shows what results any 
grower may expect. 
Our reputation for square dealing is 
back of the Dahlia Patrick O’Mara. 
The flowers are large, 8 inches or more 
in diameter, and the stems are suffi- 
ciently strong to hold the massive 
blooms erect as long as the flowers 
last. The petals are regular and of un- 
usually firm substance, the face of the 
flower showing nothing but petals with no 
open center, making a perfect bloom. 
The color is a rare attractive Autumn 
shade, an unusually soft and pleasing 
orange-buff, slightly tinged with Neyron 
rose, showing most on the petal backs. 
It is a striking combination. 
It is the best shipping Dahlia and the best keeper we ever saw — sure to prove a money-making 
commercial variety and should be included in choice garden varieties. 
Editors of horticultural journals and Dahlia experts pronounce it a real acquisition. 
Illustration in natural size and colors sent free on request. 
Orders booked now and plants shipped next Spring in the rotation in which orders are re- 
ceived. Price, $10.00 per plant, $100.00 per doz. Tubers will be sent on orders from distant points. 
Safe delivery guaranteed. Cash to accompany order. 
From a small photograph taken by Mr. Robert Rift, Philadelphia, Pa., the last day of the New 
York Dahlia Show. The flowers had been cut four days previously, shipped and constantly handled 
in a warm room. Mr. Kift was impressed with their remarkably fresh appearance and took the 
picture to preserve the evidence. Note the long, straight strong stems after four days’ hard usage. 
