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DAHLIADEL NURSERIES 
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Lincoln G. Dickey 
SEMI-CACTUS OR INFORMAL 
DECORATIVE DAHLIAS 
LINCOLN G. DICKEY (Dahliadel 85), 1931. 
g e, Bloom 9J4 x 5, Bush 314 ft. Color, prim¬ 
rose yellow with a decided rose suffusion. Dis¬ 
bud and the blooms will be large and of good 
form; grown naturally, they will be of nice size 
in quantity. One of the earliest to bloom and 
among the last to finish. The growing habits 
are ideal, making this dahlia very satisfactory. 
Named for the Manager of the Atlantic City 
Auditorium at their first show. 
Roots, $1.00; Plants, .50 
GRACE CURLING (Stredwick 85), c g e, Bloom 
7x3, Bush 454 ft. A charming flower of bright 
lilac with a trace of white at the base of petals, 
which are cleft, adding interest to the form. It 
is suitable for exhibiting, especially in basket ar¬ 
rangements, and is attractive in the garden. 
Roots, $1.00; Plants, .50 
MRS. SWIFT (Swift 84), 1931, Bloom 8x4, Bush 
454 ft. It is hard to get a bi-colored dahlia that 
is perfect. This variety is very spectacular and 
attractive, as it is a coppery orange, heavily tipped 
white, with a large percentage of the petals evenly 
marked. Blooms are of very good form. Petals 
curl and twist. Stems fairly strong. Roots, .75 
NEW GLORY (Trostle 83), e g, Bloom 7x3, 
Bush 5 ft. A striking combination of purple 
garnet tipped white and a popular winner in the 
bi-color class. Bushes are strong and healthy 
and stems erect. .75 
DAHLIA ROOTS OR TUBERS 
It has been common practice to call dahlia roots, 
tubers. This is not correct botanicalIy, as a tuber is a 
thickened or fleshy portion of underground stem having 
eyes or buds, from which new plants are produced, such 
as the potato; while a root does not contain eyes or 
buds. In the case of the dahlia, we really have a 
tuberous root with eyes on the crown and not on the 
true root itself. New varieties or species of plants 
grown from roots, not tubers, are patentable under the 
new plant patent act. This makes it necessary to call 
a dahlia root by its correct name. 
INFORMAL DECORATIVE DAHLIAS 
ANDREA ERICSON (F. & M. 85), 1931, g e. 
Bloom 10 x 4, Bush 5 ft. The easiest way to 
describe this dahlia is to call it a white Fort 
Monmouth. It is somewhat heavier in petal 
formation, but very pleasing in form. Held on 
excellent stems, and should be very successful 
in the white class on the show table. In hot 
weather this dahlia needs shading to be grown 
to exhibition perfection. 
Roots, $2.00; Plants, $ 1.00 
FORT MONMOUTH (Kemp 87), g e, Bloom 
11x4, Bush 6f4 ft. The predominating color is 
rich claret with brightness, unusual in darker 
tones. Flowers are full-centred and well formed, 
borne on long, stiff stems high above the foliage. 
A very prolific grower and bloomer. Still a 
winner on the show table. 
Roots, $ 1 . 00 ; Plants, .50 
Fort Monmouth 
