Our new 1934 introduction is a large formal Decor¬ 
ative of golden yellow, shading to a center of warm 
salmon or flesh color. 
It was featured in the Honor Roll of the American 
Home Magazine in 1932 as “the truest type formal 
Decorative and an undefeated winner” and was again 
included in this list of most worthy varieties in 1933 • 
Making its first public appearance in 1932, 
GOLDEN ECLIPSE won as the best undisseminated 
formal Decorative in the New York Show of the 
American Dahlia Society, and was awarded a Special 
Medal as the Most Outstanding Seedling in the Show 
at Rye, N. Y. It also won first prizes in New York and 
at Rockville Centre in the formal Decorative classes. 
The past season it was awarded a Certificate of 
Merit at the American Dahlia Society Trial Grounds 
at Storrs, Conn.; was a special feature of much inter¬ 
est in prize winning exhibits at New York and Brook¬ 
lyn, where it showed remarkable keeping qualities and 
was also judged the Best Keeping Variety in the Show 
at the Academy of Music in Brooklyn. 
GOLDEN ECLIPSE is a vigorous grower, height up 
to 7 feet, and the flowering habit is good. Exhibition 
flowers may be cut on stems 4 and 3 feet in length. 
We offer GOLDEN ECLIPSE not only as a prize 
winner, but as a reliable, useful variety. 
Roots $10.00 each. Plants $5.00 each 
