form, color and keeping qualities make it graceful 
as well as useful. Color is a brilliant velvety car¬ 
mine. This variety was featured by us in four of 
the big Eastern shows where it was greatly ad¬ 
mired and was one of our best keepers. Root $3.00 
KENTUCKY (I.D.) (Wiggington)— A sport of Jer¬ 
sey’s Beauty with every good trait of the latter. 
The color is' a light salmon-orange, shading to gren¬ 
adine orange, the base of petals being a light yel¬ 
low. Petals are slightly twisted and are of splendid 
substance, making it an exceptionally fine cut flow¬ 
er. A prolific bloomer. Root $1.00 
KEMP’S VIOLET WONDER (I.D.) (Kemp 85) — 
The predominating color of this fine dahlia is iNap- 
thaline violet, with an undertone of royal purple, 
lightening to a faint bluish violet at the tips 
of petals. Deep flowers of perfect form. Stems are 
stiff, holding flowers a foot above the foliage. A 
truly outstanding variety, keeping well when cut 
Plant is a prolific bloomer, strong grower, not sus¬ 
ceptible to sucking insects. Root $ 100 
KEMPS WHITE WONDER (I.D.) — This great 
white is a definite cross between Ft. Monmouth 
and Ida Perkins and is one of the largest and best 
white dahlias of informal decorative type. Color is 
pure white, blooms are held very _ erect on stitt 
stems, and are produced in profusion early until 
late in the season. This dahlia attained 11-ld 
inches in the trial garden of its originator, and 
from 8 to 9 inches in depth. The plant is a strong, 
sturdy grower, wide spreading with many branches 
from the ground uo, producing a giant bloom that 
can be cut with a stem 5 to 6 feet. Foliage, very 
thick, insect-resisting. Root ;|>7 ' 5U 
KING MIDAS (I.D.) (Peacock 85) —A very popu¬ 
lar yellow dahlia. The plant growth is sturdy, 
stems are long and erect. Centers are high and 
to the end of the season. Root * 15U 
KING OF YELLOWS, (I.D.) (Dr. Shattuck)-— 
A very large flower of eight to ten inches with 
very narrow folding petals that are beautitu . 
is really a new type. It has great depth and a very 
fine high center and a long stiff stem. A beautiful 
buttercup yellow. The foliage is perfect and it 
keeps well. Ko ° * ' 
LONG HILL (I.D.) — Here is a dahlia that should 
be in every garden. It is a seedling of Jane Cow 
and an improvement over this one m many ways. 
Color a combination of gold and rose shadings 
with a yellow center and rose reverse. Imagine a 
dahlia with these colors and you have a fair idea 
of its beauty. The petals are long, curled and twist, 
further enhancing its beauty. The plant is a strong 
grower and a very prolific bloomer. Flowers are 
held erect on long, strong stems, well above the 
dark green leathery insect resistant foliage. A 
grand dahlia for cutting, as well as fh e exhibition 
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