Greetings 1934 Dahlia Growers 
I he Dahlia is fast becoming one of our most popular 
late summer and autumn flowers, and rightly so. Few of us 
have realized the improvements that have been made in such 
a few short years. We are fast approaching the ideal. 
1 o see the new varieties coming on the market, more 
gorgeous colors, improved stems, bigger and better flowers, 
all this we believe is due to better knowledge of breeding— 
and here is room for argument a-plenty, as we have found. 
However, after quite a lot of experimenting, we ourselves 
are sticking to a definite line of breeding and hope to produce 
our share of the new ones for your consideration, as well as 
offer you on the following pages the outstanding Gold Medal 
Dahlias of the year, and those that have stood the test of 
time. 
We thank our friends and customers for their confidence 
and patronage and assure you we have your interest at heart 
at all times. 
MAD RIVER GARDENS, URBANA, OHIO. 
MEMBER 
American Dahlia Society. 
National Association Commercial Dahlia Growers. 
