When better dahlias are grown, 1 will grow them 
A fine compact growing bush, a little over four feet high, with a 
bright green foliage. v 
BLOOMS--Large and very full, 10 tQ 12 inches in diameter and from 
5 to 7 inches in depth. i : ; ■ 
FORMATION--Examine the picture, see how full it is and the small 
petaloids hold the petals so that it never shatters. All petals remain until 
the flower is entirely dead. 
CENTER-- Air tight. It never has an open center from early till late. 
STEMS--A perfect straight stem which never droops from the early 
season until frost. After heavy rains, the stems were like, canes and not 
a flower drooped. 
EARLY BLOOMER--Nothing but a mass *of blossoms from the 
beginning of the season to the end. 
SPOTLIGHT is so good it will be grown, long after many other 
good ones are forgotten. It will be a grand addition to the most exacting, 
up to date aristocratic garden and one that you will be proud to show 
your friends and neighbors. Why not be first :with SPOTLIGHT in your 
neighborhood? You will want it when ydu see others have it. 
WINNER of AmericamTIome Achievement Medal at Seattle in a 
strong class, also at the show of the Washington State Dahlia Society of 
Tacoma. It won first and sweepstakes. It also won as a yearling and a 
two year old seedling. 
NOTE:--The following is what Mr. Derrill W. Hart has to say 
about this dahlia, in his account of it, in his Honor Roll on dahlias in 
December issue of The American Home Magazine. 
STILL hailing from, the Pacific is the clear yellow Spotlight (Cottage 
Grove Gardens) which achieved The American Home Achievement Medal 
as the best undisseminated variety at Seattle. Tubers, $10.00 net 
R. A. BROOMFIELD (I. D.)—Here^s a new dahlia that will give perfect satis¬ 
faction to all who grow it, It has come to stay! Glorious in color, perfect 
in formation. In fact what R. A. Broomfield has not isn’t worth having. Try 
it and be convinced. A flower that immediately attracts attention. The 
blooms are large and distinctive, easily grown to great size and depth. 
They are held upright and always well up out of the foliage. The color is 
i a glorious saffron oraiige flushed with rose. Stems are stiff and strong but 
not clubby. They are always straight. The foliage is dark green, heavy, 
and of leathery appearance. The plant is a fine clean grower and makes 
a thrifty bush about 5 to 6 feet high. Has been placed on the Roll of 
Honor. Mr. Derrill W. Hart in his story of outstanding Dahlias said, 
“This Dahlia was not shown this year but of all the new varieties no one 
made a finer impression on me. It is giant of very impressive form; I saw 
a complete row of this and I predict a great future for this variety.” 
Tubers, $ 10.00 net 
CLAROX. Beauchamp-Chappaqua. (F. D.)—A new dahlia of unusual coloring. 
A distinct novelty. Maroon with light yellow reverse and tiny gold tips! 
A strong clean grower of medium height. Very straight stiff stems. A 
prolific blomer and a wonderful keeper when cut. Tubers $5 OO 
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