If you do not know much about how to grow dahlias, do not hesitate to ask 
someone who knows. 
"WHEN TENACITY TRIUMPHED" 
Sometime in September 1933 I received a most cordial invitation 
from the Horticultural Society of New York to display my dahlias at their 
Chrysanthemum Show which was to be held on November 2nd to 5th. 
It was a real honor and pleasure for me to accept, but the difficulty in¬ 
volved was that by the time the Show would start, the frost would by 
then have demolished all outdoor flowers. I became determined to com¬ 
pete in this show and so prepared myself to this extent. Gathering as many 
baskets and bushels as possible I immediately set forth to cover as many 
dahlias which were just beginning to bloom as possible. This done, I 
patiently awaited the day when I could uncover these plants and show 
them. However on October 26th Jack Frost spread his first annual blanket 
and the following morning revealed a garden covered with a mass of black. 
Some ten days later the doctored plants were uncovered and my eyes were 
met with a beautiful floral display. I immediately placed the best of these 
at the show in a vase, and to my delight I was awarded a Special Medal 
from the Horticultural Society Chrysanthemum Show at the Museum of 
Natural History. Also for this display I received a certificate of Commen¬ 
dation. 
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