- 1934 - 
Greetings To Our Dahlia Friends: 
We take great pleasure in presenting again to you 
an excellent list of new originations and other stand¬ 
ard varieties of dahlias. 
You will note that we have dropped the names of 
several varieties from our catalog- Some have been 
replaced with better varieties and some we are with¬ 
holding to increase our stock. This is especially true 
in regard to miniatures. We did not reserve sufficient 
planting stock from the heavy run last year. 
We are not trying to either grow or list every 
variety of dahlia in existence. We are merely trying 
to sell roots of varieties that we grow. 
We will not tire you with a long detailed report of 
our winnings this past season, just a summary. We 
showed at Inglewood, Long Beach and Los Angeles, 
winning approximately thirty-five firsts and eighteen 
seconds; a total of fifty-three wins out of seventy-two 
entries. We won best general display at Inglewood 
and Los Angeles and second at Long Beach, with the 
keenest competition we have had for several years. 
We are taking this opportunity to thank all our cus¬ 
tomers and friends for their loyal support and patron¬ 
age through the past trying season. We have better 
times ahead and better dahlias. 
We are diverging from our usual rule and will sell 
rooted cuttings from Marie Dressier this year. 
TERMS: Remittance with order. Transportation 
paid on all retail orders of $1.00 upward. 
With best wishes for a happy and prosperous new 
year, we are, 
Cordially yours, 
VERNON FLORAL COMPANY 
Gladys L. Vernon 
Charles L. Vernon 
All abbreviations are as follows: (P) Peony, (C) 
Cactus, (D) Decorative, (B) Ball, (M) Miniature, (Po) 
Pompon, (S) Semi, (F) Formal, (1) Informal. 
