to the petals is also reminiscent of certain English type cactus varieties of some years back. 
Few dahlias have been so cordially received on their first appearance as this one and we con¬ 
sider it one of our very best varieties because of its unusual charm and beauty and because the 
great quantity of blooms it gives are useful for every purpose. It is a full, deep flower with 
ideal habits. The illustration on back cover gives a good idea of its fine characteristics. 
Described on the 1933 American Home Roll of Honor as “a most pleasing variety producing 
a wealth of bloom of very pleasing and artistic appearance”. Winner of the Santa Barbara 
Trophy at San Francisco and a Blue Ribbon at the World’s Fair Show $7.50 
EUGENIA BALLAY—I. D. Rich cream. This dahlia won in 1933 as the Best Established three- 
year old in keen competition at the Palace Hotel Show and can always be counted on to exhibit 
to good advantage. It is a very early and a very prolific bloomer. Under favorable weather 
conditions the blooms will easily attain 10 to 12 inches with corresponding depth, and at all 
times will have very long strong stems. In California everyone admired the color and fine 
habits of this dahlia and now good reports have come to us from many places. This variety 
was named in honor of our mother and we hope it will worthily perpetuate her name. Eugenia 
Ballay, along with Palo Alto, Satan and Full Moon, is mentioned in the list of the better new 
dahlias compiled by Dr. Marshall A. Howe of the New York Botanical Gardens and published in 
the December issue of the Flower Grower $5.00 
FAIR ELAINE—S. C. Delicate old rose. An extra good variety with long evenly rolled incurved 
petals. Without heavy disbudding it will produce great quantities of good flowers until the 
very end of the season. Excellent lasting qualities when cut. Roll of Honor Dahlia in 1929 $1.00 
FASCINATOR—F. D. Salmon, orange and gold. These colors are all in bright tones and combine 
to produce a flower of entrancing beauty. It fascinates you and the name belongs to it exactly. 
First crop flowers will be 11 or 12 inches in diameter, regularly formed with full deep centers, 
and held up gracefully on long, strong stems. Later flowers are not so large but are in great 
profusion, continuing to charm with their beauty into the late fall.$2.50 
FLORENTINE—F. D. Bright mallow purple. From the thousands of seedlings we grow we have 
ample opportunity to study the dahlia in its many phases from a standpoint of real progress. 
Many new colors appear but the problem is to get the outstanding colors in flowers that show 
equal advancement in other respects. Good purple shades are not plentiful and we thought 
the color of this dahlia especially worthwhile. The huge flower superbly built in formal 
fashion presents a striking contrast alongside dahlias of colors more frequently seen. It is 
congenially at home among the best, possessing all good qualities $5.00 
FULL MOON—I. D. Canary yellow. Here is a variety that can be truthfully called a superlative 
dahlia and it seems to improve each year. The large distinctive blooms easily measuring 12 
inches across, are regularly formed of very broad flat petals that terminate in a perfectly full 
and artistic center. The thickness and strength of the stems are particularly noticeable and the 
flowers are always upright, never facing the least bit to the side. We have never seen a variety 
more consistent, every flower being massive in size and perfectly formed, and the foliage is 
always clean and bright. In its first year this dahlia made a good start in the East, winning 
the Gold Medal of the Dahlia Society of California as the best dahlia of California origin, and 
was also the largest flower in the show, at Boston. It has since won many prizes as Best 
Yellow, and in some cases as Best Bloom in the show, some customers stating they have 
grown 13 and even 14 inch flowers without any special effort. It was among the winners at 
the World’s Fair and was a Roll of Honor dahlia in 1932 $2.50 
FURY_F. D. Rose and copper with a reverse of deep rose. This is a huge dahlia of rather odd but 
pleasing color. First flowers will measure 11 or 12 inches, and the size is well maintained 
through the whole season. The plant of medium height is a good producer and every flower 
counts as the centers are always closed and the stems satisfactory. Fine for garden decoration 
and for use in a collection of large dahlias $1.50 
GRANDEE—See picture and description, top of Rage 8. 
MONTALVO I. D. Golden bronze shading to a deep bronze center. Size seems to characterize 
most of our recent introductions, but not at the expense of beauty. We have been asked 
repeatedly for extremely large ones and we have been able to supply them with a vengeance. 
Montalvo is anothr 12-inch dahlia when grown with ordinarily good care and it has propor¬ 
tionate depth and strength of stem. There is great beauty in the coloring as you can imagine, 
and when you have charm in color, combined with great size, perfect formation and the best 
growing habits, the variety may be defined as an up-to-the-minute dahlia $2.09 
NARCISSA_S C. Bright daffodil yellow. We wanted a name that would express the freshness and 
warmth of early spring for this dahlia and could think of nothing more appropriate than the 
daffodil and other yellow flowers of the narcissus family. In the full formation of the flower 
there is also further suggestion of the double daffodil. This dahlia averages 8 or 9 inches 
across and is another that grows straight up on a long perfect stem. It is striking in the 
garden, dignified when cut, and has no faults whatever $1.50 
NOB HILL_I. D. Pale orange. Occasionally you see a bed of dahlias containing so many blooms 
that there does not seem to be room for a single one more. That is how Nob Hill looked last 
September In the first crop from eight to a dozen large disbudded flowers on each plant 
opened all at one time, all with long upright stems, fairly covering the plants. On close exami¬ 
nation you would have found every bloom very large and deep and perfectly formed, almost 
every one suitable for exhibiting in the show. The gay and colorful shade of the flower is 
another feature to be considered. All our dahlias are tried out in the East before being 
released and we get a conservative report. The notation for Nob Hill was Very fine $o.00 
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