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MAD RIVER GARDENS 
Novelties from 1934 Honor Roll 
ADIRONDACK SUNSET (Cackener-Parkway Dahlia Gardens) This aptly named 
variety has about everything a Dahlia can offer—Color, form, personality, and 
splendid growing habits. The color is a brilliant scarlet red with golden tips the 
centers being tipped golden orange. 
Strong Plants $5.00 
ANNA BENEDICT (Benedict-Dahliadel) I. D. Outstanding in vases at the New York 
and Camden Shows, as well as at Storrs and the New York Botanical Gardens. 
A dark rich velvety carmine shading to very dark almost black center. This is 
an upright, clean grower, with splendid keeping flowers. Will score very high 
with the new American Dahlia Society score card. 
Strong Plants $5.00 
BETTE DAVIS (Cordes-Eastman) S. C. This Dahlia and Kay Francis have fought it 
out all fall; at Baltimore it won the Achievement Medal over Kay Francis. The 
color is orchid lavender. At New York it looked real pink, and at Camden real 
lavender. A nice grower; free bloomer. 
Strong Plants $5.03 
CITY OF CLEVELAND (Bissell) I. D. A Certificate of Merit winner at Storrs in 1933. 
Bright scarlet splashed with orange. Late in the season the flowers were an in¬ 
tense orange with a slight blush of gold. It has been a splendid Dahlia in my 
own collection through the season. A vivid spot of color. 
Strong Plants $5.00 
CORNELIA BRYCE PINCHOT (Veile & Mendham) I. D. One of the richest Dahlias 
in color we have seen. It is a glowing burgundy red on a heavy, very deep flower. 
It won the largest and best seedling at Chicago this year; at Bryn Mawr it won 
as largest and best bloom. 
Strong Plants $7.50 
FRANK SERPA (Serpa) I. D. Winner of American Home Achievement Medal at San 
Francisco. Decidedly large flowers on extra good stems. Color very pale pink, 
stained wine red; sometimes greatly concentrated on the tips. Attractive and 
distinctive. 
Strong Plants $5.00 Net. 
FOREST FIRE (Daliliadel)• I- D. The most “different” and for that reason, the most 
distinctive of all the novelties. A brilliant scarlet flame with blushes of yellow; 
yellow petaloids. Effective, striking, spectacular. 
Strong Plants $5.00 
HUNT’S VELVET WONDER (Hunt) I. D. Another giant of great beauty. At New 
York it won a special award of merit. Few big flowers will keep as well as this 
one, Color a rich, bright violet burgundy. 
Strong Plants $7.50 
HONOR BRIGHT (Peck) F. D. The beauty of this Dahlia lies in its color, a coral rose 
with amber tints shading to real coral red at the center; scheduled to be a nation¬ 
wide favorite as a cut flower. 
Plants $3.00 Roots $6.00 
HILLCREST NUGGET (Scott) I. D. This grand Dahlia was winner of the achievement 
Medal at Dahlia Society of West Virginia 1933; also has made a splendid im¬ 
pression at New York Botanical Gardens. Color nugget bronze with troubadour 
red reverse. Giant blooms. 
Strong Plants $5.00 
KAY FRANCIS (Eastman) S. C. This is the outstanding prize winner among the novel¬ 
ties. It began by taking the Achievement Medal at New York; special award at 
Camden; in the best seedling class of the year in the east it won the gold medal. 
A true type flower of clear, lemon yellow; deep blooms with high attractive 
center. 
Strong Plants $5.00 
