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MAD RIVER GARDENS 
Wliat Others Say About Our Dahlias 
It is a great pleasure to quote to you from a few of our friends and 
customers. 
“You are welcome to quote me on the unsurpassed green plants I re¬ 
ceived from you last spring; they arrived in perfect condition, not a leaf 
wilted, the strongest large plants I have received from anywhere. Your 
method of shipping potted plants has rendered obsolete the practice of 
many growers of shipping small, root-bound plants having growth checked. 
In spite of the terrific drouth your plants did as w r ell as any planted from 
roots, making fine root clumps as I found when dug during October. Your 
plant of Satan produced the largest blooms of any variety I have grown, 
one flower IB.5 inches and two 12.5 inches blooms at the same time.” 
PROF. H. H. K., AMES, IOWA. 
“Your Dahlias were 0. Iv. and your plants were exceptionally good. 
Am purchasing Dahlias now, so send me your 1935 list.”—H. N. North, 
Wisconsin. 
“I am very glad to report to you that I received plants from ten differ¬ 
ent sources, and I got the best results from the plants received from you. 
I am also glad to tell you that Mrs. Ella Worthen, and your ANTARES re¬ 
ceived the most praise from visitors and many said that Mrs. Ella Worthen 
was the most spectacular Dahlia grown. The best way I can show you that 
I appreciate the quality of your plants is to give you another order for next 
year. Am awaiting your list and ideas of the best, and to learn more about 
the great “Yellow Knight”.—Prof. D. H. T., Chicago. 
“I have been intending to write you for some time relative to Dahlia 
plants I purchased from you. All the plants you sent me are away ahead 
of any others that I received. I am greatly pleased with Ruby Taylor and 
Antares. Talking about fine Dahlias, Mrs. Ella Worthen is one of the 
finest we have ever seen and Mrs. M. classes it with Murphy’s Masterpiece 
and Spotlight. We cut one Sunday measuring ll J / 2 inches and as fine as 
a race horse all over.’—H. T. M. S., Carolina. 
“The roots and plants you sent me did better than any I ever bought 
since I have been in the Dahlia business, and if I were in a position to do 
so, I would clear out everything but a few, and buy new stock from you. 
Your MARY BAKER is even liked better than Lord of Autumn, and my 
Lord of Autumn is ten feet tall, and produced wonderful blooms.”—F. D. 
G., York, Pa. 
“The finest plants I ever saw.”—Plant Inspector, State of California. 
“You certainly have this plant business whipped.”-—New York Dahlia 
Grower. 
“There is an honor in business that is the fine gold of it... . that 
reckons with every man justly . .. that loves light. . . that regards kind¬ 
ness and fairness more highly than goods or prices or profits.It be¬ 
comes a man more than his furnishings or his house.It speaks for 
him in the heart of everyone.His friendships are serene and secure.” 
Henry W. Longfellow. 
