Our 1935 Introductions 
ALICE GENTLE 
Honor Roll Dahlia. Formal Decorative. Winner of 
First Prize as Best Two Year Old. A magnificent striking, 
fiery, flaming, rich scarlet red dahlia of great size and depth. 
The color is positively dazzling, it is so rich and bright. It 
received a large number of votes in the popularity contest 
at the Botanical Gardens in Bronx Park, New York, where 
it attracted a great deal of attention. A marvelous addition 
to a garden. As described by an Eastern grower who tries 
out my new varieties for me: “ALICE GENTLE sure is one 
beautiful bright red; it attracted attention all the way across 
the garden. Had fine 10 inch blooms of great depth, on 3/2 
foot stems, holding the flower well above the foliage. I am 
sure it will be a very polular variety.” Derrill Hart, said of 
it: “ALICE GENTLE is really magnificent in my garden, I 
like it very much on account of its fiery color.” It has 
excellent growing habits, medium tall bushes, stiff firm 
stems, and very prolific bloomers... Roots only—$15.00 Net. 
COLEENA COOPER 
Semi-Cactus Dahlia. Described by a visitor to my gar- 
dent as a bursting sky-rocket effect. A most unusually beau¬ 
tiful and lovely rich red Dahlia with a light violet reverse, 
the petals curl and twist giving the effect of a light tip, that 
is most attractive; there is just a little speck of yellow at 
the center of each petal at the center of the flower... The 
size is large and is very deep, stems are stiff and wiry holding 
the flowers well up and out of the medium tall bush, whose 
foliage is lacelike and very attractive and pest resisting, and 
is always full of blooms. A wonderful keeper and very 
popular as a cut flower. Roots only—$15.00 Net. 
ELIZABETH RETHBERG 
Informal-Decorative. Winner of First Prize at the Cali¬ 
fornia Flower Festival, California's Largest Flower Show, in 
1933, for the Best Two Year Old Seedling. It is a mag¬ 
nificent, giant, flawless, exquisite clear pink Dahlia, with great 
depth, which I have grown to 14 inches. It is so full when 
matured that the long petals entirely cover the stem at the 
back; it stands heat well, does not fade in spite of its ex¬ 
quisite coloring, and blooms continuously, holding its great 
blooms well up out of the tall bush on long, strong, stiff, 
stems. Was unable to exhibit, as a very hot spell matured 
the blooms too much. Curtis Redfern, President of the 
Dahlia Society of California said, it was my finest Dahlia. 
The same opinion was voiced by all the other growers who 
saw it at our meeting following our show. It is named for 
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