bloom continuously, and has every good quality. The photo 
engraving was taken late in October, the flower being 
considerably smaller than earlier in the season. A greatly 
admired flower. Roots only—$15.00 Net. 
SIRIUS 
Honor Roll Dahlia. Semi-cactus or Informal-decorative. 
Pronounced (Sir’-i-us). Named for the blue star. Hailed at 
the San Francisco Show as the long awaited blue Dahlia. 
Described as grown in New Jersey: “SIRIUS is the nearest 
to a blue Dahlia we have to date. Here it is a real bluish 
purple, with very little of the pink cast in it. An outstand¬ 
ing Dahlia and we have nothing in any way similar here. 
A very prolific bloomer, it comes early and is good late; 
has a fine bush, three to four feet with bloom of perfect 
bearing.” 
Warwick Carpenter of the 
American Home says of Sirius: 
“It does indeed turn in the di¬ 
rection of blue, it has purple, 
violet or blue in its composition, 
and is thus a most welcome ad¬ 
dition to the range of Dahlia 
colors, a welcome which it further 
justifies by other strong charac¬ 
teristics of size, shape and bearing. 
Miss Meussdorffer has made an¬ 
other meritorious contribution with 
Sirius.” Visitors to my garden 
on seeing it, blooming, invariably 
exclaimed, “A blue Dahlia.” After 
sunset the blue comes out more 
strongly. Under artificial light it 
takes on a pink tone, as at our 
show. Roots only—$15.00 Net. 
LUANA 
First Prize Winner whenever entered in competition. 
Informal-decorative Miniature. It is the best and most popu¬ 
lar one, and the growers here and in the East are all 
looking forward to its introduction. The color is new, very 
hard to describe, very beautiful, a clear clean color, between 
a rose, salmon and pink, fine form, blooms carried well 
above the foliage on long, straight, firm stems, perfect form 
to end of season. Roots only—$5.00 Net. 
MISS VIVIAN, Informal-decorative Miniature (M a c k) 
Honor Roll. Pink with rather compact formation, tending 
to approach the ball type. Blooms carried well above the 
foliage on long stems. Consistently of good form and color. 
Roots only—$5.00 Net. 
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