NEW DAHLIAS 
OF SUPERIOR MERIT 
ARELDA LLOYD (Inf. Dec.) 
This sport of the celebrated Jane Cowl lived up 
to our description in every way the past season 
and nothing but the highest praise has come 
from those that grew it. The Mid-West Dahlia 
News comments on this variety, in comparing it 
with another sport of Jane Cowl exhibited at the 
Minnesota Dahlia Show. “ ‘Arelda Lloyd’ is more 
yellow. ‘Arelda Lloyd’ bids fair to be as good 
as her parent, ‘Jane Cowl.’ ” We believe this 
statement is well founded and now that we are 
releasing roots of this variety for the first time, it 
will become a great favorite among the exhibition 
growers and a difficult flower for the judges to 
pass up. A New Jersey grower writes, “Arelda 
Lloyd was great in every way, had bloom up to 
11 inches with no forcing.” Prof. Patch at Storrs 
Trial Garden, where it received the highest score 
in 1933, writes, “I noted the resemblance in the 
growing habits of Jane Cowl in Arelda Lloyd but 
the color is much better.” What higher compli¬ 
ment could be paid to any Dahlia? The intro¬ 
ducer of this Dahlia visited the Trial Garden at 
the Field Day in 1933 and was admiring this fins 
Dahlia along with others when along came one 
of the most prominent commercial growers in New 
Jersey, who said or asked the group, “How are 
you going to score this Dahl a down?” meaning of 
course, that it was just about the perfect Dahlia. 
We all agreed with him that it was by far the 
best in the garden. In 1934 it repeated at the 
Michigan Trial Garden by scoring over 86 points. 
It was bound for the Honor Roll in 1933 but we 
did not decide to release it until after the Honor 
Roll varieties had been selected. But please re¬ 
member that it defeated about a dozen Dahlias 
that did land on the Honor Roll which were 
growing at Storrs in 1934, so we believe it will 
reach the heights that many of our other varieties 
have attained in the exhibition show room. The 
b st way to describe this Dahlia is to say it is 
just like Jane Cowl in habits in every way except 
color. It is described in the Trial Garden report 
as follows, “A deep soft shade of yellow with a 
slight flush of pink on ends of petals, reverse a 
clear yellow with pink veining.” Prof. George W. 
Fraser writes, “Arelda Lloyd was a corker at 
Storrs this year. Think you did a fine thing in 
getting this wonder to introduce.” In our home 
gardens this variety had a very pronounced pinkish 
overcast. The stems and habits are all that could 
be desired. If you liked that grand Dahlia Jane 
Cowl, you will like this one better which is a 
sport of Jane Cowl. Field grown stock guar¬ 
anteed to make good. 
Root $7.50 Plant $3.50 
BABY ROYAL 
A minature that is a little sweetheart. Winner 
of the Gold Medal in England. The bloom on 
this Dahlia are about three inches in diameter 
and the plants are covered with these little pink 
pearls on long, wiry, stiff stems. For home dec¬ 
orations it is an ideal Dahlia, giving plenty of 
bloom throughout the entire season. Our stock 
is imported and grown two years before releasing 
and we are now offering it for the first time. 
The exact color is flesh-pink on yellow ground or 
at base of petals. It is of decorative type. 
Root $1.50 
CADET (Semi Cac.) 
One of our best 1934 introductions. A light 
primrose yellow that many have referred to as a 
yellow Satan. We know of no yellow semi-cactus 
that can match this variety for all around fine 
habits. It has plenty of size, the best of stems 
and is outstanding in any collection. This type of 
cactus Dahlia in the shade mentioned is truly dis¬ 
tinctive and should be well received by a discrim¬ 
inating public. The petals, long, well-rolled and 
but slightly incurved, are well placed and just 
numerous enough to form an exceedingly graceful 
flower. So clean-cut in form and color, it im¬ 
presses one as having been artificially fashioned by 
the deft hand of a skillful artist. Will grow large 
on a tall, straight stalk. 
Root $7.50 Plant $3.50 
DOKOUPIL’S GIANT (Dec.) 
Few Dahlias from abroad have attracted more 
attention than this fine Dahlia. With no forcing 
it is always covered with great big exhibition 
bloom. I mean by covered, that it is possible to 
cut six or eight nice large bloom at a time from 
one bush, with many more passing their best 
condition, and as many more just opening up. It 
is an ideal Dahlia. To grow it, is to be a booster 
for this Dahlia. Few if any visitors to our gar¬ 
dens the past two years have failed to add this 
Dahlia to their want list. One of the best of 
all European varieties. Color is soft lilac-rose, 
perfect long stems. 
Root $5.00 Plant $2.50 
DOKOUPIL’S TRIUMPH 
Another giant from abroad that has attracted 
unusual attention here and abroad on account of 
its great size and its free blooming habits. Pro¬ 
ducing as it does great big bloom away above the 
foliage on long stiff stems. It truly is a giant. 
Have grown this variety two years in our test 
garden. The color is a very pale yellow with 
an overcast of lavender. 
Root $4.00 Plant $2.00 
DRESDEN (Inf. Dec.) 
Clear pink lavender. Here good color is again 
very much in evidence. The lavender is plainly 
of the rich pink tone throughout the flower and is 
in no sense a bluish lavender. This rich coloring 
is well supported by large size, full formation and 
a matchless stem. 
This 1934 introduction was a much improved 
Dahlia the past geason growing in our home gar¬ 
den. I know of very few Dahlias that can match 
this creation and it should be in every first-class 
collection. To grow it is to love it. 
Root $7.50 Plant $3.50 
EDWARD G. BARNES (Inf. Dec.) 
This is a grand imported variety that has quality 
blazing forth in every way, the habits of the 
plants are perfect, the finest of long stiff stems, 
but the real attraction is its color, in fact I know 
of no color just like it in the Dahlia family—- 
cream at center to pure white. It is massive in 
size, the florets being broad but curling prettily 
at tips and forming the largest of flowers both in 
diameter and depth. The size of bloom continues 
to be of exhibition size throughout the season. 
Plant $5.00 net 
