SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA 
LARGE TYPES—Continued 
FRANCESCA. F.D. Large. Old rose suffused with gold. Strong stem. 75c. 
★ FRASQUITA. I.D. Pale gold, flushed deeper gold. Low growing bushes, and one of 
the first to bloom and the last to cease. A very large flower, produced on strong 
stem. SI. 50. 
★ F. W. BUTLER. F.D. Bronze and gold with copper bronze shading. Low growing 
bushes but long stemmed flowers. Enormous size and great depth. $1.50. 
■^■GERTRUDE EDERLE. S.P.C. Primrose yellow of long straight petals. No better 
cut flower. $ 1 . 00 . 
GOLD MEDAL. B. Yellow, suffused red. Excellent. 50c. 
★ GOLDEN HORN. I.D. Bright yellow shading amber at the centre. Crinkly petals. 
Early. $1.00. 
★ ISABEL McELNEY. I.D. Unique coloring between old rose and watermelon. Low 
bushes with large long stemmed flowers of pinwheel formation. One of the prize¬ 
winning twelve Californians at the 1934 San Francisco show. $2.50. 
★ IV ORY. I.D. Best bloom National Dahlia Society show in London, England, in 1933. 
Best bloom shown by an amateur in Dahlia Society of San Francisco show at Palace 
Hotel in 1933. Creamy white is the color. Strong stem. Fairly tall bushes. $1.00. 
JANE COWL. I.D. Very large bloom of old gold. Excellent. 50c. 
★JOY. F.D. Clear, silvery lavender. Big flowers grow on top of stem. Many times 
prize winner. $1.50. 
LADY FRANCES. F.D. Large flowers with strong stems. Old rose suffused with 
gold. $ 1 . 00 . 
★ MADRIGAL. F.D. Flowers are very large, with strongest possible stems. Color, 
soft pink, almost the shade of the old fashioned La France rose. $2.50. 
★ MARIPOSA II. S.C. P ink everywhere, otherwise, just in every way an improved 
Mariposa. What more can one say? $1.50. 
★ MINAMOTO’S CRIMSON. I.D. Perpetual bloomer. Rich crimson lake flower of 
pinwheel formation. $1.50. 
★ MISS OLIVER. I.C. Blend of pink and cream. Large incurved bloom on strong 
stem. Tall. $1.50. 
★MRS. ALEC LOW. S.C. Deep, unvarying lilac. Flower very large and deep. Rigid 
stem. Medium height. $3.00. 
MRS. GEORGE LE BOUTILLIER. I.D. An immense flower of dark velvety red. We 
are proud of this dahlia as it was grown from Bessie Boston seed. A prize winner for 
two seasons in Eastern and Mid-West shows. $10.00. 
★ MRS. H. T. HENNIG. F.D. The “painted dahlia.” White, delicately shaded with 
pink. Low. $1.50. 
★ MY FANCY. F.D. Maroon, evenly tipped white. Dahlias of two distinct colors 
usually have a fault: the bushes contain bi-colored and solid colored flowers. This 
dahlia, however, is an exception. Flowers of large size, borne on good stems. One 
of the earliest and the last to bloom. Bushes of moderate height, always productive. 
$4.00. 
Those starred are Bessie Boston varieties. 
..J. 
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