Here, at home, we had thousands of giant 
extra exhibition blooms, including a 12^4 inch 
bloom picked Oct. 5, from an early plant, not 
even disbudded and that had absolutely no 
fertilizer of any kind except one handful of 
bone meal at planting time. Picked 11 *4 inch 
blooms October 12, from plant in constant 
bloom since early July, and still with perfect 
center and back and on 4 foot stems. The 
long growing season has given us some of the 
grandest clumps we ever raised. Dug field 
grown clumps, (with no fertilizer of any kind 
except one handful of bone at first hoeing) 
that, actually, would not enter the top of a 
flaring bushel basket without twisting and 
cramping the roots. It pays to get your stock 
where it has never been overpropagated. We 
are offering stock from these grand clumps, 
full of pep and vitality, for strong Div. $5 
each, 3 for $12; Plants $2 each, 3 for $5. 
Better order early as we returned orders 
for oVer 60 divisions last Spring. 
ROYAL GLORY. I. D. A bloom of exhibi¬ 
tion size but very difficult to describe. It is 
an extremely rich and brilliant scarlet maroon 
with violet shadings at the tips and a slight 
purple suffusion over all. A truly royal flow¬ 
er, whose formation is equally as beautiful as 
its color and almost equally as hard to picture. 
The pointed petals incurve slightly at the ex¬ 
treme tips, making a very odd and beautiful 
pattern. The foliage is a black green which 
sets off the gorgeous blossoms to fine advan¬ 
tage. The stems are long and rigid, and hold 
the bloom above the plant. Div. $1.00; Plants 
$ 1 . 00 . 
“SALLY B”. I. D. The most beautiful pink 
dahlia it has been my pleasure to grow, or 
see, and there are many grand pinks. A seed¬ 
ling of Kathleen Norris, it has the same long, 
black, rigid stem, but is even larger in diam¬ 
eter, though perhaps not quite as deep. 
Slightly lighter in color, it is a lovely shell 
pink throughout which does not fade or burn. 
It is a very prolific producer of giant blooms, 
with center always closed. Grown over 11 
inches in Tacoma. “Best dahlia I ever got 
from the East.” California grower. Div. $3; 
Plants $1.50. 
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