Downs Dahlia Farms 
Clayton, New Jersey 
BARGAIN No. 3 - £9.75 value for £4.85 
Beautiful, big, full, deep Dahlias in red, yellow and the 
golden bronze shades—good-growing sorts that will make a 
big-Dahlia fan out of most anyone who grows them. Six 
strong green plants, all labeled, with a catalog value of 
$9.75, for only $4.85 prepaid. That figures down to an 
average of only 80 4 apiece if you take them all. Or you 
may select any three for $3.25. 
Mandarin, red and gold. $1.00 
Lord of the Autumn, deep clear yellow .. 1.50 
Palo Alto, bright salmon .-.-.- 1-25 
Happy Choice, orange buff .... 2.50 
Robt. Emmet, velvety cardinal red . 1.00 
Autumn Moon, big amber yellow .. 2.50 
If you’re not satisfied with Bargain No. 3 when it arrives, 
just select and keep one plant for your trouble in packing 
the other five carefully and returning them to us. Your 
$4.85 will then be returned without question. 
KENTUCKY RED. (White). An informal decorative of bril¬ 
liant flaming red that neither fades nor burns in the hot sun. Under 
good culture, the blooms will run to ten inches or over. Long 
stiff stems on a six-foot bush—with healthy and attractive foliage. 
Roots, $.75 
KING MIDAS. (Peacock) The plant is not tall, but it is surely 
strong and sturdy. It bears immense exhibition blooms of clear 
bright yellow—beautiful full-centered flowers on the best of stems. 
One of the finest yellows we ever grew. Informal decorative. 
Roots, $.50 
LADY PONSONBY. (Lee). A big yellow, on rigidly strong 
stems, with as fine a bush growth as you could ask for. This in¬ 
formal decorative has undoubtedly made good already in pretty 
much every part of the country. Plants, $.75 
LA FIESTA. (Cordes-Eastman). Immense chrysanthemum-like 
blooms of butter yellow, penciled with red—blooms that are deep 
as well as big around. This is one of the most distinctive of the 
recent Western introductions, and it has already won many prizes 
here in the East. Has a splendid bush and strong stems. Informal 
decorative. Plants, $.50 
LAVENDER JERSEY’S BEAUTY. (Downs). Several years ago 
we found, among our Jersey’s Beauty, a sport so much darker in 
color that it was like an entirely different variety. Realizing its 
value, we started to work up a stock—only to learn that a number 
of other growers were doing the same with similar sports they, too, 
had found in their fields. This new Beauty has been placed on 
the market under various names—some calling it “blue.” While 
the Dahlia isn’t blue (nor lavender either, for that matter) we call 
it Lavender Jersey’s Beauty because it’s nearer that than any other 
color in our opinion, and we can’t think of a more descriptive 
name for it. We’ll be glad to send roots at little more than the 
price of original Jersey’s Beauty. Roots, $.50 
LAWRENCE TIBBETT. (Muessdorffer). Large blooms of clear 
peach pink held erect by strong straight stems over a very tall bush. 
A free bloomer and a variety that lasts long when cut. Formal. 
Plants, $2.50 
LORD OF THE AUTUMN. (Almy). A great big deep decorative 
that blooms a deep clear yellow for us instead of shading gradually 
lighter toward the outside as usually described. It has a splendid 
formation, with perfect centers and long pointed and twisted petals 
that curve backward until they hide several inches of the strong 
stem. Fine bush growth. Plants, $1.50 
MANDARIN. (Hillcrest). A two-colored Dahlia of red and gold, 
with amber coloring on the back of each petal. Informal decora¬ 
tive type. Has been a consistent prize winner. The blooms are 
immense; the stems, straight and stiff, the bush, tall and strong. 
Roots, $2.00; Plants, $1.00 
MAN O’ WAR. (Boone). A rich, lively dark carmine red in¬ 
formal decorative—one of the best of that color as well as one of 
the best keepers, when cut, among the large-flowered sorts. Has 
won many a First. Plants, $1.00 
MARGARET WOODROW WILSON. (Sanhican) This is a deep 
full flower of a very delicate pink shade, with a darker reverse to 
each petal. It bears abundantly and the blooms are big; but the 
stem is not quite strong enough to hold the heavy flower exactly 
erect on the bush. Roots, $.50 
MISS BELGIUM. (Foreign). Not a large Dahlia, but one of 
great beauty that is not yet very well known—a straight cactus of 
clear, one-toned coral. Good stems and vigorous bush growth. 
Plants, $.75 
MONMOUTH CHAMPION. (Kemp) What a Dahlia this is! 
Just cut the top out, making it branch from near the ground, and 
you’ll have dozens of beautiful bright bronzy orange flowers, as big 
as pieplates if your ground is good, on the best of stems. It’s not a 
high grower with us, and doesn’t need a stake. The color is un¬ 
usual, it grows big, and—despite the fact that the flowers seem to 
lack substance—it is one of the best of keepers. We recommend it 
to everyone, but to florists especially. Decorative type. Roots, $.75 
MONMOUTH SUNBURST. (Kemp). A fine formal decorative 
Dahlia, with brilliant lemon at the center against a background of 
salmon-orange outer petals. A free-blooming variety, with the flow¬ 
ers facing both upward and frontward on strong stems over a bush 
that grows from 4' to 4%' high. Roots, $1.25; Plants, $.50 
MRS. GEORGE LE BOUTELLIER. (Ruschmohr). A giant in¬ 
formal decorative of rich velvety carmine that last year was called 
“the outstanding new red.” An early bloomer, witli every bloom 
just naturally big. Strong, healthy bush, with insect resistant fol¬ 
iage and good stems. Plants, $2.50 
MURPHY’S MASTERPIECE. (Murphy). Color: Red, shading 
almost to garnet. Size: Has been grown to 14 inches or over. 
Type: Informal decorative. Bush: Strong grower, with long rigid 
stems. Remarks: Probably the greatest red to date, and surely one 
of the biggest in any color. One of the reds that stop you. 
Roots, $3.00; Plants, $1.50 
MY MARYLAND. (Downs). We’ll admit this has not given 
anywhere near the universal satisfaction of its garden mate, our 
own Jane Cowl. But it’s still going strong with us. If you like 
a dainty Dahlia, of extreme and delicate beauty, try it—but don’t 
forget to keep the bugs away. A lovely thing in pink—each 
petal twisted and twirled and daintily tipped with ivory. Size and 
habits good. Plants, $.50 
The chief advantage of these green plants is that they cost you only about half the price of roots of the same variety. These 
are really growing baby bushes—not just rooted cuttings—and should give you just as good results as roots if you handle them as 
suggested in “How to Grow Big Dahlias.” They're strong, healthy plants, grown in sterilized soil in a greenhouse screened from in¬ 
sects. They average eight inches high, and each is carefully nested in spagnum moss (see insert) before being packed for shipment. 
