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Fitchett Dahlias 
COMING EVENTS 
Cast Their Shadows Before 
Wisconsin State Fair will be especially worth 
while this year as it will celebrate the Wisconsin 
Territorial Centennial. The Fair has been ex¬ 
tended to eight days, August 22 to 29 inclusive. 
We are offering special premiums to encourage 
new exhibitors of dahlias in the amateur class. 
Plan to exhibit. Help the Fair and win glory for 
yourself. 
The initial two-day show of the Chicago Fall 
Flower Festival sponsored by the Central States 
Dahlia Society and the Men’s Garden Club of 
Chicago and held in the International Amphi¬ 
theatre was a wonderful success. This year it 
will be held at the same place September 10-13. 
Plan to show. 
Through the courtesy of the originator, Mr. 
J. Louis Roberts, we hope to show you the beauti¬ 
ful new dahlia “Mrs. Rufus Dawes” growing in 
our garden this season. This variety was named 
at A Century of Progress in honor of the wife of 
President Dawes. 
The official description is: “Informal decorative. 
Color, pale lemon yellow strongly shaded amaranth 
purple in the center, fading to Tyrian pink and 
to amaranth pink on older florets. (A very lovely 
coloring.) Flowering habit very good. Date of 
first bloom, August 15th. Substance good. Stem 
9-17 V 2 inches, bowed, thick. Habit of plant 
branching. Health good. Diameter of flower 
5%-10 inches; depth 2 V 2 S V 2 inches. Height 
of plant 4 %-5 % feet; spread 2-3 feet.” 
We are importing a number of new foreign 
cactus introductions this season. While they 
cannot be sold this fall, you will be interested in 
seeing them and in knowing just what a variety 
“Named to memorized a famous late highness 
lady of poet” looks like. 
If a “Badger” you should belong to the Dahlia 
Society of Wisconsin. Dues, $1.00. J. Blersch, Sec¬ 
retary, 2269 N. 59th St., Milwaukee, Wis. 
The Central States Dahlia Society is a live 
bunch putting on two shows in Chicago each 
season. Membership $1.00 per year, including 
“The Dahlia”. F. R. Kleehammer, Secretary, 3653 
Diversey Blvd., Chicago. 
If not affiliated with the American Dahlia So¬ 
ciety through some local society, by all means 
send $2,00 to the Secretary, C. Louis Ailing, 251 
Court Street, West Haven, Conn., for member¬ 
ship which includes the quarterly Bulletin. 
