MAD RIVER GARDENS 
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HILLCREST NUGGET (Scott) I. D. This grand Dahlia was winner of the achieve¬ 
ment Medal at Dahlia Society of West Virginia 1933; also has made a splendid 
impression at New York 'Botanical Gardens. Color nugget bronze with troubadour 
red reverse. Giant blooms. 
Plants $2.50 
HILLCREST SUNSET (Scott) I. D. Giant bloom; long stems; color sunset. 
Plants $1.00 
HONOR BRIGHT (Peck) F. D. The beauty of this Dahlia lies in its color, a 
coral rose with amber tints shading to real coral red at the center; scheduled to be 
a nation-wide favorite as a cut flower. 
Plants 75c Roots $1.50 
HONORABLE MR. (Garrity) I. D. This Dahlia was made for those who like a good 
grower; with perfect stems, strong and cane-like. A hard color to describe—we think 
a dark crimson carmine, that makes every one ask wliat’s this. 
- Plants $1.00 Roots $2.00 
HUNT’S VELVET WONDER (Hunt) 1. D. Another giant of great beauty. At 
New York it won a special award of merit. Few big flowers will keep as well as 
this one. Color a rich, bright violet burgundy. 
Plants $3.75 
JANE COWL (Downs) I. D. One of the greatest Dahlias of all times; always 
good; color glistening bronzy buff and old gold shadings. 
Plants 50c Roots 50c 
JANE ROSS (Delight U-’35) A very attractive shade of light purple, almost 
magenta, good in every way, fine stems for such large flowers. Extra. 
Plants $1.25 
JANET SOUTH WICK (Chapman) F. D. One of the very best of the 1932 intro¬ 
ductions: an Honor Roll Dahlia; color velvety pomegranite purple, shaded silver; 
the best of stems. 
Plants 50c Roots 75c 
JEAN TRIM BEE (Trimbee) S. C. Here always has been one of our favorites; 
very large flowers, unusually clear, beautiful royal purple; extra bloomer on the 
best of stems; we cannot say enough about this one. 
Plants 50c Roots $1.00 
JEROME KERN (Veile & Mendham) I. D. Here we have a Gold Medal Dahlia. 
A long petalled, graceful flower, with a background of shrimp pink, reverse of petals 
old rose; petals twist and curl at ends. A real beauty. 
Plants $1.00 Roots $2.00 
JERSEY’S DAINTY (Waite) Straight cactus. A lovely and very satisfactory 
Dahlia; white, sometimes with a faint overtone of pink; for the most part flowers 
are pure white, a fine stem, and a prolific bloomer. 
Plants 75c 
KARL BONAWITZ (Dahliadel) S. C. Another of our favorites; always reliable 
and a marvelous cut flower of large size; color velvety carmine; perfect stems; 
should be in every garden. 
Plants 50c Roots 75c 
KATHLEEN NORRIS (Fisher & Masson) I. D. Probably the greatest pink to date; 
very large on the best of stems. We have prize winning stock this year. 
Plants 50c Roots 75c 
KENTUCKY RED (White) I. D. Here you Dahlia fans, is SOME red; the color 
is intense red with a metallic sheen over the entire flower; this Dahlia can be grown 
to a very large size; has excellent stems; is free blooming, and has particularly 
pleasing foliage. On the Honor Roll of 1931. 
Plants 50c Roots $1.00 
