Alice Gentle 
Outstanding in the New York Botanical Gardens. A mag¬ 
nificent, striking, fiery, flaming, rich scarlet red Formal Deco¬ 
rative Dahlia of immense size and great depth. First Prize 
Winner as a two-year-old Seedling. The color is positively 
dazzling, it is so rich and bright. 
Derrill Hart said Alice Gentle was really magnificent in 
his garden; he liked it very much on account of its fiery color; 
he wrote me of seeing a wonderful bush of it in full bloom 
in Bronx Park, N.Y., this year. A marvelous addition to a 
garden. My New Jersey grower of my dahlias wrote me: 
"Alice Gentle is surely one beautiful bright red; it attracted 
attention all the way across the garden; had fine ten-inch 
blooms of great depth on three and one-half foot stems, hold¬ 
ing the flowers well above the foliage.’’ This year he wrote 
that in spite of the bad season they had in the East, Alice 
Gentle was one of the few that was very fine with him. It was 
withdrawn last year; this is the first year of its Introduction. 
Roots, $10.00 Net 
CoLEENA Cooper 
Semi-Cactus Dahlia. An unusually beautiful and lovely rich 
ruby red dahlia with a light violet or lilac reverse; the petals 
curl and twist, giving the effect of a light tip that is most 
attractive. Very large deep blooms with stiff wiry stems, hold¬ 
ing the flowers well up and out of the medium tall bush. 
Foliage is lace-like and very attractive and pest-resisting; a 
prolific bloomer, wonderful keeper and very popular. Report 
from Kentucky where it was grown on trial, said: "Coleena 
Cooper—Big blooms and a lot of them; unusual formation 
and coloring; attracted a lot of attention. Long slender stems 
or canes of ramrod-like stiffness; never a flower with a bowed 
head during the season.’’ This is the first year of its Intro¬ 
duction. Roots, $10.00 Net 
Lucia von Gontard 
Formal Decorative. This large beautiful dahlia of unusually 
lovely coloring and great depth was selected by the beautiful 
and charming Baroness Gert von Gontard to be named for her, 
at the Dahlia Society of California Show in 1934. The color 
is a tea rose or creamy apricot ground, with a warm violet 
rose center, tips and reverse of petals violet rose, each petal 
edged by this lovely color, suffusing the entire flower with an 
indescribably lovely coloring. Stems are long and strong, hold¬ 
ing the large blooms well up out of the tall bush, that blooms 
continuously, and has every good quality. This dahlia com¬ 
bined with the Lawrence Tibbett is ideal for vase or basket 
decoration. We withdrew it last year. This is the first year of 
its Introduction. Roots, $10.00 Net 
