THE JOSEPH F. MARTIN COMPANY 
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DAHLIAS 
We are in close touch with the Cleveland cut flower market and before listing just Dahlias for cutting purposes, we checked 
up on the varieties that actually sell a a cut flowers, even at times when the markets are overloaded. We have consulted our 
flower dealers and according to their recommendations, we have arranged to list the following. Their statement is that these 
varieties sell regardless of the quantity of Dahlias available. 
Our Dahlia roots are grown by a specialist who understands the production of the Dahlia in order to produce clumps 
from which good strong well-eyed divisions can be made. 
You may buy 25 or more at the 100 rate, not less than six at the dozen rate. 
ADELINE WINTER. Formal decorative. 
Brilliant vermilion carmine. Covered with 
flowers on fine stems. 
Per 10. $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
ACHIEVEMENT. Open-centered flowers, 
velvety maroon with white collar. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
BARBARA REDPERN. Decorative. A rich 
combination of old rose and gold. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
BONNIE BRAE. A very large soft rose- 
pink flower blending to cream in the 
center. Very soft and dainty in appear¬ 
ance and a true Decorative type. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
BASHFUL, GIANT. One of the largest 
Dahlias ever introduced. Color, apricot 
with golden suffusion and shading. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
CHEMAR’S EUREKA. Barge, white flow¬ 
ers with the center beautifully tinted 
lavender. Carries its large blooms on long 
stems. This is a seedling of the well- 
known Jersey’s Beauty, with all the par¬ 
ent’s good points in its favor. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
ELEANOR GRANT. Show or ball type. 
Large pure white. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
ELK RIDGE. Cactus, glistening pure white. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
FORDHOOK MARVEL. Peach-red blooms 
shaded to strawberry-pink with a salmon- 
orange sheen. Decorative type. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
GOLDEN QUEEN. Lovely small blooms of 
a pure rich yellow. Always much admired. 
Splendid for garden display and for cut¬ 
ting. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
JANE COWL. Hybrid. Decorative. A love¬ 
ly combination of bronze and old gold 
ivith broad petals, twisted in a very ar¬ 
tistic manner. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
JERSEY BEAUTY.. Decorative. Perhaps 
the most popular of all Dahlias. Beautiful 
rose pink. Wonderful cut flower. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
KENTUCKY. Decorative. An unusual’ shade 
of salmon orange with a touch of pink on 
the outer petals. Good stems and free 
blooming. 
Per 10. $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
JACK O LANTERN. Formal decorative. 
Scarlet flowers, profuse bloomer. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
MRS. I. DE VER WARNER. Decorative. 
Large perfect flowers of a charming lav¬ 
ender pink. No new but still considered 
one of the best in existence. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100. $10.00 
MONMOUTH CHAMPION. Decorative. A 
new variety and a real champion. Every 
grower should have at least a few plants. 
They produce large perfect blooms 
throughout the whole season. The color 
is brilliant, flame orange the tone of a 
morning sunrise. 
Per 10, $3.50; Per 100, $30.00 
PAPILION. A big new variety, Cactus 
type, color is a beautiful shade of old rose 
with golden light. Constant bloomer on 
good stems. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
PRIDE OF CALIFORNIA. An extra large 
fine flower, borne on long stems; very 
large and full vivid, red. Especially fine 
for cutting. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
ROSE FALLON. Decorative. Deep rich 
orange with shadings of amber and sal¬ 
mon. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
SAGAMORE. Decorative. A particularly 
valuable cut flower because it is so free 
blooming, long lasting', with good stems. 
Not as large as some but of a very rich 
yellow, overlaid with glowing tints of 
reddish gold. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
( ANNAS FOR THE FLORISTS 
You, no doubt, can recall years ago when Cannas were one of the principle items used for bedding purposes. In spring sea¬ 
sons there were immense quantities sold both in the dry root form and later on in 3 inch pots. In recent years the demand 
again became very lively for good Cannas and they are now very popular for bedding purposes. 
There are many things that can be said in favor of Cannas. After planting, they will make a very quick growth and start 
flowering in the month of July, continuing until cut down by frosts. After a few freezings, they can be dug, placed in! a dry 
basement and held over until the following spring. 
We have selected) aj short list of desirable varieties, fully covering the color range. These will be ready for shipment any 
time throughout the winter. If you sell bedding plants, you can purchase these roots) from us, pot them into 3 inch pots and 
develop nice plants. When grown this way, they command a good retail price. By having them in pots, you can also extend 
your spring selling season, including the month of June. We believe that you will find the Cannas a worthy addition to your 
list of bedding plants. 
Our Canna roots are grown by an expert under proper conditions to produce the very best quality. 
You may buy 25 at the 100 rate, 250 at the 1,000 rate. 
RED CANNAS 
COPPER GIANT. Copper. 4 ft. Rich green 
foliage, vigorous plants producing im¬ 
mense heads of unique colored giant flow¬ 
ers. Copper with red, beautifully suffused 
with rose. 
Per 100, $3.75; Per 1000, $32.00 
KING HUMBERT. This remarkable Gold 
Medal Canna has been the sensation of the 
past ten years and is the greatest favor¬ 
ite today. Handsome, broad, tropical foli¬ 
age. Scarlet flowers, bronze leaves. 4 feet. 
Per 100, $3.75; Per lOOO, $32.00 
THE PRESIDENT. 4 feet. This immense 
new flaming scarlet has come into wider 
use more quickly than any other Canna. 
Stocky green foliage; compact heads of 
gigantic bloom; the huge petals look like 
silk crepe. The President leads the red 
varieties in the quality and also the quan¬ 
tity of its bloom. 
Per 100, $3.75; Per 1000, $32.00 
WINTZER’S COLOSSAL. Vivid Scarlet. 5 
ft. Green foliage and perhaps the largest 
Canna in cultivation; flowers often 8 
inches across. Petals droop or hang very 
beautifully. Color is a vivid, striking scar¬ 
let that retains its brilliancy. 
Per 100, $3.75; Per 1000, $32.00 
STATUE OF LIBERTY. 6 to 7 ft. Flowers 
are blazing flame-red. The foliage is of a 
rich, luxuriant bronzy shade and the 
leaves are larger than any Canna we 
know.. 
Per 100, $3.75; Per 1000, $32.00 
WHITE CANNA 
EUREKA. White. 3% ft. Also called Mont 
Blanc and Snow Queen. Foliage is light 
green; heavy, strong, low growth with 
large compact heads of blooms. One of the 
very finest of all Cannas. Color is creamy 
white, the whitest of all. with very faint 
lavender stippling in throat. Wonderful 
bedder. 
Per 100, $4.50; Per 1000, $40.00 
PINK CANNAS 
CITY OF PORTLAND. Deep Rose. 3V 2 ft. 
Very good growth and beautiful bloom. 
Green foliage; 8 to 10 medium large 
blooms open at a time. Color is a very 
beautiful light rose-pink throughout and 
a profuse bloomer. Exceptional variety. 
Per 100, $3.75; Per 1000, $32.00 
MME. VICTOR CAYEUX. Salmon Rose. 4 
ft. Delightful and rare new color shade 
in Cannas. Magnificent large heads on 
strong healthy green leaved plants. 
Per 100, $4.50; Per lOOO, $40.00 
VENUS. 4 ft. A gay rosy pink, with a well 
defined border of creamy yellow. 
Per 100, $3.75; Per 1000, $32.00 
YELLOW CANNAS 
KIND MIDAS. Clear yellow, green foliage. 
The finest and largest yellow Canna in 
existence. 
Per 100, $3.75; Per 1000, $32.00 
RICHARD WALLACE. Canary yellow. 4 
ft. Excellent bedder. Light green foliage; 
large attra.ctive trusses with 5 to 6 good 
sized blooms open at a time. Color is light 
yellow turning cream. This variety makes 
very fine hedge or boundary marker. 
Per 100, $3.75; Per lOOO, $32.00 
YELLOW KING HUMBERT. 4 feet. An or¬ 
chid-flowering sport of the well-known 
King Humbert. Flowers a deep, rich yel¬ 
low, softly spotted and blotched with 
bright red. Some plants occasionally give 
a scarlet or scarlet striped flower, which 
we consider an improvement rather than 
a detriment. Foliage is green. 
Per 100, $3.75; Per 1000, $32.00 
ORANGE SALMON 
ORANGE BEDDER. Blood Orange. 4 ft. 
Excellent growth and bloom. Heavy deep 
green foliage; excellent bedder; 8 blooms 
open at a time. Color is the richest blood 
orange with a yellow throat and simply 
gorgeous. This is one of the finest display 
Cannas grown. 
Per 100, $4.50; Per 1000, $40.00 
