“A Dahlia in Every Garden in 1 936” 
Meritorious Dahlias from the 
Recent Honor Roll and 
Certificate of Merit Winners 
OAKLEIGH MONARCH (HOOK)' 
Grow this new triple Honor Roll — Certificate of 
Merit Dahlia. Oakleigh Monarch is all that the name 
implies—a big, broad-petaled formal type that has 
created a sensation wherever grown and exhibited. 
It is truly a beautiful color—a clear, brilliant cerise 
red,—quite unlike any other introduction of recent 
year, and the keeping qualities, for such a large Dahlia, 
are remarkable. By actual test, blooms of Oakleigh 
Monarch have kept for seven to ten days in perfect 
condition. 
Oakleigh Monarch .scored 86.9 at A. D. S. Trial 
Grounds, East Lansing, Mich., in 1935, and was one 
of the most outstanding new varieties on trial. We 
quote herewith part of official Trial Grounds report: 
“Flowering habit very good. Stems, straight and strong. 
Substance, excellent. Keeping qualities, splendid, long 
lasting. Habit of plant, heavy, vigorous gorwth, thick 
densely branching. Health, excellent. Diameter of flow' 
ers, 8' 11 inches; depth, 4(4-7 inches. Height of plant, 
4-5 feet. One of the best”. 
In addition to an outstanding record at East Lansing 
Trial Ground, this remarkable new Dahlia was grown 
and tested by eleven unbiased and critical growers in 
various sections of the country who unanimously re- 
ported it as distinct in every respect. Because of its 
ideal stems, rugged plant growth and perfect form, size 
and color, a splendid future is predicted for the new 
Monarch of all Dahlias. 
We personally saw this wonderful dahlia grow' 
ing in the Trial Grounds at East Lansing, Michigan 
and agree with Mr. Hook that this dahlia is all that 
he says it is. We recommend this one to the most 
critical who want a show room winner in 1936. 
PLANTS ONLY $5.00 
CHARMER. (Lloyd’s Dahlia Gardens) (Dane) 1936. 
ID, 10-12 ins. x 5 ins. deep; 5-6 ft tall. Zinc orange 
around center, then petals of Apricot yellow, blending 
to maize yellow. The entire flower is overlaid with 
a lovely sheen of apricot yellow that glistens and re¬ 
flects in the sunlight. 
Those who have grown and admired Jane Cowl will 
surely love, even more, this offspring of that famous 
dahlia. While the color somewhat resembles one of 
the occasional light shaded blooms of Cowl, Charmer 
throughout the season, maintains its pleasing color 
which we have never seen marred by even a trace of 
dark flushes or streaks. 
Naturally large blooms are held facing on long, stiff 
but not too heavy or too light stems. The numerous 
long curled petals twist in a most enchancing manner 
and when fully open on the bush the back petals near¬ 
ly touch the stem. 
The plant growth is ideal-strong, vigorous and rugg¬ 
ed even under averse conditions. We grew it five feet 
tall back on the high spot in our field with only the 
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