PREMIER DAHLIA GARDENS 
1936 INTRODUCTIONS 
MRS. STEPHEN VAN HOSEN (Hunt-Premier) F. D.— 
The color is hard to describe; a beautiful blending and 
shading of salmon, pink and peach, lightening at the 
center of the massive blooms, llX5in. perfect stems 
and clean tough foliage make an ideal plant that 
grows about 5 ft. in height. A wonderful exhibition 
variety. Winner at Camden, N. J. Roots $10.00. 
Plants $5.00 
SARA KAY (Hunt-Premier) S. C.—A massive long-pet- 
aled flower of rich golden yellow, one of the out¬ 
standing Dahlias at the New York Show and runner 
up to Milton J. Cross, in the Achievement Medal Class. 
13X6 in. Height 5 feet. Roots $10.00 .Plants $5.00 
JOYCE .LAWRENCE—An Australian Decorative that 
has size, long stiff stems, good form and healthy vig- 
orus growth: color is a rich deep rose with a suffusion 
of lake; Winner of the Baptist Prize and other classic 
honors. Height 5 Vn ft. 8 to 10X5 in. Roots $7.50 
Plants $3.75 
DARCY SAINSBURY— The most outstanding white* 
Decorative in Australia, and a winner of many cham¬ 
pion ribbons; color is the purest white thruout; 
blooms are deep and massive 10 X 6 in. Awarded a 
Certificate of Merit at New South Wales. Open growth 
bushes are 5 to 6 ft. in height. Plants only $5.00 
AUDREY AMES (Ames-Veile) F. D.—At last something 
new in color in the dahlia. A pure ashes of roses. 
The flower is very large of a true formal type, and the 
growth, foliage, and perfection of bloom is all that can 
be desired. Grown on trial in many parts of the coun¬ 
try, it has proven its worth. Plants $5.00 
RONNIE BEDMONT (Cochrane-Ruschmohr) S. C.—A 
very beautifully formed flower of bright golden yel¬ 
low, that was outstanding at the New York Show. 
Plants $5.00 
CHALLENGER (Chappaqua) S. C.—Color is a brilliant 
cardinal red; a vigorous grower and very attractive. 
Blue ribbon winner at the New York Show where it 
triumphed over Satan. Plants $2.50 Net. 
CHARMER (Llyod) I. D.— 10-12 X 5 inches; 5 to 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 in the sunlight. Insect resistant foliage; stiff 
stems. Scored 86 at Ohio Valley Dahlia Assn. Trial 
Grounds at Cincinnati, 1935 Plants $5.00. 
CLARA CARDER (ivRiui* ) —Mr. Kemp describes this as 
one of the greatest pink decorative dahlias he has ever 
grown. On border line between formal and informal, 
it is in a color class by itself, it being a beautful shade 
of clear cyclamen pink, the only dahlia we know of this 
color; stems perfect; blooms produced in great profus¬ 
ion; size 10 to 12 inches without forcing; a vigorous 
grower, 4 y 2 ft.; wide spreading and many branched, 
each branch producing a great bloom without special 
disbudding and disbranching. First prize winner in 
the undisseminated seedling class at Detroit and 
Michigan State shows. 1935 Honor Roll. Plants $5.00 
CREAM OF GOUD, (Almy) I. D.—Tall growing bushes 
bear many 11 in. blooms of rich creamy yellow; 
straight stiff stems 3 to 4 ft. long hold the large flow¬ 
ers facing upward or at a slight angle. Plants $5.00. 
GOLDEN MONARCH. (Almy) I. D.—A dahlia from 
Africa; color, rich gold with orange-buff suffusion; 
bushes grow 3 y 2 ft. high and yield many massive 
