ROYAL OAK, MICHIGAN 
THE HONOR ROLL 
In many of the descriptions of the dahlias we 
make reference to their having been placed on “The 
Honor Roll.” During the past several years Mr. Der- 
rill W. Hart has published his annual Honor Roll in 
the December issues of the American Home magazine 
up to, and including, the year 1933; in 1934 in the 
House Beautiful (combined with Home and Field) 
magazine. In 1935 he joined the staff of the Flower 
Grower and his Honor Roll was published therein in 
the December issue. 
For years Mr. Hart’s Honor Roll of Dalhias has 
been considered an authority on the new dahlia 
creations of the year and mention by him on his 
Honor Roll of Dahlias of one’s new creations has been 
considered not only complimentary but virtually a 
recommendation. Where mention is made of the 
Honor Roll in this catalog Mr. Hart’s Honor Roll is 
the one to which reference is made. 
During the last two or three years Mr. D. O. 
Eldredge, editor of the Mid West Dahlia News has 
published his choice of the new dahlias of the season 
and those mentioned in his review—or honor roll— 
have been considered highly complimented. Both 
Mi'. Hart and Mr. Eldredge are excellent judges of 
dahlias and each makes it his business to grow the 
latest and visit the gardens of new creations each 
year in order to justly pass their opinion in publishing 
their respective Honor Rolls or Dahlia Reviews. 
An originator of new dahlias can do no better 
than to have a dahlia which merits the compliment 
of being placed on one or both of these Honor Rolls. 
Other periodicals have published in their fall 
issues their dahlia review, choosing those in the 
opinion of their dahlia enthusiasts as worthy of 
mention in their review. Many of the dahlias listed 
herein have been listed in several of these lists of 
honor. 
Dahlias We Have Grown 
All the dahlias listed in this catalog except the 
ones dated “1936” in the second line of each de¬ 
scription have been grown in our gardens. The de¬ 
scriptions given of the 1936 dahlias are taken from 
the introducer’s statements concerning them and in 
most cases the dahlia will live up to the introducer’s 
claims. We will be able to furnish plants only of all 
1936 dahias and of many of the 1934-35 as you will 
note in the listings. 
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We prefer to use, and recommend green plants 
for the production of exhibition flowers, excellent 
plants and splendid root systems. Green plants are 
more economical—costing one-half the price of roots. 
We ship to you in boxes constructed to insure safe 
arrival. They are shipped from May 15 to June 15, 
ready for planting and a continuous growth. 
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