ROYAL FLOWER GARDENS 
BUCKEYE KING—Formal Decorative 
(Peck—91) Bloom 9 x 5, Bush 414 ft. 
A very large, clear glowing amber yellow. Stems are 
long, always good, with all flowers facing. Bushes are 
vigorous and uniform, producing many lateral branches. 
Flower Is a perfect formal type and was the sensation 
of the introducer’s fields. A good keeper. On Mr. Hart’s 
Honor Roll. Roots, $1.00; Plants, 50c 
CALIFORNIA IDOL—Informal Decorative 
(Ballay-Success) 1935, Bloom 12 x 8, Bush 5 ft. 
Clear bright self colored yellow. Contrary to the type of 
most large exhibition dahlias this one is an extremely 
refined flower in every sense. It is an Honor Roll dahlia, 
also winner of American Home Achievement Medal at 
Boston and the Dahlia Society of California’s Gold Medal 
at San Francisco in 1934. Its winnings in 1935 were too 
numerous to mention. In Mr. Hart’s Dahlia Review in 
1934 in the House Beautiful he had this to say: “This 
giant yellow has a coast-to-coast record as a 1934 winner. 
At the show of the Dahlia Society of California it won the 
Gold Medal as the Best Three-Year-Old Seedling. At 
Boston it won the Achievement Medal as Best Undissemi¬ 
nated dahlia. It was one of the outstanding varieties at 
Storrs this year. It is a fine grower with a deep flower of 
clear glistening yellow, a true pastel shade. Here will be 
a new competitor in the specimen bloom classes.” 
Plants only, $5.00 
CAMEO—Formal Decorative 
(F. & M.—87) 1933, Bloom 10 x 5, Bush 5 ft. 
If you want a real pastel bloom of coral-rose shaded mal¬ 
low pink with a golden sheen on face of petals, glowing 
beautifully under artificial light, your choice will fall here. 
The coloring of this dahlia is outstanding and the for¬ 
mation nearly perfect. Sturdy bush with long erect stems. 
Blooms keep well when cut, also ideal for exhibition. On 
the Honor Roll. Plants only, $1.00 
CAVALCADE—Formal Decorative 
(Groll-Dahliadel—85) 1935, Bloom 9x5, Bush 5 ft. 
This Michigan introduction is surely one of the finest of 
1935 dahlias in the formal decorative class. A bloom 
about a shade darker than Jersey’s Beauty—some call it a 
mulberry pink, others a rich deep rose with tones of rosy 
magenta. Petals are longer than those of Jersey’s Beauty 
making a much deeper bloom. Bush is a vigorous grower, 
stems long and strong, foliage heavy and tough, an ideal 
root maker. A very good cut variety as the coloring and 
type of bloom will blend well with Jersey’s Beauty and 
Kentucky. On the Honor Roll. 
Roots, $4.00; Plants, $2.00 
CAROLYN THILL—Informal Decorative 
(McAvoy) 1932, Bloom 9x5, Bush 514 ft. 
A very attractive dahlia and a difficult one to describe 
—might be called a chamois rose—however, it is a very 
beautiful flower. The blooms face sideways on long strong 
stems well above the foliage. An extremely clean grower 
and very satisfactory all around plant. On the Honor 
RolL Roots, 75c; Plants, 50c 
CHARLIE CHAPLIN—Informal Decorative 
(Petrie-Chappaqua) 1935, Bloom 9x5, Bush 4 ft. 
A very large flower of deep gold shading to a bronze 
center. Exceptionally strong grower and prolific bloomer 
with very long, straight stems and tough insect resistant 
foliage. Certificate of Merit at Storrs in 1934. Dahlia 
Roll of Honor in 1934 . plants only, $2.50 
CHAS G. REED—Formal Decorative 
(Ballay-Success) 1931, Bloom 9x5, Bush 4 ft. 
A rich red suffused with purple. Has won many prizes 
and is an Honor Roll dahlia. Blooms are held upright on 
perfect stems. Bush has good branching habits. Profuse 
bloomer and one of the very pretty dahlias. 
Roots, 50c; Plants, 50c 
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