JERSEY'S BEAUTY, THE SENSATIONAL NEW PINK DECORATIVE DAHLIA 
The outstanding Dahlia in this season’s Eastern Shows, originated and grown by W. H. Waite, exhibited by John Scheepers 
DAHLIA TRIUMPHS EAST AND WEST 
The Peaks of Attraction at this Year’s Shows 
9 NCE more there is abundant evidence, if indeed any be 
needed, that, in this day at all events, the Dahlia is 
“ King of the Autumn,” having assumed the position 
in popular esteem once held by the Chrysanthemum. 
Nor need this be a source of wonderment, for the Dahlia is es¬ 
sentially a “popular” flower as any one can grow it who will, 
achieving perfection without extensive glass ranges. If this 
report of the Annual Show of the American Dahlia Society were 
echoing the spirit of the members of the organization present at 
the Annual Meeting, it could truthfully here be written that the 
Dahlia is “ King of All Flowers.” 
Dahlia exhibitions of real importance have multiplied greatly 
since the National Society established its yearly gathering in 
New York which will account to some degree for a slightly less 
attendance at the big Show also somewhat affected, so far as the 
New York people were concerned, by a printing strike which pre¬ 
vented any Metropolitan newspaper advertising. However, the 
total of all visitors to all the shows of the season will count up 
more than in any previous year. 
The New York Show, Sept. 26-29 
HE drought that was general throughout the East this year 
affected some of the exhibits, but in spite of it the Show was a re¬ 
markable one. Practically every foot of space was filled and the So¬ 
ciety is once again faced with the problem of having its annual exhibit 
outgrow quarters that were taken with some fear as to the ability to 
make good in an expensive exhibition hall. The American Dahlia 
Society and its enthusiastic officers are to be congratulated on their 
successful venture at the Hotel Pennsylvania and we hope that the 
present problem of securing sufficient space may be solved as success¬ 
fully as when the move there was made. 
A criticism offered last year must be repeated: The arrangement of 
exhibits is still somewhat of an enigma to any visitor not thoroughly 
familiar with Dahlias, and it was difficult even for the expert to fol¬ 
low through systematically as to the awards. Since the Society’s officers- 
recognize the problem, they will undoubtedly bend their best energies to 
making things easier and more informative to the people. 
For the first time in the history of the Show, the Eastern Dahlia 
originations surpassed those from California and the West. This does 
not mean that California sent no good ones (there were several)—it 
simply means that the East has Dahlia originators who can hold their 
own; and while in former years The Garden Magazine has been said 
to “favor” the West, this season credit goes to the Eastern growers for 
their superlative new introductions, New Jersey leading in worth-while 
novelties. Undoubtedly the Dahlia Trial Gardens in Connecticut and 
Maryland have been of great assistance in giving encouragement to 
good varieties and at the same time preventing the launching of un¬ 
worthy creations. 
Undoubtedly the finest exhibit of any single Dahlia ever staged in 
any show of the American Dahlia Society was the exhibit of the new 
pink Decorative, Jersey’s Beauty. Recalling the few individual 
blooms of this Dahlia shown in 1922, and then a year later comparing 
them with an entire display exhibit in elaborate style of uniformly super¬ 
lative blooms reflects great credit both to the originator and grower, 
W. H. Waite, and to the house of John Scheepers which staged the ex¬ 
hibit. Jersey’s Beauty, we think, is the most distinctive new Dahlia 
shown in any Eastern Show this year, and the finest pink Dahlia in ex¬ 
istence, a real rose-pink, of excellent conformation and borne on a 
wonderful stem. 
The most interesting Dahlia that came out of the West and shown 
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