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classes to the letter. Our congratulations to the two Tren¬ 
ton gentlemen who did the staging, and we hope that next 
year, both for the sake of the flowers and of the guests, they 
will add better ventilation. 
To those who went to look at all the “best Dahlias” 
no matter whether Eastern or Western creations, the 
Stewart & Fisher exhibit was the most interesting. 
Not only was there practically every worth-while 
variety that has been catalogued but also many undis¬ 
seminated novelties of special merit such as Jersey’s 
Beauty (Waite), White Sister (Mrs. Stout), Mrs. 
John L. Gardner (Stewart & Fisher)—and the best of 
the new California introductions. Each variety was 
artistically shown and carefully labeled. It was a 
spectacle of delight indeed for the Dahlia amateur 
and for the professional hobbyist. 
The finest basket shown was Mariposa (Bessie 
Boston), but a vase of Fady Betty (Marean) ran it a 
close second for quality. 
The 1923 seedling prize-winner was a golden yellow 
Decorative (Stewart & Fisher), of enormous size and 
ISLAM PATROL (Davies) 
A stunning red and gold Cali¬ 
fornia Hybrid-decorative that 
attracted attention wherever 
shown in the East 
Newark, N. J., Sept. 14, 15 
T HE first Show, and a very successful one, of the New Jersey 
Dahlia Society was held in the Robert Treat Hotel. The 
exhibits and classes were artistically arranged and the prize 
winners were easily followed by the visitor. The amateurs 
were well represented here, and a large measure of the success of 
this Show was due to their high quality exhibits. 
The Society’s Gold Medal for best exhibit of ioo square feet went to 
Stewart & Fisher of Trenton. This exhibit included some interesting 
Dahlias, those worthy of mention being— White Sister (Mrs. Stout), 
white Decorative; Papillon (Bessie Boston), old rose Cactus; Islam 
Patrol (Davies), large decorative of rich red and gold. The seedling 
winner was Jersey’s Gem (Waite), deep lavender Decorative. 
The Robert Treat cup for a 2-year-old seedling went to an attractive 
American-Beauty-colored unnamed Decorative (Mueller). The trade 
exhibit prize went to W. H. Waite, who included some wonderful 
blossoms of many of his own introductions as well as the leading Cali¬ 
fornians. 
AMBASSADOR (Broomall) 
The finest of all Cactus Dahlias, 
clear yellow and salmon; winner 
of sweepstakes prize for best 
individual bloom in Red Bank, 
(N. J.)Show: also a prize-taker 
at the San Francisco Show 
Denver, Colorado, September 7, 8 
good form. However, as at Red Bank, there was a more distinc¬ 
tive Dahlia in the seedling class. This new seedling, named Pop 
Stewart (Stewart & Fisher), is a clear silvery lavender that will 
surely hold its own with anything shown this season. 
The prize for the largest single blossom went to Junior (Seal)—a 
popular large deep lavender Decorative of graceful form. 
Some other varieties outstanding in this Show were: Herbert 
Hoover (originated in Trenton), a clear sulphur yellow Hybrid-cactus 
of fine form and excellent keeping qualities. Exquisite ii (Broomall), 
a charming Hybrid-cactus of salmon and yellow shades and blends. 
Rookwood (Bessie Boston), rich pink Decorative, distinctive flower. 
Blue Parthos (Peacock), unusual blue-lavender Decorative. Mabel 
Thatcher (Marean), clear yellow Decorative. Myra Valentine 
(Mills), saffron colored Decorative. 
M ORE than six thousand individual blossoms, besides 
many basket and vase arrangements were exhibited at 
the Annual Exhibition of The Colorado Dahlia Society held in 
Denver’s Municipal Auditorium. A unique attraction was an 
organ recital at noon on each day of the Show. 
The outstanding varieties in this year’s Denver Show were: mrs 
CARL SALBACH, MRS. I. DE VER WARNER, ROSA NELL, PATRICK o’MARA, 
THE MILLIONAIRE, SHEPHERDESS, MRS. JESSIE SEAL, EGER1A, HELEN 
DURNBAUGH, GEO. H. MASTICK, GOLDEN WEST, THE GRIZZLY, ALPINE 
wonder, and f. w. fellowes. The largest Dahlia in the Denver 
Show was LEVIATHAN. 
One of the features of the Show was the W. W. Wilmore exhibit with 
seven of his new introductions of which the Andy Gump, red Decora¬ 
tive, and Shepherdess, garnet red Peony, seemed to strike the pub¬ 
lic’s fancy. 
