Atlanta Wholesale Floral Company 
Florists’ Supplies, Cut Flowers and Greens 
408 Peachtree Street, N. E. 
Phone Jackson 2341 
Atlanta, Ga. 
December 2, 1936. 
Mr. R. A. Dewar, 
Andrews, N. C. 
Dear Mr. Dewar: 
The dahlias (Carolina Beauty) you left here were 
kept in our refrigerator for three days and then put 
outside on a table three additional days and after this 
treatment they were good enough to send to a friend 
in the hospital. 
I would say that you have a dahlia with unusual 
keeping qualities. For those who want a fine dahlia 
I am sure your new flower can not be surpassed. 
These blooms had been carried 150 miles in bottom 
of a truck. This company is the largest retail house 
in the South. 
Yours very truly, 
ATLANTA WHOLESALE FLORAL CO. 
By J. W. Parris. 
Department of Justice 
Office of 
United States Commissioner W. T. Shelton 
Western District of North Carolina. 
Waynesville, N. C. 
October 29, 1936. 
Air. R. A. Dewar, 
Andrews, N. C. 
Dear Air. Dewar: 
I have just returned from a trip to South Carolina 
and find your letter of the 21st. I am glad to report 
that the (Carolina Beauty) dahlia kept getting better, 
and better until cut down by frost. It received more 
compliments than anything in the garden. I pruned 
pretty heavy towards the last and got enormous 
blooms. The bushes and the blooms so perfect and 
fine that I see no reason why it should not become 
one of the most popular dahlias in the country. I 
took a nice bunch of them over to Aliss Frances 
Perkins (Secretary of Labor) when she was in Ashe¬ 
ville. She said they were the finest she ever saw. 
I have hundreds of Dahlias and consider it one of the 
Best, It is not bothered by insects or fungus and 
not a dwarf in the lot. 
Sincerely, 
WTS/c W. T. SHELTON. 
Andrews, North Carolina, 
December 18, 1936. 
Air. R. A. Dewar, 
Andrews, N. C. 
Dear Mr. Dewar: 
For several years you have been supplying us with 
vases of fine dahlias. Among these dahlias have been 
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