76 Dahlias 
HOSEA WATERER, Philadelphia 
Rudy Vallee. S.-C. When flowers first open they show chrome-yel¬ 
low at center, with a gradation of grenadine-red (copper) as the 
flower expands, finally becoming solid grenadine orange-red when 
in full bloom. Flowers are full-centered and are held well above 
the clean-cut foliage, on long, straight stems. Growth vigorous. 
Roots, $1 each. Plants, 50 cts. 
Satan. S.-C. Flower scarlet, with yellow on reverse of petals, show¬ 
ing at the center as petals unfold. Stems are very long and may 
need some support in hot weather. Very showy in the garden. 
Bushes tall and rugged. Flowers are uniformly large and of regular 
formation, keeping well when cut. Roots, $2 each. Plants, $1. 
MINIATURE DAHLIAS 
The newest type. Bushy plants, to 3}^ feet in height and 
covered with flowers all season. The medium-sized, semi-double 
blooms are carried on rigid, wirelike stems well above the foliage, 
making ideal garden plants. As cut-flowers they are superb, keeping 
fresh in water for many days. 
Baby Beauty. Min. F.D. This is a small Jersey’s Beauty on strong, 
erect stems, possessing all the good qualities of the variety it so 
closely resembles. Roots, $1 each. Plants, 50 cts. 
Baby Royal. Min. S.-C. A gem for any garden. Salmon-pink, 
shaded apricot with yellow at base of petals. Winner of several 
awards as best foreign Dahlia. Roots, $1 each. Plants, 50 cts. 
Bishop of LandafF. Min. Duplex. An unusual and attractive 
flower, petals being bright scarlet with a center of deep garnet. 
Foliage is lacy, of a reddish bronze color. Wonderful for landscape 
effect and home arrangements. Roots, 50 cts. each. Plants, 50 cts. 
Bluebird. Min. F.D. This Dahlia is unique and different in its 
coloring, being the nearest to blue in the small Dahlias. Color is 
bluish lavender. Roots, 50 cts. each. Plants, 50 cts. 
Carla. Min. S.-C. Color is buff, heavily shaded old-rose and suffused 
violet-rose—a rich contrast to the dark green foliage. The bush- 
growth is compact. Roots, $1.50 each. 
Comrade. Min. C. A pleasing garden variety of a delicate violet- 
rose with flesh shadings, supplying a neutral tone suitable for 
arrangements with brighter colors. Low, branching habit, with 
good stems and very prolific. Roots, 50 cts. each. 
Dahliadel Joy. Min. C. One of the most attractive small Dahlias. 
It is artistic and uniform, and blooms profusely on long stems 
without any disbudding. It is a wonderful keeper with perfect, 
full centers until frost. Color, a clear lemon-yellow. Roots, $1.50 
each. Plants, 75 cts. 
Jean. Min. S.-C. One of the most artistic little Informal Decorative 
or Semi-Cactus Dahlias. Color apricot-buff, suffused soft lilac-rose. 
Bush strong, and a compact grower. A free, early bloomer, and very 
satisfactory. Roots, $1 each. Plants, 50 cts. 
Kentucky Babe. Min. F.D. The resemblance of this Dahlia to 
Kentucky prompted the name. One of the best of the new intro¬ 
ductions. Its commercial qualities already assure its popularity 
for home use as a cut-flower. Roots, $1 each. Plants, 50 cts. 
Little Jewel. Min. F.D. Popular as a cut-flower for decorations. 
Color, a pleasing peach-blossom-pink shade. Roots, 35 cts. each. 
Paddy. Min. F.D. One of the most incessant blooming Dahlias we 
grow. Bushes are literally covered with blooms from early in the 
season until frost, with centers full to the end. Flesh ground, 
heavily suffused deep rose-pink. Roots, 50 cts. each. Plants, 50 cts. 
Pink Pearl. Min. Peony. Lovely rose-pink, showing a golden eye. 
The low, compact bushes make it very desirable in landscape or 
rock-garden planting. Roots, $1 each. Plants, 50 cts. 
Raider. Min. Peony. Soft violet-rose, suffused yellow at base of 
petals, which are pointed and twist and curl in a charming manner. 
A robust grower. Roots, 50 cts. each. Plants, 50 cts. 
Rapture. Min. I.D. A quick, robust grower with excellent stems, 
making each bush a bouquet of itself in the garden. Keeps well 
when cut. Color, rose-pink, shading to sulphur-yellow at center, 
with a gold suffusion. Roots, $1.50 each. Plants, 75 cts. 
Red Head. Min. D. A Dahlia which is pleasing in appearance and 
a fine keeper. Color, scarlet-orange, with blooms facing up on nice 
stems. Plants, 50 cts. each. 
Rose Beauty. Min. F.D. A neat, truly Miniature form of Jersey’s 
Beauty. The color is a soft peach with coral suffusion. The blooms 
are uniform and perfect, with full centers. Stems are good, which 
makes it ideal for cutting. Best miniature for 1936. Plants, $1 
each. 
Sanhican’s Sweetheart. Min. S.-C. An artistic and useful novelty. 
Color, ochreous buff, suffused rose-red. Low-growing bushes always 
covered with blooms. Roots, 75 cts. each. Plants, 50 cts. 
Tiny. Min. Peony. Dwarf, symmetrical bush and free-blooming qual¬ 
ities, with its bright coloring and artistic and airy formation, make 
it one of the most desirable for low landsscape effects and rock-garden 
planting. Color, yellow, base suffused apricot. Beautiful for arrange¬ 
ments. Roots, $1 each. Plants, 50 cts. 
ORCHID-FLOWERING DAHLIAS 
This fine new race hails from Scotland and is certainly due great 
popularity for landscape effect, gardens, table arrangements, and 
dainty decorations. The bushes are compact, 2 to 3 feet in height, 
free-branching, and exceedingly prolific bloomers, with flowers 4 to 5 
inches in diameter. They do wonderfully well when pinched or cut 
back for landscape effect, but should not be thinned out or disbudded. 
If Orchid-flowering or Single Dahlias are cut before the pollen shows, 
they will hold their petals and keep for days. 
Beaver. Deep crimson-carmine with white shadings on face of 
petals. Roots, 50 cts. each. Plants, 35 cts. 
Buttercup. Ideal for garden or landscape as the bush is a healthy 
grower, low branching, and full of perfectly formed, graceful flowers. 
Stems are strong and erect and flowers keep for days when used in 
arrangements, for which they are very artistic and dainty. Light 
buttercup-or deep lemon-yellow. Roots, 75 cts. each. Plants, 50 cts. 
Everest. Pure white throughout. Long, graceful recurving florets. 
Roots, 50 cts. each. Plants, 35 cts. 
Mavis. Light lilac ground, with deep reddish purple reverse. Roots, 
50 cts. each. Plants, 35 cts. 
Polly. Sunflower-yellow ground, with carmine-lake reverse. Roots, 
50 cts. each. Plants, 35 cts. 
Ruby. Light ground, shaded with Tyrian-rose; deep Tyrian-rose 
reverse. Roots, 50 cts. each. Plants, 35 cts. 
Twinkle. We believe this little Orchid-flowered variety caused more 
favorable comment than any other Dahlia this season. It is not 
only graceful and perfect in form, but a beautiful white with dis¬ 
tinct violet-rose markings on the reverse of the petals, which roll 
forward and show on the face of the flower. Very useful and strik¬ 
ing in color effect for arrangements, as the flower has a light, airy 
appearance, both in color and form. Plants, $1 each. 
Vesper, Its color is white, heavily suffused Tyrian-rose. The stems 
are long and erect and the bush compact. Very showy for land¬ 
scape work and arrangements. Roots, $1 each. Plants, 50 cts. 
POMPON DAHLIAS 
Pompon Dahlias are very similar to the Show Dahlias, but smaller. 
They are of medium growth and well suited for the border. This class 
was very popular years ago, and, with a great many other things, 
is regaining the favor of the flower-lover. 
Aimee. A popular tiny orange-cadmium Dahlia, shaded apricot, 
on long stems. Roots, 25 cts. each. 
Bob-White. Described as a white Johnny. It is milk-white, having 
just a cast of yellow when opening. Roots, 25 cts. each. 
Eureka. Yellow-cadmium with carmine shadings at tips and occa¬ 
sional white petals; some'flowers all white. Roots, 25 cts. each. 
Goldilocks. Cold, deepening at center; flowers well formed with 
full centers. Good for exhibiting and cutting. Roots, 35 cts. each. 
Helen Anita. A beautiful lilac with a lighter reverse and white 
center. Very attractive and good for cutting. Roots, 35 cts. each. 
Honey, Primrose-yellow, with faint suffusion of red on edges of 
petals. Free flowering, on long stems. Roots, 35 cts. each. 
Jack. Purple-garnet. Compact, low-growing, symmetrical bush of 
dark green, supplying tone and richness among light flowers. Blooms 
perfectly formed throughout the season, and an incessant bloomer. 
Roots, 50 cts. each. Plants, 50 cts. 
Johnny. The most perfect and smallest dark red or maroon Dahlia 
grown. Roots, 35 cts. each. 
Little Edith. As perfect a Pom as you can wish for. Primrose- 
yellow, tipped bright carmine. Roots, 25 cts. each. 
Mike. Burnt-orange, shading lighter at the outer petals. Attractive, 
and a profuse bloomer. Roots, 25 cts. each. 
Snowclad. One of the best all-round pure whites. Free, early 
bloomer. Roots, 25 cts. each. 
Sunny Daybreak. Lemon-yellow, heavily tipped cardinal. Flowers 
of good form. Roots, 25 cts. each. 
Yellow Gem. Clear canary-yellow, of fine form. Roots, 25 cts. each. 
COLLARETTE DAHLIAS 
Collarette Dahlias are single flowers with a row of different colored 
petals inside of the outside row, giving the appearance of a collar. 
Erica. Deep amaranth-red, almost black; collars of same tone with 
white tips. Roots, 75 cts. each. Plants, 50 cts. 
Fille. Bright yellow with self-colored collar. Fine stems, and a good 
keeper in the garden or in the showroom. Plants, 50 cts. each. 
Mitzi. Crimson-carmine shading to primrose-yellow at center and 
edged white. Bushes branch and bloom freely; stems erect. Flowers 
keep well on bush or when cut. Roots, $1 each. Plants, 50 cts. 
Sofa. Soft scarlet, with pale lemon collar. Its strong bushes and 
profuse blooming habit make this striking variety very desirable 
for landscape effect, also nice for cutting. Plants only, 50 cts. each. 
SINGLE VARIETIES 
Doris. A brilliant carmine, heavily tipped pure white. Very distinct 
and striking. Roots, 25 cts. each. 
Garnet Poinsettia. Rich, glowing garnet with a brilliant, glistening 
sheen. Large blooms of poinsettia form are held on long, stiff 
stems on strong plants, producing profusely. Roots, 25 cts. each. 
James Weller. Effective because of its color combination of rich 
golden yellow with central zone of each petal .soft rosy red. Large, 
well-formed blooms are held erect on long, stiff stems. Roots, 35 
cts. each. 
Lois. This charming pink Single attracts much attention and is 
one of the best keeping of its type. The deep golden yellow center 
adds much to the beauty of the flower. Stems are ideal, both in 
the garden and for decoration. Roots, 50 cts. each. 
Tango. A lively autumn tint—cadmium-yellow, shaded scarlet- 
orange. Roots, 25 cts. each. 
Yellow Bird. A bright, clear lemon-yellow of good keeping qualities. 
Petals are uniform and of good substance and the erect blooms face 
partially upward. Roots, 75 cts. each. Plants, 50 cts. 
