There is no soil, however barren and unproductive, that cannot, by well digging and dunging, be made 
fertile and prolific.'"Adapted from Cervantes' DON QUIXOTE, Part II, Chapter XII. 
A Bulletin for the Sales Manager 
VOL. 5 _ WAYLAND, MICHIGAN, U. S. A., SEASON OF 1936 No. 1 
FIELD NOTES 
There are three dahlias — JER¬ 
SEY’S BEAUTY, JANE COWL, and 
MRS. I. DE VER WARNER—which 
are generally recognized as stand¬ 
ard, any one of which should be 
able to carry three, or possibly five, 
other good varieties in a fast selling 
dollar collection of four or six 
dahlias. 
* * * 
Such standard sorts as Alexander 
Waldie, Bashful Giant, Bonnie Brae, 
Charm, Iowa, Jersey’s Beacon, Judge 
Marean, Judge Parker, Laura Mor¬ 
ris, Margaret Woodrow Wilson, Sag¬ 
amore, Snowdrift, etc., are all giant 
dahlias which have been tried out 
and are worthy of a place in any 
list or collection. 
* * * 
Our Snowdrift were planted in a 
rather unfavorable location this year 
and we are looking for a very short 
crop of roots of this variety. We 
therefore suggest that you copsider 
either Jean Kerr or Purity in case 
you wish to list a good white this 
season. 
* * * 
Laura Morris is still the largest 
and best deep yellow decorative we 
have found and we have yet to hear 
of any complaints from anyone who 
bought this variety from any of the 
leading seed houses who listed it last 
year or the year before. We had a 
demand for more of this variety 
than we could supply last year and 
urge those who intend to list it next 
year to be sure to get in their reser¬ 
vations early to avoid disappoint¬ 
ment. 
* * * 
Pride of Stratford is about the 
best orange decorative that we have 
tried. It is a wonderful bloomer, 
holds its large size and perfect form 
throughout the season and does well 
in any kind of soil. 
* * * 
Thomas A. Edison is about our 
most popular purple decorative al¬ 
though stock is still somewhat lim¬ 
ited. 
* * 
Doazon—or BIG GUS, if you pre¬ 
fer a newer edition of the same var¬ 
iety—while an old variety is still in 
our opinion as good as any red 
dahlia grown for either garden or 
exhibition purposes. It is a rank 
grower, has giant blooms, is a good 
root maker and is cheap. This var¬ 
iety will fit in almost any collection. 
* * * 
Our new maize flushed pink dahlia, 
IOWA, made a beautiful showing- 
last year and gives promise of be¬ 
coming one of our favorite standard 
varieties. 
Hi * 
The Millionaire is a beautiful 
white and lavender decorative and 
we always grow quite a large stock 
of it; but as it usually makes such 
unusually large tubers we never re¬ 
commend its use where mailing ex¬ 
pense is an item to be considered. 
* * * 
E. T. Bedford is a very satisfac¬ 
tory purple suffused silver decora¬ 
tive and has been one of our best 
sellers since we first listed it. It 
makes a rather small root but 
flowers are of large size. 
* % * 
Pride of California and Oregon 
Beauty are both standard reds but 
we sold ourselves so short on these 
varieties last year that our stocik 
will be rather limited this season. 
* * * 
The ball or show type of dahlia, 
because of its good keeping quali¬ 
ties, is always in big demand for the 
old fashioned garden and for cutting 
purposes making it a good seller to 
both nursery and florist trade. The 
best varieties of this type are A. D. 
Livoni, pink, Yellow Duke, yellow, 
Maude Adams, white tipped pink, 
Stradella, crimson purple, Floral 
Park Jewel, red o r red tipped white, 
and Bonnie Blue, bluish. 
* * 4 = 
Among the peony or art type of 
dahlia, Diana for red, Cleopatra for 
dull gold, White Cap for white and 
Rosalia Styles for pink are all giant 
bloomers which are fully as attrac¬ 
tive as any of the dahlias of the 
decorative type. 
* * * 
Jean Kerr is considered the best 
garden and florists’s white and we 
have an immense stock of this var¬ 
iety offered at a very low price. 
1935 crop oE Ruth Vaughan sold to R. M. Kellogg Co. [see page 3] 
