it will be a winner, in its class, on the exhibition 
table. Won the American Home Achievement Medal 
and as the Best Bloom in the show at Washington, 
D. C. 1936, amid keen competition. Certificate of 
Merit at American Dahlia Society Trial Grounds at 
Storrs, Conn, scoring 85 exhibition and 85 commercial. 
Named for that grand old lady, the mother of Warren 
W. Maytrott. 
Roots $15 Plants $7.50 
PRUDENCE PENNY. (H. L. Smith-Lloyds Dahlia Gar¬ 
dens). 1937. ID, 4-5 ins. x 3-4 ins. deep; 4-5 ft. tall. 
A beautiful combination of bronzy buff with shadings 
of yellow and pink. Very free flowering on slender 
wiry stems. While this dahlia, grown large, rates 
commercial in the show room, it may be grown with 
a number of canes to the plant giving smaller flowers 
which may be used with miniatures in table or basket 
decorations. A dainty dahlia. Good root maker and 
propagator. 
Root $3.00 Plant $1.50 
General List 
ADIRONDACK SUNSET (Cackener-Parkway). 1935, ID. 
5-6 ft. A vivid scarlet shading to a bright canary 
yellow at base of petals, which are long and broad, 
twisting at the ends to show the gold reverse. The 
three colors blending harmoniously give the large 
flowers striking sunset shades. Blooms held facing 
on long stiff stems, well above the insect resistant 
foliage. Winner of popular vote contest at the Bronx 
Botanical Gardens, New York City in October, 1934. 
On Honor Roll. 
Root $2.50 Plant $1.25 
ANNA BENEDICT (Benedict-Dahliadel). 1935, ID, 5V 2 ft., 
9 ins. diameter, 5 ins. deep. Rich deep garnet with 
black shadings and shadows at center of the bloom. 
Plants are a picture of health. The straight stems 
carry the full centered blooms always erect and facing 
even in hot or wet weather. A red whose color does not 
fade in brightest sunshine. Earned the highest score - 
86.6 in 1934 at the trial grounds of the American 
Dahlia Society at Storrs, Conn. Keeps very well on 
the bush or after cutting. Honor Roll. 
Root $2.50 Plant $1.25 
ARELDA LLOYD, 1934, ID, 5 ft., 10 x 6 ins. A soft, deep 
yellow, skghtly flushed with apple blossom pink with 
pink veining on the reverse of petals, which sometimes 
fold back to the stem. Blooms held facing or slightly 
up on good stems. It has all the good growing and 
blooming habits of its parent Jane Cowl, of which it 
is a root sport. Received the highest score 87 at the 
American Dahlia Society’s trial grounds at Storrs, 
Conn, in 1933. 86 at East Lansing 1934. 
Root $2.00 Plant $1.00 
BETTE DAVIS (Cordes-Eastman). 1935, SC., 5V 2 ft., 9x 
5 ins. Bright, deep violet rose with slightly darker 
center. The splendidly formed Semi-Cactus blooms 
are full centered and held facing or up on long stems. 
Prolific bloomer and fine keeper. Achievement Medal 
winner and Honor Roll Dahlia. 
Root 
Plant $1.50 
