The plants are of good growth, many branched 
and prolific of bloom. For exhibition blooms it should 
be grown with not over four canes to the plant to in¬ 
sure good stems. The great size and weight of the 
blooms may cause the flowers to be pendulant under 
unfavorable conditions. 
Honor Roll. 
Root $2.50 Plant $1.25 
DAUGHTER OF VENUS. (Deland) 1936. ID. 7-9 ins., 
4-4 V 2 ins. deep; 5-6 ft. tall Another border line type 
being informal decorative to semi-cactus. Its given 
color is rosy mauve with center petals of a delicate 
orchid which gives it unusual beauty either in day or 
artificial light. Profuse bloomer with long stiff stems. 
Never shown in competition but exhibited at the 1935 
Mid-West Dahlia Show, where it was a center of 
attraction. Honor Roll. 
Root $5.00 Plant $2.50 
EDNA FERBER, SC, 5 ft., 8-10 ins. Coral and gold. A 
very good semi-cactus. 
Root 50c Plant .....m........... 
ELINOR M. RADELL, ID, 5 ft., 8-9 ins. Violet rose with 
darker shadings and yellow at base of petals. Good 
growth and good keeper. 
Root 75c 
FOREST FIRE (Dahliadel). 1935, ID, 4 1 /£ft., 10x6 ins. 
A distinct lemon yellow for about one-third the length 
