with fiowev half facing. The flowers will o)i occa¬ 
sion run over the medium size limit, ranging from 
6*4" to 8*4 ", with depth as great as 5". Plant grows 
2*4' to 4'. In 1935 it received a Certificate of Merit 
at both A. D. S. Trial Grounds, at Storrs and East 
Lansing, the Storrs award being for a commercial 
type dahlia. Winner of the Charles H. Ruscher Me¬ 
morial Cup at 1936 New York Show as the best un- 
disseminated seedling that scored in an official A. 
D. S. Trial Grounds in 1935 or 1936. This dahlia 
has achieved a fine record so far.” 
Roots $5.00 Net, Plants $2.50 each 
INTRODUCTIONS OF THE STEPHENSON DAHLIA 
GARDENS, OF SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA 
Representatives of Mr. J. J. Broomall, Eagle Rock, 
California. 
MALIBU SUNSET—Informal decorative of the bright¬ 
est color imaginable, gold overlaid scarlet, with long 
straight petaloids of gold throughout the flower. A 10- 
inch bloom of corresponding depth on good strong and 
slender stems. Roots $10.00, Plants $5.00. 
MITSI GALE —A semi-cactus of beautiful rosy lavender 
color. Ridgeway names it a Rosolane Purple. Good form. 
Size from 9" to 11" in diameter. Foliage is fernlike and 
abundant. Stems good. Roots $10.00, Plants $5.00. 
FREDERICKA—Miniature—F. D. Color is a deep red 
with a suggestion of lavender on the reverse. About 2" in 
diameter. This miniature won firsts at both the Long- 
Beach Show and the Southern California Dahlia Society 
Show at Pomona, 1936, as the best undisseminated minia¬ 
ture seedling. A good cut flower and in demand by the 
florists. Roots $2.00, Plants $1.00. 
CALIFORNIA’S FINEST DAHLIA SEED 
We are acting as the Eastern Representatives of the 
above and are also handling their seed, which is considered 
the FINEST DAHLIA SEED IN CALIFORNIA, grown 
from the largest planting of HONOR ROLL and EXHI¬ 
BITION DAHLIAS in Southern California. This includes 
a large planting of the dahlia Margaret E. Broomall, as 
well as all Mr. BroomalPs seedlings and originations. The 
garden is planned and planted to get the best possible 
crosses and all seeds are ripened on the plant. 
20 Seeds $1.00, 50 Seeds $2.50, 100 Seeds $5.00 
1,000 Seeds $40.00 
The following testimonial regarding our seed has come 
unsolicited to us. 
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