Dahlia, Mrs. Alfred I. Du Pont (Manda) (One-half Natural Size)—One of the 
most extraordinary varieties in cultivation. Extra good in habit, beginning to flower 
very early in the season and continuing until frost. The foliage is luxuriant and the 
stems are strong and upright, two feet in length, supporting an extraordinary large flower, 
■perfectly double, chrysanthemum like. The color is of the brighest ruby red, showing 
scarlet under artificial light. This variety has received several certificates and also the 
first prize as the best decorative Dahlia at the New York Horticultural Society Dahlia 
Exposition, Bronx Botanical Gardens, as well as other exhibitions. 
This beautiful Dahlia is named, by permission, in honor of one of the most liberal 
patrons of Horticulture. 
