MAD RIVER GARDENS, URB ANA, OHIO 
SPLENDID (Belgium) Lacinated Cactus. This fine cactus was very satisfactory in our 
garden last season. Very large flowers on the best of stems. Color soft pink, 
blending to yellow at base of petals. We liked this. EXTRA. 
Strong Plants $2.50 Net 
THE BISHOP See page five. 
THE OPTIMIST (Australia) I. D. You never saw a Dahlia like this; very large flow¬ 
ers on fine, long stems, with the highest center we have ever seen. Color terra 
cotta, heavily shaded crimson, and tipped cinnamon; color effect crimson. 
Strong Plants $3.00 
TYRUS Cactus. A large cactus and most beautiful. Color magenta rose and lavender. 
Much admired in our exhibit at Cincinnati. You will like this. Strong Plants $0.50 
VLAMMENSPEL (Carlee) Cactus. Winner Silver Challenge Cup, 1936. 
flowering habit, with medium sized flowers on perfect stems. 
orange. 
Stron 
A very fine 
Color reddish 
g Plants $0.75 
THE KIND OF STOCK WE SEND OUT— 
Inglewood, Cal. 
“Received both shipments of plants, which arrived in fully as good 
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condition as any I have ever picked up at local growers; healthy, green, 
straight and fresh. It is really amazing the condition they arrived in, 
there being no comparison at all between them and plants received from 
other growers in the east and middle west, and I have received plants from 
many of them.” 
H. T. JOHNSON. 
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“I received today your shipment,Dahlia roots in excellent condition; 
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the finest roots I have received this season and I have purchased $437.00. 
Thanks for the fine healthy stock. I appreciate it.” 
Retzer’s Dahlia Gardens, Henry Retzer. 
London, Ontario 
“Plants arrived in perfect condition; finest plants I have ever seen. 
The boys are still talking about these plants.” 
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