SEMI-CACTUS DAHLIAS—Cont’d 
Treasure Chest 
TREASURE CHEST (Dahliadel 85C), Bloom 7x 
6 , Bush 4 ft. The blooms grow in water making it 
ideal as a cut flower,beautiful for baskets and all 
decorations. Produces beautiful, perfectly formed 
blooms as early as any variety in our fields and flow¬ 
ers are still perfect at frost. Color, soft golden yel¬ 
low, very lightly suffused coral red. A very practi¬ 
cal dahlia with long, well-proportioned stems. 
Roots, $1.00; Plants, .50 
AMERICAN PURITY (American D. F. 85E), 1937, 
Bloom 101/2 X 8, Bush 4 ft. A fine, large, deep 
white on strong, erect stems. Its substance and 
keeping qualities make it an ideal exhibition dahlia. 
Foliage clean, and a good root maker. Won an 
Achievement Medal and is still a winner on the 
show table. 
Roots, $2.00; Pot Roots, $1.30; Plants, .75 
ANDREA CSIZIK (Ballego 84C), Bloom 514 x 3, 
Bush 5 ft. Very much in demand by florists. Bright 
violet rose on fine stems and a good grower. It will 
arrange beautifully for the exhibition table or home 
decorations. Early and profuse. Roots, .35 
G RET EL (Bauer 83C), Bloom 6x3, Bush 314 ft. 
Best described as a larger and darker Miss Belgium 
Color, a soft fiery red. This variety is very satis¬ 
factory for cutting and fine for exhibiting. Roots, .35 
HILLSIDE GOLD (Bissell 85C), Bloom 7 x 4, Bush 
3 14 ft. This is a combination of golden yellow with 
an apricot glow that is fine for basket work. A regi¬ 
ment of striking blooms from early season to frost. 
Listed in Dahlia Futurity, and ranks third in win¬ 
ning Futurity Medals, 1939. 
Roots, $5.00; Plants, $2.00 
ISIS (Foreign 85C), Bloom 7x3, Bush 4 ft. Very 
fine apricot salmon with bronze center. Plant is a 
blaze of color from early till late, of sturdy, well- 
proportioned habit. We consider this one of the 
most useful of the recent Foreign introductions. 
Roots, $2.00; Plants, .75 
KARL BONAWITZ (Dahliadel 85E), Bloom 8x5, 
Bush 514 ft- The brilliant, velvety carmine flowers 
are artistic and graceful in form. Naturally devel¬ 
ops a well proportioned bush and fine blooms on 
long stems. It is a wonderful keeper and arranges 
well with lighter dahlias. Roots, .50 
KAY FRANCIS (Cordes-Eastman 84E), Bloom 8*4 
X 5, Bush 514 ft. A deep soft lemon yellow, slightly 
darker than Frau O. Bracht. High centered and 
many petals. A rugged grower with sturdy stems. 
Branches freely and needs disbudding to produce ex¬ 
hibition blooms. Good for cxitting. 
Roots, .75; Plants, .50 
LIMELIGHT (Dahliadel 85E), 1938, Bloom 9x5, 
Bush 3 ft. Pointed petals of soft sulphur yellow 
with blooms larger and deeper but similar to Frau 
O. Bracht and a variety that is much easier to grow. 
Its name describes its color perfectly. A semi-dwarf 
growing bush that will fit into landscape planting, 
not easily damaged by storms and gives you exhi¬ 
bition blooms. It has good erect stems, plenty long 
enough for cutting when disbudded and is an excep¬ 
tionally free bloomer. Has performed well in heavy 
soils. Roots, $3.00; Plants, $1.00 
SATAN (Ballay-Success 84E), Bloom 10 x 4, Bush 6 
ft. Color, scarlet with yellow on reverse of petals 
showing at the center. Stems are very long and 
may need some support in wet weather. Very showy 
in the garden. Bushes tall and rugged. Flowers are 
uniformly large and of regular formation, keeping 
well when cut. Certified at Storrs. Roots, .50 
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