ROSEMARY DAHLIA GARDENS, MARTINS FERRY, OHIO 
PINK ELEGANCE 
Semi-Cactus 
Received a Certificate of Merit at Storrs Trial 
Garden. Winner of two American Home Achieve¬ 
ment Medals. A semi-cactus, eight to ten inches 
in diameter, with corresponding depth. Holds 
perfect center throughout season. It has remark¬ 
able keeping qualities. Very vigorous and insect 
resistant. A beautiful brilliant rose pink. It 
never fades. Entered at Indianapolis and Louis¬ 
ville Dahlia Shows in 1937 and received Amer¬ 
ican Home Achievement Medals at both shows. 
Roots $3.00. Plants $1.00. 
MAD RIVER CHIEF (Mad River 
Gardens) Informal Decorative 
This great dahlia has been described by many 
prominent dahlia growers as “the finest red they 
have ever seen.” A very large exhibition type; 
color rich velvety carmine red, with a darker 
center. Perfect, long stems, some of them 48 
inches long, with all flowers facing or on top. 
When cut, this fine dahlia actually grows in 
water, and is one of our longest keepers. The 
only red we know, that is popular with women 
and men alike. 
Roots $2.00. 
GRAND MASTER (Caldwell-Mad 
River Gardens) Formal Decorative 
Bush 4 to 5 feet. We predict a great future 
for this huge dahlia, winning two Achievement 
Medals last year—^Mid West Show, and Cincin¬ 
nati, requiring ten blooms. A nice clean, vigor¬ 
ous growing habit, and a different attractive 
foliage. Color a bright shade of orange bronze, 
which attracted plenty of attention on 1937 Honor 
Roll. Extra. 
Roots $2.50. Plants $1.00. 
LELAND STANFORD 
Informal Decorative 
Brilliant cardinal red, the Stanford University 
color. The best and brightest big red is our claim 
for this new introduction. Throughout the flower 
the color is clear, glistening, bright red without 
shadings, and best of all it does not fade the least 
in very hot weather. The petalage is of a heavy 
velvet-like texture, unusual in a bright red, and 
fashioned to withstand difficult conditions. The 
plant is of medium to tall growth with strong 
stem stalks and good foliage. It is an excep¬ 
tionally free bloomer and an early bloomer. In 
many respects this dahlia possesses many of the 
fine characteristics of its yellow predecessor, 
“California Idol.” 
Roots 75c. 
TELEVISION (Straight-Dahliadel) 
Informal Decorative—1937 
Bloom 12 X 5 inches, bush 5 feet. This In¬ 
formal Decorative won an American Home 
Achievment Medal in both Cleveland and West 
Virginia, besides scoring 85 at Storrs and 86.5 at 
the West Virginia Trial Grounds in 1935. In 
1936 it won another Achievement Medal in West 
Virginia and scored 85E at the Mid West Trial 
Grounds. Blooms are apricot suffused and shaded 
cardinal, giving a general tone of reddish apri¬ 
cot, very pleasing and uniform in color and form. 
One of the first to bloom with strong stems that 
hold flowers well out of the dark, leathery foliage. 
Plants $1.00. 
FREDA GEORGE (Australia) 
Informal Decorative 
Bush 5 feet. We hesitate to say “I told you 
so,” when last season we offered this beautiful 
novelty as “truly a find.” We still think it is 
one of the finest dahlias it has been our pleasure 
to grow. A vigorous and beautiful plant, with 
long, strong stems, holding the very large flowers 
at just the proper angle. A new and different 
color—rich cream, overlaid helio, deeper at tips. 
One of the best. On 1937 Honor Roll. 
Plants $1.50. 
GOLDEN STANDARD (Downs) 
In. Cactus to Straight Cactus 
A fine exhibition dahlia of distinctive coloring. 
Golden tan with amber and bronze shadings. In 
most of the shows of the past season, that we 
have checked, it won more first prizes than any 
other variety. 
Roots 50c. 
DARCY SAINSBURY 
Formal Decorative 
One of the finest whites we ever grew. This 
dahlia came to us from Australia. This is a 
champion, without exaggerating. The immense 
blooms are erect on cane-like stems, facing side¬ 
ways. Height of plants 41/2 feet. 
Roots $1.50. Plants $1.00. 
ENVENTIDE (Bissell) 
Informal Decorative—1940 
Deep violet purple. Flowering habit good, foli¬ 
age thick and leathery. The stems are good and 
flowers keep well when cut. Seedling of Thos. A. 
Edison, but is an early bloomer. Scored 86 at 
East Lansing where it got a certificate of merit. 
Listed on all the leading Honor Rolls of the East 
n Ti 
Plants Only $5.00 Net. 
A. G. GOODACRE (Dixie-Goodacre) 
Formal Decorative—1940 
A beautiful combination of lemon yellow, even¬ 
ly tipped white. This dahlia won two (2) firsts 
in the undisseminated class, also a certificate of 
merit at East Lansing. This dahlia is an early 
bloomer on the best of stems. Foliage is insect 
resisting and a strong grower. On the Honor 
Roll. 
Plants $5.00 Net. 
*A11 dahlias marked with asterisks are of European origination. 
Our dahlias are not forced, but grown in heavy soil. 
