DAHLIADEL NURSERIES 
S Grow 7 
Potash Fed 
> DAHLIAS 
FORMAL 
DECORATIVE 
DAHLIAS—Cont. 
BIG FOUR (Carlee 844), 1939, 
Bloom 10x 6, Bush 5! ft. 
A pastel combination of 
cream suffused violet rose. 
The attractive and uniform 
flowers are held well on long, 
strong stems. The bush grow- 
th is unusually strong and 
rugged. Well worth a place 
in any planting. Roots, $2.00; 
Pot Roots, $1.30; Plants, .75 
FIRE BALL (Hillside 84B), 
Bloom 7 x 5, Bush 4/4 ft. 
A fine shade of cardinal or 
scarlet red in a true Formal 
dahlia of even form. The fol- 
iage is bright green and 
healthy. Bush at times seems 
indifferent in growth, and 
can stand a little extra feed- 
ing . Award of Honor, Ga. 
and Cert. at E. Lansing. 
Roots, .75; Pot Roots, .50; 
Plants, .50. 
GRAF ZEPPELIN’ (Nolet 
85B), Bloom 7!'% x 4, Bush 
7 ft. If you have a rather 
poor spot in your garden 
where other varieties are 
sulky growers, plant this var- 
iety there and be surprised. 
The bush sure has vim, vig- 
or and vitality. Medium size 
white flowers on strong, e- 
rect stems, and good for 
cutting. Roots, .35 
LUELLA CASS (Hosack 84B), Bloom 7% x 4, Bush 
4 ft. A bright and clean shade of bright rose pink 
shading to soft rose. A commercial pink of fine 
form. Grows with vigor and stems good, Roots, .50 
QUEEN CITY (Golden Rule 84B), Bloom 6 x 4, 
Bush 31% fi. A light cherry red in color. Flowers 
have a tendency to fade, and should be cut before 
fully developed and allowed to open in water. Then 
it makes a good cut flower. Roots, .50 
ROSEMARY (American D. F. 85A), 1938, Bloom 
9 x 5, Bush 5 ft. This is a sport of Treasure Is- 
land with color a clear phlox pink or lilac, making 
it a desirable cut flower as well as a strong con- 
tender in the Formal Decorative Lavender Class. 
A rugged growth with blooms early and free. Top 
and prune bush the same as Treasure Island. 
Roots, $1.00; Plants, .50 
TREASURE ISLAND /Dahliadel 85A), Bloom 9 
x 5, Bush 5 ft. Bright apricot with gold and rose 
suffusions and shadings. Rush growth strong and 
drought-resistant. This variety must be grown ac- 
cording to Drawing Y for first blooms and then 
follow Drawing X for balance of season. When 
allowed to grow naturally produces a mass of blooms 
for landscape effect. Roots, .50; Pot Roots, .35 
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The Governor 
THE GOVERNOR (Berwick-Dahliadel 86A), 1940, 
Bloom 11 x 6, Bush 5!4 ft. A Formal of bright 
sulphur yellow. The form is excellent with the 
long, broad petals going back to stem. Long, strong, 
erect stems holding flowers in a perfect position. 
Bushes are rank growers and seem entirely immune 
to insect attacks. Blooms are produced in great 
quantities in good form from very early until 
frost. As we predicted in 1940 it has done splendid- 
ly everywhere, and has already taken its place as 
the Jeading yellow Formal, Has won prizes too 
numerous to list and seems destined for a long life 
as a leading dahlia. Named in honor of Governor 
Herbert O’Conor of Maryland. Tied for second 
place on the 1940 Futurity. 
Roots, $4.00; Pot Roots, $2.65; Plants, $1.50 
W. H. T. (McCarrol-Schling 82A), Bloom 9 x 5, 
Bush 6 ft. This pleasing variety is a shade not 
common in large dahlias, of rich old rose or Be- 
gonia rose with mauve shadings on the reverse of 
petals. It is a tall robust grower. Petals open 
back to the stem. Roots, .35 
Varieties on this as well as other pages in this 
catalog are the same form bloom as illustration 
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