DAHLIAS 
NEW INTRODUCTIONS FOR 1942 
EDITH WILLKIE. S. C. 
A pure white semi-cactus seedling Dahlia. This beautiful exhibition 
Dahlia won the American Home Achievement Medal at the New 
York Worlds Fair in 1940, as well as the Gold Certificate for the 
best semi-cactus seedling. The blooms are of immense size and 
depth, measuring from I2 to 15” in diameter. Roots $ 20.00, plants 
$ 10.00. 
HSSPHIELIPSSSC: 
Large blooms of buff yellow with begonia-rose flushes on the petals 
and deep rose pink petaloids, making an unusually beautiful effect. 
It can be grown to huge size; blooms of 12 by 8 inches are easily 
obtainable. On Lynn Dudley's Honor Roll. Roots $ 12.50. 
BETSY T. CACTUS MINIATURE. 
This lovely and graceful novelty is of a beautiful lavender-pink 
color, blooms measuring from 3 to 3% inches in diameter; it was 
the sensation at the American Dahlia Society's Trial Grounds, 
Storrs, Conn. Roots $ 6.00. 
ECSTACY. COLLARETTE. 
Deep yellow with faint rose at the base of the petals, collar of 
light yellow. Six inch blooms on good stems; a large and outstand- 
ing collarette. Roots $ 3.50. 
STANDARD VARIETIES 
AMY PAGE I. D. 
A new Dahlia of deep chrome yellow, with a faint suffusion of scar- 
let. The blooms naturally grow to large size on a clean, open, vigor- 
ous bush. An Honor Roll Dahlia. Roots $ 6.00. 
AMERICAN PURITY S. C. 
Pure glistening white. Huge blooms on the best of stems. Has 
many winnings to its credit. Roots $ 1.50. 
BAERNE S. C. 
Rose pink. A topnotcher in every respect. Roots $ 1.50. 
BALLEGO'S SURPRISE S. C. 
Pure white, perfect form. One of the finest of its type. Roots 
951750; 
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