Our Giant Showroom Champions 
For 1942 
STEPHEN FOSTER, I. C. (S. D. G). 
A general color description would be buff orange slightly suffused with tyrian rose 
on both the face and back of petals. The blooms grow to 12 inches or better by 7 
inches deep. It is quite a tall grower and somewhat prolific and the most hardy cf any 
variety we ever grew. The past dry season affected its growth but very little. It won 
the Achievement Medal at Peekskill, N. Y., New Baltimore, Mich., Mid-West Show at 
Milwaukee, Wis., and Burholme, Pa., and the A. D. S. Medal at Baltimore for the best 
dahlia in the entire show, and Medal at Chicago for best Cactus, besides several spe- 
cials and blue ribbons where individual blooms were show. It is on all Honor Rolls 
including Dahlia Futurity Roll. 
Root $20.00, plant $10.00, cutting $6.65. 
REVEILLE, LD.-S.C. (S. D. G.) 
FPhiox pink lightening to pale lilac at tips of petais. The petals are serrated, twist 
and fall back to the stem, making a very deep blocm, 10 to 11 inches in diameter. 
Stems are strong and the bush grows to a height of 6 feet. Not exhibited at any show 
the past season. One of the best in its class. Stock very limited. 
Root $10.00, plant $5.00, cutting $3.35. 
SNOW CLOUD, F.D. (S. D. G.) 
Winner of the award for the best commercial at Baltimore. This is only a 6-inch 
flower, but the bushes are loaded with white blooms from early season until frost, and 
they develop so quickly that they can be cut almost daily. The stems are long and 
perfectly straight. Height of bush about 4% feet. 
Root $7.50, plant $3.75, cutting $2.45. 
MRS. MACMILLAN HOOPES, LD. (S. D. G.) 
An absolutely pure white informal of good formation and substance. Early blooms 
grow to 10-11 inches, but the later ones are much larger, some measuring over 14 inches. 
They are wonderful keepers for such large blooms. The stems are perfectly straight. 
Bush is about 5 feet high, hardy and medium prolific: foliage deep green with proper 
placement. Winner of the Achievement Medal at the Baltimore Show; also in basket 
that won the Governor’s Trophy at the same show. On Dahlia Futurity Roll. 
Root $15.00, plant $7.50, cutting $5.00. 
PINK JOY, I.D. (S. D. G.) 
A magnificent bloom of rose pink with outer petal shading off to a lighter pink. 
The bloom grows to 11 inches, is very compact and the petals roll and come to sharp 
points, but not enough to send it into the semi-cactus class. Stems are very good; 
bush growth about 6 feet. 
Root $10.00, plant $5.00, cutting $3.35. 
MRS. W. K. duPONT, LD. (S. D. G.) 
Wisteria violet suffused rhodamine purple giving an orchird effect. The blooms 
are really immense, some growing as large as 15 inches, and are almost directly on 
tops of stems almost as stiff as pokers. The bushes are rugged although they are 
only 4% feet in height, but have lots of diameter and should not be planted too close. 
This is a very good bloomer. first in the Lavender Open-to-All Class at New York. 
On the Dahlia Futurity Roll. 
Root $10.00, plant $5.00, cutting $3.35. 
ADORNMENT, LD. (S. D. G.) 
Here is a dahlia just urider the 8-inch limit which won as best informal B-seedling 
at the Baltimore Show. The bloom unfolds to the stem and when fully developed is 
almost as round as a ball. The stems are long, stiff and strong. The bush grows to 
6 feet, has dark green foliage and is very hardy. In coior blcoms are light purple 
with phlox pink shadings. On Dahlia Futurity Roll. 
Reot $7.50, plant $3.75, cutting $82.45. 
