




Visit Our Gardens September and October 
MAGIC PRINCE (Hulin-Parella, 1941), S. C. 
Magenta with a lighter reverse, under surface has bands 
2 tigate a pink. A very lovely dahlia held on long stiff 
stems. Bush tall and good brancher. 
Plants $2.00 Roots $5.00 
MAID MARION, (Dozier 1941), I.D. 
1l-inch beautiful blend of amber yellow with tips shaded phlox 
pink, suffused with mauve. Prolific, unusual crisp and dis- 
tinctive, formation, long, strong stems, and | fine keeping 
qualities. An improvement over ‘'Frieda George.’ Achievement 
Medal winner at 1940 Wilmington and Baltimore Shows. On 
Johnston's Dahlia Futurity. 
Plants $3.00 
MARY LYNN DUDLEY, (Ruschmohr, 1941), I. D. to 
Semi-C. 
Very velvety, outer rows between aster-purple and rose red 
inner rows nearest Bordeaux, center Dahlia purple with light 
streaks. Has been grown up to 12 inches and held on good 
stems. 
Plants $2.00 

MARY TAYLOR (Taylor, 1940), Str. C. 
Deep flesh ping and gold with all the points of a good Dahlia. 
Grows 9 by 4 inches. Held on fine stems. A good keeper. 
Bushes 6 feet. On Honor Roll. Achievement winner and scored 
at A. D. S. at East Lansing Trial Gardens. 
Plants 80c Roots $1.75 
MAVIS TIERNEY, F.D. 
Award of Merit at the Burnlet Test Gardens, Australia. A 
beautiful Dahlia that can be grown large easily. Color scarlet 
maroon, with very good stems and healthy foliage. Exhibition 
eae Plants $1.25 
MARION SMITH, (Geers-Australian, 1941), I. D. 
This huge dahlia tyran pink overlaid mallow pink, making 
it nearly phlox pink. Blooms are clear bright and attractive 
not even coarse with blooms. 13 by 7. A must have Dahlia. 
Plants $2.50 
MASSASOIT, (Messier, 1941), I.D. 
A massive flower, blooms 9 to 12 inches, § to 7 inches deep, 
held on long stiff stems that hold the flowers right out of the 
bush. A grand deep pink. 
Plants $2.00 Roots $5.00 
MAX BAER (Garrity, 1938), I. D. 
Color is deep crimson with shadings of bright flame. Blooms 
10 to 13 inches, depth 7 to 8 inches, extra good stems, free 
flowering, resistant foliage. Won first only time shown, men- 
tioned on J. W. Johnson's futurity list. 
Roots 50c 
MAY MARION DOZIER (Dozier, 1940), I. D. 
huge 11 to 14 inch clear yellow on fine long stems. Comes 
almost semi-cactus early and very broad petaled later. Cer- 
tificate of Merit at Storrs, Conn., and Fast Lansing, Mich. On 
Honor Roll. 
Roots $1.00 
MAYOR FRANK OTIS (Tom Johns-Salbach Garden, 1939). . 
Shading from light to dark honey-yeliow. Reminiscent of Jane 
Cowl but with more bronze. Petals twisted and most attrac- 
tive. Vigorous grower on fine, strong, straight stems, and an 
excellent keeper. Three times largest flower in Alameda Dahlia 
Society show and twice largest flower at California Dahlia 
TE show, where it won the ‘Sunset" magazine Achieve- 
ment Medal. Largest flower and ‘‘American’’ Home Achieve- 
ment Medal at Portland. Silver medal at A. D. S. show. Be- 
lieve it or not has been grown to 17 inches. 
Roots 75c 
MILDRED POTE, F.D. 
Winner Achievement Medal ‘37. Large, phlox-pink flower. 
Blooms set wel on a good stem with a full center. Has nice 
clean foliage, a Dahlia anyone would enjoy growing. Medium 
size bush. 
Roots 80c 
MILTON J. CROSS (Johnson, 1936), I. D. 
An immense flower of rich yellow-buff, the outer petals flushed 
with rosy amber. Winner of five firsts, including three Achieve- 
ment Medals. Long stiff stems; good grower. 
Roots 50c 
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