Greetings, Fellow Dahlia Fan: 
The past season was very peculiar. First it was 
very wet so that dahlias were planted late. Then we 
had a prolonged drought, though we did have some 
intermittent showers that moistened the ground enough 
to do cultivating but no real watering. Those who had 
methods to water had a fine season, as we were free 
of storms, but even then dahlias didn’t do so well. This 
was shown at the early shows. Perhaps this peculiar 
weather had its effect upon the seedlings, as I saw 
nothing worth mentioning till very late in the season 
when I saw what might be called an Informal Greater 
Glory. Mr. Carlisle of Amelia, Ohio, had this on dis- 
play. I think this one will bear watching. 
Cincinnati has gone Australian and we did get a 
few nice ones out of the ones we got from ‘down 
under.’ I have included a few of these in my ‘Win 
With These” list. In addition I liked Dauntless, Halifax, 
Mustang, Rhapsody, Kelvin, Sydney, Joan Griffiths and 
Mary Noble. Lady’s Fancy is one of the prettiest 
miniatures I ever saw. 
I haven't anything new for this year, but there is an 
amber collarette that I have called Amberette and a 
dwarf red anemone that look good. They will be in our 
trial grounds this year; watch for them. These two and 
Polar Queen that I told you about last year I hope to 
release next year. 
1 am sorry that I am late this year in getting this 
crice list to you, but the delay was caused by me 
taking over the management of the greenhouses at the 
University of Cincinnati. This gives me an opportunity 
for doing some of the experiments I had hoped to do 
but did not have the facilities with which to do them, 
but it also cuts down on the time I have for dahlias. 
So if in the future I shall be a little late in answering 
a letter or getting out an order it is because I have 
been “burnt by too many irons.” 
Anyway, I promise to grow the best dahlias I can 
locate and ship to you only the kind of roots that | 
would care to receive myself. 
Yours for better dahlias, 
ANDREW DOERMANN. 
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