ABBREVIATIONS 
The letters immediately following the name of the variety is the key to the 
American Dahlia Society (A.D.S.) official classification of that variety. Explana- 
tion of abbreviations follows: 
CLASSIFICATION 
Size 
A—Large (Exhibition), 8 inches or over 
B—Medium (Cut flower), 4 to 8 inches 
Ba—Ball, 3!/, inches or over 
M—Miniature, under 4 inches 
Pom-——Pompon for exhibition purposes must be under 2 inches in diameter 
Type of Flower 
An—Anemone 
Ba—Ball 
Coll—Collarette 
C—Cactus, any type, old classification 
D—Decorative, any type, old classification 
FD—Formal Decorative 
1C—Incurved Cactus 
1D—Informal Decorative 
Mig—Mignon 
O—Orchid Flowering 
P—Peony 
Pom—Pompon 
S--Single 
SC—Semi-Cactus 
StC—Straight Cactus 
Star—Star 
Color 
Bi—Bi-color, two distinct clear and separate colors on the face of the floral rays; tricolors 
are included , ; q 
BlI—Blended, no clearly distinct color, but two or more intermingled colors which may 
contrast or harmonize. A single color shading lighter does not constitute a blend — 
Var—Variegated, two or more distinct colors on the face of the floral rays, arranged in dots, 
flecks, splashes, or narrow lines which contrast with the ground color 
L—Lavender, mauve, mallow pink, phlox pink, lilac 
Or—Orange, buff, russet, copper, apricot, coral red, bronze, but not orange red hues that 
contain more red than orange : 
Pi—Pink, cameo, salmon, rose, old ‘rose, violet rose, tyrian rose 
Pu—Purple, violet, rosy magenta, purple reds, amaranth purple 
R—Red, crimson, scarlet, cardinal, carmine, garnet, maroon 
W—White, including ivory and cream } 
Y—Yellow, straw, sulphur, lemon, primrose. apricot yellow, golden yellow 
VARIETIES MARKED 
Varieties marked with asterisk (*) are of foreign origination. 
HEIGHTS 
Unless otherwise mentioned in the description of the variety, the plants are of 
medium height. 
CLUMPS 
We intend to resume issuing a clump list in the fall of 1946. This will be mailed 
only on request. Prices will be for entire clumps as dug, for shipment at digging time, 
or shortly thereafter. Customers assume all responsibility for "wintering" the clumps. 
DAHLIA SEED 
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