Foreword 
t/IBNS 
It is with great pleasure that we send our 1946 
Dahlia Catalogue to you. 
Lots of water has flown under the bridge since 
we started growing dahlias commercially sixteen 
years ago. Having survived about the worst depres- 
sion the world has ever known we now emerge 
from the most critical period in the history of our 
firm, World War IJ, which took yours truly, except 
for remote control, away from the business for 
three years, and as far as the European Theater of 
Operations, Need I add that The Rainbow Gardens 
rolled on as effectively as it had before under the 
excellent guidance of my wife. 
As you read through our catalogue may i sug- 
gest your close attention to our 1946 introduction, 
“Satan’s Disciple’, also to our European introduc- 
tlONS a Whicheastiamacelaknowrarcericntitrot.canlias 
to be imported from Europe since before the War. 
We offer our personal recommendations for many 
of these foreign varieties as I have seen most of 
them growing in France. 
Sincerely, 
THE RAINBOW GARDENS 
pes Burns 
