
American Purity 
VARIETIES OFFERED and RECOMMENDED 
Roots only are offered, and orders are accepted subject to 
prior sale of stock on hand at time the order is received, roots 
being set aside for immediate shipment or for future delivery 
as the customer wishes. The prices following the varieties in- 
clude ordinary Parcel Post charges. In parentheses following the 
variety name is given the name of the introducer or originator 
and the year first sold. 
Abbreviations following the name of the Dahlia refer to the 
various types as follows: 
F.D.—Formal Decorative St. Cac.=Straight Cactus 
S.C.=Semi-Cactus 
I.D.=Informal Decorative INC. CAC.—Incurved Cactus 
The size of the average bloom is indicated by the figures fol- 
lowing the abbreviation, thus—Adorable, I.D. 8x4—4% shows this 
variety is an Informal Decorative type, with blooms 8 inches ir 
diameter and 4 inches deep, with about a 44%4-foot high plant as 
grown here. The length of stems is measured from the base of the 
bloom to the first leaf or bud below it. 
ADORABLE, I.D., (Angell, 1935,) 8x4-4%’. 11” stiff stems 
Blooms facing. Pinard yellow with inner florets flesh pink....25¢ 
ARELDA LLOYD, I. D., (Smith 1936), 9x5-5’. stiff straight 
stems. Blooms skyward and facing. Clear yellow, with a 
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ALTMARK, S.C., (from Europe 1935), 8x4—3’. 12” wiry stems. 
Blooms facing. White centers, shading to lilac on outer 
florets. Very early and profuse. Good cut flowefY................00006 25¢ 
AMERICAN PURITY, S.C., (American D. Farms 1937), 9x4 
—A’. 15” stiff straight stems. Blooms facing and partly sky- 
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AUTUMN SUNGLOW, S.C. (Miller D. Farms 1937), 914x444’. 
12” stiff straight stems. Some blooms not quite facing. Gold- 
en orange buff, narrow florets, heavy bush growth.................. 25¢ 
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DAHLIAS TEMPT PASSERSBY 
Centralia, Wash., Jan. 31, 1946—“I have been so pleased with the 
Dahlia bulbs purchased from you. Last season I won prizes at 
the S. W. Wash. State Fair. Perfect strangers have stopped and 
wanted to buy blooms, and also bulbs at a much higher price 
than I paid for them.”—Mrs. S. B. 
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