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GOLDEN WEDDING S. C. (Hulin)—It is golden throughout and the stems hold 
it well up in the air. It is a very free bloomer and we have sold quantities 
of the blooms for the past four years. It did not get the honor of being on 
the rolls but it is definitely too good a “bread and butter dahlia” to keep a 
secret. We have a good stock of this and if you care to try it we are sure 
you will not be disappointed. The price is only Root $2.50 
GREAT DIVIDE (Semi-Cactus), A Tooker Origination — Winner of Home 
Achievement Medal at A.D.S. Annual Dahlia Show, New Pork. This dahlia 
is a blend with yellow center, blending beautifully to shell pink on outer 
petals. Grew 12 inches in our gardens this season. Very healthy 5 ft. 
plants. Root $10.00 Plant $5.00 
GREATER GLORY S. C. (Salem)—-Color deep rose pink, occasionally shading to 
sulphur yellow at the center. Strong healthy bush with fine foliage. Good 
stem and excellent bloom. Winner at the leading Shows. Root $1.50 
HILDA FIORETTI S. C. to I. D. 
(Fioretti-Parrella)—This is the 
lovely dahlia that was greatly 
admired by visitors at the A.D.S. 
Show in New York. (Remember 
the basket of large blooms, top 
center at our display at the 
A.D.S.?) Hilda Fioretti, a first 
prize winner at the A.D.S. Show, 
and received a silver medal at 
the New York Florists’ Club, 
October 11, 1944. The coloring 
of this marvelous dahlia is so 
attractive and outstanding that 
you cannot forget it. Color, deep 
rose pink, blended deeper rose 
color with stripes and fine tips 
of apricot yellow. Size of 
blooms, 9 to 10 inches in di- 
ameter. The plant is a perfect 
grower with marvelous branch- 
ing habits. You could cut from 
10 to 20 blooms from each plant 
of size mentioned, with a 34 
to 4-foot stem. Blooms are held 
facing on canelike stem. Foli- 
age is insect resistant. Height 
of plant, 5 to 6 feet. 

Root $5.00 Plant $2.50 HILDA FIORETTI 
HILLSIDE GOLD St. C.—Golden Yellow. Root $1.00 
H. R. S. I. D. (Seal)—Color, golden yellow throughout; no other shade or tint. 
Height, 5 feet. Roots 50c 
HOOSIER MARVEL (Wolfe Dahlia Gardens)—A giant yellow S.C. to ID. 
bloom 14 by 7 inches and can be grown larger. Color is quite like Lord 
of Autumn. Flowers facing to 45 degree angle, good stem and center. 
Some petals lacinated which adds to its beauty. Plant 5% to 6 feet tall. 
Certificate at East Lansing and on Honor Roll. Plant $2.50 
HUNT’S VELVET WONDER I. D. (Hunt’s-Burnett Bros.)—Color, bright violet 
burgundy. Blooms upo to 15 inches. Stands erect on a fine stem. Height, 
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