KENTUCKY COLONEL f.d. Bloom 7” x 4”. Bush 6’. 
A rich rosy violet blending into silvered blue violet at 
the tight center. An exceptionally beautiful flower and 
a hardy one. The petals are narrow and long and twist 
at the pointed tips. Foliage is heavy and deep green .50c 
LILLIAN NOSER f.d. (Floristan Gardens) Bloom 14” x 8”. 
Bush 4’. 
This huge bloom is a soft lavender pink with silver 
veining and a silver sheen over the very broad petals. 
The center is tightly curled with deeper lavender show- 
ing in the pink. Some petals are slightly involute, giv- 
ing an especial gracefulness to the large disc-shaped 
blooms. A handsome dahlia with all of Floristan Gar- 
dens’ best features. Admired in our gardens...... $1.00 
MABLE ARUNDEL f.d. (Floristan Gardens) Bloom 9” x 5”. 
Bush 5’. 
A most exceptionally beautiful bloom of delicate colors 
that blend from lavender shadings into apricot into gold 
at the tight high center, and with a golden blending in 
the reverse and at the tips of the pointed petals. Grace- 
fully placed petals that turn a little at the tips. Heavy 
thick foliage. One of our finest creations.......... $2.00 
MARGARET IVY s.c. (Floristan Gardens) Bloom 8” x 6”. 
Bushes 
One tone of orange apricot. Petals are so revolute and 
pointed they seem especially narrow. Flower is open. 
Center exceedingly high. Foliage quite heavy. This is 
a temperamental beauty but well worth the effort to 
grow it. Very effective in arrangements............ xe 
MAY WARNER f.d. (Floristan Gardens) Bloom 6” x 4” 
Bush 4’, 
A silvery delicate pink that looks fresh even when al- 
most falling to pieces. Petals are open and pointed. 
This is an ideal dahlia for mass planting and borders. 
All it needs is crowning out. It grows to a uniform height. 
The new blooms cover the old which do not require 
picking. The blooms top short straight stems at foliage 
height. The bush looks like a huge bouquet...... 0c 
MISS BOEING f.d. (Floristan Gardens) Bloom 7” x 5”. 
Bush 6’. 
A soft true pink with just a suggestion of peach. The 
high centered flower is so free and open it could be 
classed also as an Informal. A profuse bloomer with ex- 
ceedingly long stems that hold the long-lived blooms 
high. An outstanding and beautiful dahlia....... $3.00 
MISS PUGET f.d. (Floristan Gardens) Bloom 9” x 4”. 
Bush 4’. 
A delightful buff with a delicate pink flush. Petals of 
the disc-like bloom are broad, flat and pointed at the 
tips. The center is compact and ball-like. This dahlia, 
by crowning out, can be effectively used for borders, 
and mass plantings and equally good for cutting. 50c 

The colors in this arrangement by Mrs. Ralph C. Parkhurst are 
as burnished as the copper container. Textures are also suitable. 
The dahlias are JUNE ST. CLAIR and HELEN HERRICK MALSED, 
a collarette, we will have in 1950. Photograph by Roy Leiser. 
MRS. F. F. POWELL f.d. (Floristan Gardens) Bloom 
Six / Ce Bush 6- 
One beautiful constant tone of Spanish scarlet tem- 
pered with madder. Will not sunfade. Petals are broad 
and twist slightly. Flower is open and faces out and up. 
Foliage exceedingly heavy and rough. A wonderful 
garden and cut flower. Good producer.......... $1.00 
MRS. HAL L. SMITH i.d. (Floristan Gardens) Bloom 10” 
xeloy , leyeketat (6) - 
This 1946 introduction is a hauntingly beautiful and quite 
indescribable color—a delicate, iridescent mother-of- 
pearl blending. The petals are narrow and twisting and 
the bloom rounds back gracefully so that the full size of 
the bloom isn't realized at once — it looks like a huge, 
graceful ball. The flowers face up and out on wonderful 
long stems and are particularly delightful in arrange- 
ments. We tried to get colored photographs of an ex- 
quisite arrangement of Mrs. Hal L. Smith with autumn 
foliage made by Mrs. Ralph C. Parkhurst, but the colors 
were too elusive to catch on film. We'll try again. .$2.50 

IF IT'S A FLORISTAN GARDENS CREATION 
IT HAS A STRONG, VITAL STEM 
