
If you like to have your garden looking beautiful during the summer and fall 
you will have to give them some thought now. 

SUPREME COMMAND I. D. to F. D. (Boram) Parrella—Color Spectrum Red 
all through the flower. One tone. -The immense size dahlia which received 
a silver medal at the A.D.S. Show of 1943, is not only very large in size 
but it is also beautiful in a new shade of red. Size 11 inches by 7 inches 
or better. Plant is a vigurous grower with fine branching habit. Flowers 
are held facing and on top on cane-like stems. Insect resisting foliage. 
Height of plant 5 to 6 feet. Root $2.50 Plant $1.25 
THE CARDINAL (Baker-Ruschmohr)—Cardinal red semi-cactus. Blooms 10-12 
inches, facing, on long canelike stems. Bush 6 feet, with clean and 
leatherlike foliage. Winner of The American Home Achievement Medal in 
Midwest Show in Milwaukee. Also Central States Show in Chicago, 
Southern Conference Show, in Chattanooga and Tri-City Show in Moline, 
Ill. Winner of gold medal in Madison, Wisc., as best seedling. Winner as 
best 8 blooms in Southern Conference Show in Chattanooga. Winner of 
Derrill Hart Memorial Medal. 
Root $7.50 Plant $3.75 
THE REAL GLORY F. D.—Pure white. Very large. Roots $2.00 Plants $1.00 
TOWER’S EMPIRE I. D. (Tower-Parrella)—Immense blossoms of a clear gold 
with a deep amber shading at the center, on the best of stems. Blossoms 
can be grown to a very large diameter. Roos $1.60 
VALLEY QUEEN (Robens)—A triple Honor Roll Dahlia. Very large red 
cactus, straight to incurved. A four times winner in 1947 in open to all 
specimen class over 8 inches where it can meet the best of them. 
Root $3.50 Plant $1.75 
VICTORY F. D. (Asther)—Here is a large dahlia with good depth that is very 
formidable in the formal pink class, as well as being a very pleasing 
variety in the garden. The color is rose-pink with a golden suffusion. 
Root $1.00 

VIN WELL PARAGON F. D. to I. 
D. (Blamer - Parrella) — A 
gorgeous dahlia of dainty cameo- 
like beauty. An early and all 
season bloomer, averages from 
8 to 9 inches in diameter or 
larger. As the flower opens, the 
petals fall back to the stem 
forming to an almost immense 
size ball. Color, light rose pink 
toward the tips with amber yel- 
low at the base of the petals. 
Reverse deep Eusline pink. 
Blooms facing on a fine long 
slender stem. The plant has fine 
branching habits, and the foli- 
age is insect resisting. Vin Well 
Paragon received an “Award of 
Honor” at the Georgia Trial 
Ground, 1941. 

Root $2.00 
VIN WELL PARAGON 



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