GUARANTEE 
We guarantee all dahlia stock to be healthy and true 
to name. If through failure to start, or damaged in 
mail, we will replace immediately if notified promptly. 
ive the plants time to get started. The Golden Rule 
works both ways. 
Plants may be shipped from April 15th to July 15th. 
Please add 45c for packing and parcel post on all 
shipments, both roots and plants. 
If you have Special Delivery service, send an addi- 
tional 45c for Special Delivery on plant and rooted 
cutting orders, making 90c total. 
If you reside in Ohio, also add 3% sales tax. 
ABBREVIATIONS 
FD — Formal Decorative; 1D —— Informal Decorative; 
SC — Semi-Cactus; Str. C. — Straight Cactus; Inc. 
C. — Incurved Cactus; tpd. — tipped; It. — light. 
Size of Bloom—sample 11xé6 in. 
1951, 1950, 1949 INTRODUCTIONS 
The Best of the Last Three Years 
ADA N. SC. 11x6 in. Tyrian purple. Bush 5 ft. This 
very vigorous and early flowering dahlia is one 
of the best on the 1949 Honor Roll and one of 
the biggest. Root $3.00; Plant $1.50 
ARTHUR GODFREY. FD. 13x7 in. Orient red blended 
with barium yellow. Low bushes with good stems 
holding flowers well out of foliage. On 3 Honor 
Rolls. It is perhaps the largest formal ever grown. 
Vigorous and blooms early and late. Plant $3.00 
AUTUMN DELIGHT. ID. 11 in. Mimosa yellow, heavily 
overlaid mars orange. Reverse turkey red. A big 
bloom of excellent substance. Bush, dwarf for us, 
and quite profuse. Root $2.00; Plant $1.00 
B. & B. FD..11x5 in. Lavender. Alternate fine lines 
of white and petunia purple. Bush 5 ft. 1949 
Honor Roll. A reliable dahlia. Plant $1.00 
BARWAL QUEEN. ID. 12x6 in. Pure white. Bushes 
dwarf, heavy foliage and so free flowering that the 
big flowers seem almost to be growing right out 
of the ground on long stems. 
Plant $1.00 
BI-MAMMOTH. FD. 8 in. Indian lake purple tipped 
white. A bloom of great substance on fine stems. 
Bush 5 ft., vigorous and branching. Plant $2.00 
BRAITH DAVIS. FD. 7 in. Dianthus (rose) purple. Bush 
5-6 ft. Blooms profusely. This dahlia will fill the 
need of an attractive purple cut-flower. One of 
the favorites of our state fair displays. 
Root $3.00; Plant $1.50 
BUCKEYE CORAL. FD. 7 in. Coral pink. A very attrac- 
tive and true shade of color in a bloom of great 
substance. Useful for cutting. Bushes 4-5 ft. Uni- 
formly vigorous. ‘‘Certificate of Merit, Cincinnati, 
1950." Root $4.00; Plant $2.00 
CAROLINA MOON. ID. 6-7 in. Empire (butter) yellow. 
This is a very attractive shade of yellow. A cut- 
flower dahlia of excellent substance and produced 
in profusion. Root $4.00; Plant $2.00 
BLONDIE. Str. C. 4-5 in. Light primrose yellow. Dwarf 
bushes with plenty of long stemmed flowers from 
early to late. Root $1.25; Plant $.75 
CAMPUS QUEEN. ID. 6 in. Dwarf bush. Turkey red 
with strong white tips. Excellent substance. 
Plant $1.00 
CALIFORNIA CENTENNIAL. ID. 11x6 in. A blend of 
straw yellow and buff with a strawberry red blush. 
A prolific bloomer for a big flower. Bush 4 ft. 
Exceptional fine foliage. Root $2.50; Plant $1.20 
Formal Decorative—FD. 
CLARIAM ROYALTY. Inc. C. 10x7 in. Petunia purple 
with silver reverse showing on face. Long stems. 
Won seven achievements medals and several seed- 
ling sweepstakes. Plant $2.50 
DORA M. ID. 6-7 in. Persian rose with lighter tones. 
This is a welcome addition to the list of good cut- 
flower dahlias. Bushes are 4-5 ft., free branching 
and profuse with well formed flower on excellent 
stems. It is an early bloomer and the substance is 
good. Root $2.00; Plant $.90 
DOREEN E. Str. C. 7x4 in. Tyrian purple. An early 
blooming dahlia with narrow petals. Plenty of 
flowers too. Stems are long. Root $2.00; Plant $1.00 
DR. PAUL MORGAN. SC. 10x5 in. A soft lavender of 
light rosaline purple lightened by light Persian rose. 
Long stems. Bush 4 ft. Plant $3.00 
EDNA D. SC. 10-12x7 in. Cherry to cardinal red. 
One of the very best of the reds. Several of the 
big flowers are produced at one time over a long 
blooming season. The stems are excellent. Very 
vigorous and fast growing 5 ft. bushes. 
Root $2.00; Plant $1.00 
FOREST RANGER. ID. 10x4 in. Chrysanthemum crimson. 
This new red dahlia produced fine blooms early and 
in quantity over a long season. A 1949 Honor Roll 
Dahlia. Plant $.75 
GRANDMOTHER'S LACE. SC. 9x6 in. Ivory white. Petals 
are deeply lacinated, giving the extremely deep 
blooms an attractive shaggy effect. This is an out- 
standing variety. Root $2.00; Plant $1.00 
IRENE RICH. SC. 10 in. Spinel pink with lemon yellow 
base. Very early to bloom, the low bushes flower 
profusely all season. Bloom has good substance. 
A 1949 Honor Roll Dahlia. Plant $1.50 
JINT MARIE. Str.-Inc. C. 6x4 in. Tyrian pink to camellia 
rose, blended light yellow. Bush 4 ft. Very unusual 
and beautiful. A profuse bloomer. Plant $.75 
LIMELIGHT OF DIXIE. FD. 10 in. An unusual color of 
cream tinted green. Certified at Cincinnati. . 
Plant $3.00 
MADONNA. ID. 11 in. White. Sometimes SC. Bush 
is 5 ft. A good exhibition variety. Plant $1.00 
MARK TWAIN. ID. 10x5 in. Orient red, tipped white, 
yellow base. Bi-color. Good stems. Free and early 
to bloom. Plant $3.00 
MISS REES. Cactus. 9x6 in. Straw yellow. Bush 4 ff. 
Good habit of growth. Bloom always with good 
centers. Plant $2.00 
