If you like to have your garden looking beautiful during the summer and fall 
you will have to give them some thought now. 
STARAZE “A” I. D. (Kelly-Par- 
rella)—Color, light primrose yel- 
low. Blooms 9% by 6 inches 
flowers held facing on cane like 
stem 10 to 15 inches long. Bush 
compact five feet tall profuse 
bloomer early and late. An ex- 
ceptional fine dahlia of good 
quality and it is a pleasure to 
grow. 
Roots $5.00 Plants $2.50 
STARAZE 
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 3 blooms in Southern Conference Show in Chattanooga. Winner of 
Derrill Hart Memorial Medal. Root $5.00 Plant $2.50 
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. Roots $1.00 
TOWN TOPIC F. D. (Iulin-Parrella)—Magenta Purple. The blooms will average 
nine inches grown normally, with ten to fifteen inches of clear stem above 
the first set of leaves. toot $1.50 
VALLEY QUEEN (Robens)—A triple Honor Roll Dahlia. Very large red 
eactus, 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. 
hoot $2.00 
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 CRINKLES I. D. (Blamer-Parrella-—Color, orchid shading to 
shrimp pink toward the tip. Petals crinkle. Size of bloom, 8% inches by 
5 inches or better. Long graceful stem holds the flower facing. Blooms 
are beautiful and very attractive. Height, 5 feet. Root $1.50 
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