If you like to have your garden looking beautiful during the summer and fall 
you will have to give them some thought now. 
FLORENCE M. (Zourek-Parrella) 
F. D.—A soft, pleasing shade of 
pink, veiled white, especially at 
end of petals, making a very 
attractive and appealing color. 
Back petals recurve to stem, 
forming a _ round, full, deep 
flower. Blooms are held high and 
facing on strong, wiry stems 
thateeho la up minder rainy 
weather conditions. Blooms last 
long on the bush or when cut. 
This surely is a lovely flower of 
beauty and charm and a “must” 
for those who have seen it grow- 
ing in our gardens. An early 
bloomer and good grower, at- 
taining a height of about 4% 
feet. Judges at American Dahlia 
Society Show in New York 
scored this variety 85.4. Size 7-8 
x 5. This dahlia has been named 
for a teacher of the Yonkers, 
New York School System. A 
lovely lady who loves dahlias. 
Roots $10.00 Net Plants $5.00 Net ees 
FLORENCE M. 
PRAIRIE FIRE (Marsh-Rocky River)—Semicactus, general effect orange pro- 
duced by blend of poppy red, capsicum orange and chrome yellow. Size 
11 by 6 inches. Stems 4 to & inches. Bush low, 4% feet. Blooms are on side 
and at 45° angle. Plant $5.00 Net 
HOLLYWOOD STAR (Pape-Robens) — Semicactus, rhodamine purple with 
slightly lighter center and reverse. Bush 644 feet. Gives bloom all season. 
Size 11 by 6 inches and more if well disbudded. Stems 10 to 12 inches; 
hold blooms on side. Has good substance. Would compete wel ee Ada N. 
Plant $7.50 
MY MEMORIES (Robens)—Semicactus, primrose yellow. Size 10% by 6 inches. 
Bush 414 feet. Stems 10 inches; ho!d blooms at 45° angle. So many semi- 
eactus yellows have succumbed to disease and poor root development that 
this will be welcomed on show tables. Plant $7.50 
BETTY BLOSSOM (Rindfleish-Ruschmohr)—Formal decorative, creamy white 
tinted Persian rose. Size 8 by 5 inches. Bush 5 feet. A vigorous and clean 
grower. Early and late bloomer. Strong stem holding bloom facing to 45° 
well above foliage. Winner of Flower Grower Leonard Barron Memorial 
Trophy and American Home Achievement Medal at New York. 
Plant $7.50 Net 
PURPLE MAGIC (Wakeman Gardens) A-I.D.—Magnolia purple a new shade 
of dusky purple; tall grower. A Dahla really worth growing. 
Plant $5.00 Net 
LEONA McHESNEY (Retzer) —Straight cactus, lavender with amaranth rose 
blended mallow purple. Size 7%4 by 5 inches. Stems 10 to 12 inches. Enough 
substance to hold up in 90° August heat wave. Blooms at top and at a 
45° angle. Bush 4 feet. Roots $7.50 Plants $3.75 
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