The Dahlia is the Queen of Autumn Flowers 
GENERAL LIST OF STANDARD VARIETIES 
Large Flowering Type 
The varieties listed herein are positively the best stock that can be pro- 
cured anywhere, at any price, as these tubers are not forced, or from over 
propagated stock, and are GUARANTEED to be true to name, healthy, and 
full of life, vim, and vitality. 
KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS: F. D.—Formal Decorative; S. C.—Semi-Cactus; 
I. D—Informal Decorative; St. C.—Straight Cactus. 
ADELE HENDERSON F. D. (Rindfleisch-Parrella)—Color a mixture of citron 
and strontian yellow, with a flush of o!d rose. Height 4% to 5 feet. Size 
7%” to 9” by 5” to 6” in depth. Free bloomer, early and late. Keeps long 
when cut, making it a good commercial type. Certified at Storrs. Also an 
Honor Roll Dahlia Root $2.00 
AGLOW I. D.—Color, amber yellow, suffused scarlet in center of petals. A good 
open grower, producing deep, full blooms on long strong stems. Size, 
average 10 x6. Grows about 6 feet. Root $1.50 
ALFRED LUNT (Parrella) F. D.—Good commercial and exhibition. Size, 8 x 6. 
Color, currant red to scarlet. Petals roll back to stem when fully opened, 
making a deep round bloom. Flower has good substance and brilliant color 
and held well up in good stems. Roots $1.50 
ALL AMERICAN (Salem) S. C.—Mulberry rose, with wax yellow at base of 
petals. Huge blooms are carried on best of stems. A prize winner. Grows 
about 5 feet. Roots $1.59 
AMBASSADOR VAN KIEFFENS F. D.—A medium size orange cut flower on 
long stems. Root $2.00 Plant $1.00 
ARTHUR GODFREY (Dahliadel)—This is a flower of immense size. Color of 
orient red with buff shadings. Claimed to be about the largest formal ever 
grown—if you like them big—this is it. Root $3.50 Plants $1.75 
ATOMIC YELLOW (Proctor-Ruschmohr)—A large yellow, semi-cactus 10” to 12” 
by 6” to 9” in depth. Long, straight stems. Certified at Fairmount, W. Va. 
Winner as best semi-cactus at A.D.S. Show in New York. 
Roots $3.09 Plants $1.50 
ALICIA SCHRAFT (Swezey) S. C.—Exquisite in color and form. A lovely deep 
pink. Blooms have high centers. Size 9” to 10” by 5” to 6”. Good rugged 
foliage. Flowers facing on good stems. Root $2.00 Plant $1.00 
ADA. N. (Robens)—Very large purple S. C. to I. D. Has been grown to 14%” 
by 104%”. Unusually prolific for a large flowered variety. Tall grower. 
Root $3.00 Plant $1.50 
AMI LOUIS BLIN I. D.—Large blooms of deep garnet red, almost black. 
Root $2.00 Plant $1.00 
AUTUMN LIGHT S. C.—An excellent variety that gives lots of blooms on good 
stems. Color, apricot with some salmon shades. Root $1.00 
BLACK MONARCH I.D.—Large Black-Red. Long stems. Size 11%” x 6’, bush 
4 feet. Exhibition flower. Root $2.50 Plant $1.25 
BLUE GALILEE 8S. C.—Large 12” by 7%”. Color, Rose, suffused blue, very 
beautiful. Root $2.50 Plant $1.25 
BIG MO (Roberts-Ruschmohr)—Straight cactus Indian Lake and carmine red, 
almost black. Size 12 by 6 inches, could be grown larger, Stems 10 to 15 
inches, hold blooms on side. Bush 5 feet. Won American Home Achieve- 
ment award at Long Island and Southtown, Chicago shows. 
Root $7.50 Plant $3.75 
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