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Excerpt from Dahlias, 1930 This is the beautiful dahlia on the cover of this catalog, which I have named for my dear Mother, whose beautiful life of devotion 'to her family, has been and is an inspiration to me. An immense and exquisitely beautiful decorative of great depth and beautiful formation; size of blossoms average 10 inches. The center and three rows of petals around center are wax Or creamy yellow, the center and reverse of remaining petals is a bronzy salmon _ip nk, shading to a creamy yellow edge, suffusing the immense bloom with a warm glow, the. Stems are extremely long and strong, holding the huge blossoms proudly erect above a tall, strong plant. It is a very prolific bloomer, always full of flowers and it holds its center to the end of the season. Rating 92. Price per Tuber, $15. 00 Net. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.