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Excerpt from The World's Finest Dahlias and Gladioli: Describing the Best Standard Varieties and the Latest Novelties of All the Different Types and Colors of These Flowers; Catalogue and Price List for 1925 Sir john carling. (carver). Here is one you have all been waiting for. It has all the good qualities you would expect in a dahlia. Size, stem, color, and insect resisting foliage. Color is a royal purple of an entirely new shade which we have never before seen in a dahlia. Does not burn in the botest sunshine, and does not ever show an open center. The huge blossoms are Held erect on fine stiff stems and the plants are always covered with blossoms. Height of plants 6 to 7 feet. 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.