DECORATIVE DAHLIAS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21467, 15 April 1933, Page 7 (Supplement)

DECORATIVE DAHLIAS

THE GIANT FAMILY r ■ - The following carefully compiled list of giant decorative dahlias from notes taken throughout the flowering seasou should assist those who are unacquainted with different varieties and bewildered with the endless names catalogued in making their selection for next year's planting. All those enumerated answer the type having massive flowers on stiff, erect stems. The most recont and highest-priced novelties aro omitted. Avis Cowdray, the largest and best white; Black Prince, one of the darkest, very long, strong stems; Borengaria clear orange to golden, reliable; Daily Mail, deepest yellow, changing to orange at base; Eva Quadling, intensive crimson-scarlet, splendid; Fantasy, scarlet, boldly tipped white, distinct; Flaming Meteor, flaming orange, scarlet, always {reliable; F. W. Butler, bronze and gold with copper-brown shading; Garth Harry, deep crimson maroon, a grand, deep flower; Grace Curling, lilac, pink and rose, distinct; Jane Cowl, golden-buff and old gold, centro apricot and rose; Judge Leon McCord, deepest shade of gold, reverse old gold; Kathleen Norris, true rosepink, enormous flowers; Lord Lambourne, straw-butt' or old gold tints; Mabel Lawrence, crimson scarlet, a splendid flower; Monmouth Champion, bright orange, very large, long stems; Robert Findlay, pure yellow, very striking, one of the best; Royal Flush, brightest scarlet, full and deep, splendid; Shadow's Lavender, lavender shading to white, distinct; The World, deep rosy magenta, overlaid garnet stems, ideal; Treasure Island, bright apricot, suffused gold and roses; Seal's California, beautiful blend of gold and yellow stems, perfect; Trentonian, coppery to reddish orange. MEDIUM VARIETIES The medium class of decorative dahlias is becoming increasingly popular for garden display and cutting. The medium to fairly large flowers are borne on stiff, erect stems with free-flowering habits. The following 15 varieties comprise a representative collection. Knergie, apricot-yellow with golden sheen, long wiry stems; Emily Day, soft rosy-crimson, over-laying yellow picotee edged; John Maxwell Reid, vieux rose, suffused amber reverse; Holofernius, scarlet-rod, well formed flowors with long stems; Lady Hore Ruth von, a lovely full flower, colour bronze gold; Lady Somers, soft rosysalmon, silver reverse; Manawatu, strawberry overlaid rose, a splendid flower; Margaret Audrey Browne, rich copper on long erect stems; Miss Bert White, bright clear rose with golden glow; Mrs. E. H. Roughton, soft glistening mauve-pink; Mrs. F. R. Durham, loveliest shade of pink, long stems; Phyllis Marshall, bright rosepink round flowers; Porthos, deep violet, quite distinct; Ruby Jones, deep rosy-pink, carried on long stems. Lists of small decorative cactus and pompoms will be given later.