Excerpt from California Dahlias: 1922 Catalogue Anna Maier. Dec. A huge decorative of mosts peculiar. Coloring, one of those shades so difficult to do justice to in description. A pinkish red like old velvet, varying to soft yellowish red towards the centre. The blooms are borne aloft on long wiry stems well above the foliage. A Dahlia which will grace any occasion, excellent for exhibiting, beautiful for cutting and ornamental in the garden. Plants only. 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.