Excerpt from Blue Ribbon Dahlias, 1926 Jessie K. Prescott. D. - A beautiful large flower of an unusually lovely coloring. Deep orange at the center, gradually shading to creamy orange on the rows of o'uter petals, and illuminated with a violet glow. The bushes are tall and the stems exceptionally long and good. 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.