Excerpt from Dahlias and Gladioli, 1928 Mrs. Eleanor Martin (pelicano) Dec. A California dahlia. That does exceptionally. Well in the East, of a wonderfully rich coloring entirely different from anything else on the market. The color has been well described as Mull-berry. The petal-s area peculiar rose shade with a reverse of v-iole-t. Stem-s long and stifl, profuse bloomer. Tuber. 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.