William F. Bassett, Ham-monton, N. J., says: " If any of the readers of the Monthly have Dahlias Little Prince or Frank Smith, I would like to be informed of it. Little Prince is described as 'currant red, tipped white,' and some of the flowers are so, but a large portion of them are variously spotted, and mixed with a much darker shade. Frank Smith is a very dark maroon, tipped white. I would also like to get hold of a first-class scarlet Dahlia. Almost every florist offers scarlets, but some are coarse, some have open centers, and some are not scarlet."