A New Book-^Tke DakKa" 
By W. W WILMORE 
This new ■work should be 
Dahlia grower, whether amateur or professional. It 
Is a handsomely Illustrated manual, written as a sou- 
venir edition commemorating my twenty-first year a 
a commercial grower. 
Failure in growing Dahlias, nine times out of ten; is 
directly traceable to improper treatment or troubles 
that could easily be removed If their causes were known 
ind understood. It was largely with this aim In view 
that I prepared this manual. The price is a mere trifle, 
and no frrower should run the riSlt of failure when 
■ . ^ ■ . thin easy reach of all. 
ly the practical questions of 
i ^nii.i.'-, .1 .11 of propngation, winter stor- 
age, etc. This work will be sent postpaid for 25 cents, 
or. If requested, It will be sent In addition to regular 
premtwns with all orders amoantlng to {2,00. 
Read Wkat Otkers Say of tKis Work 
(A FEW OF THE BCAITY TESTZISOinAZi&) 
"Tour ireatise on Dahlia Culture is the beat I have 
ever seen. It Is the most edifying book to date. Tou 
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D. M. VAN NAME. 
"I have read this little book with much interest, and 
find It to be the most complete work on the dahlia 
that I have seen. In envy you your knowledge of this 
flower." 
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