W. W. WILMORE. DAHLIA SPECIALIST 
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A New Book-"Tlie Daklia" 
By W. W. WILMORE 
This new work should be In the hands of every Dahlia grower, whether amateur or professional. 
It Is a handsomely illustrated manual, written as a souvenir edition commemorating my twentieth year 
as 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 and understood. It was largely with 
this aim in view that I prepared this manual. The price is a mere trifle, and no grower should run the 
risic of failure when reliable knowledge is within ea.sy reach of all. 
The work covers briefly the practical questions of Dahlia culture, methods of propagation, winter 
storage, etc. This work will be sent postpaid for 2.5 cents, or, if requested, it will be sent in addition 
to regular premiums with all orders amounting to $2.00. 
Read Wkat Otkers Say of tkis Work 
(A TEW OF THE MANV TESTIMONIAIiS.) 
"It is an up-to-date and good all-round guide. The knowing how to place the tubers more than 
repays its cost." MRS. H. B. HEDGES. 
"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. I envy you your knowledge of this flower." W. T. SHEL.TON, 
Superintendent of Indian School. 
"It is hard to get such pointers as you so 
freely bestow in your book. Thanli you in the 
name of the many lovers of this beautiful flower." 
THEO. W. MOSES. 
"Your treatise on Dahlia Culture is the best 
I have ever seen. It is the most edifying book to 
date. You deserve great credit for the cultural 
Instructions." D. M. VAN NAME. 
"Your Dahlia Manual received. It is brim full 
of ijractical instruction to both amateur and pro- 
fessional, and shows the results of years of study 
and experience." NATHAN A. MIDLER. 
"My ordering another Manual will convince 
you that I think highly of it. It is the best book 
on the subject I have read. Those having no 
knowledge of dahlias would understand growing 
them by reading the book." 
FRANK E. DUFFY. 
"I have read your Dahlia Manual and think it 
is the best work on the culture of the dahlia I 
have seen." F. R. EATON. 
"The Dahlia Manual at liand; it is certainly 
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as yours." PORTLAND SEED CO. 
"Your Dahlia Manual is right to the point, and 
very neatly gotten up. Any one who will follow 
the plain general cultural directions you give can 
hardly fail in a region where dahlias will grow at 
all." PROF. HARSHBARGER. 
Washburn College. 
"I desire to express my appreciation of the 
Dahlia Manual. It supplies a real need in litera- 
ture on the dahlia." J. W. McNARY. 
Classification 
Class 1. Ca«tus — This class embraces the 
long, narrow-petaled varieties, the petals of which 
are generally pointed or twisted. 
Class 3. Deooiative — This class is an inter- 
mediate form, having broad, flat petals. 
Class 3. Fancy. — This class takes in all va- 
riegated varieties. 
Feony Flowered. — A semi-double of the decora 
of Dalilias 
Class 4. Pompon. — This class embraces the 
small, round Dahlias. 
Class 5. Show. — Tlie name Sliow applies to 
those varieties producing large, well formed flow- 
ers, showing only solid colors, but may frequently 
have shaded tips. 
Class 6. Single. — Too well known to require 
a description. 
ive form. 
