2 W. W. WILMORE Jt DAHLIA SPECIALIST 
HigHest National Honors 
My display of Dahlias at the Great Exposition was the only one that received a 
prize. Owing to the great distance I have never competed in eastern shows, but when 
a prize is offered within one thousand miles of me my prize winners have never failed 
to bring the prize my way. They will do the same for you. 
"Your exhibit was a good one and I am sure attracted sufficient attention to 
thorouglnly repay you for having it.'' 
—From F. W. Taylor, Supt. Dept. of Exhibits. 
Friends and 
Patrons . . . 
Greeting 
It is fitting and proper that in presenting my Catalogue for the new year, I grate- 
fully acknowledge the favors received at the hands of my friends and patrons in the 
past. By their cordial support I have attained to the position of the largest Dahlia 
Specialist in the United States. The wonderful progress and improvement made in 
this popular flower in the past few years, has necessitated a rigid weeding out of In- 
ferior as well as many heretofore considered good varieties. By this careful attention 
to business I have kept to the front, and have never failed in taking the first premium 
of the State. Customers may select from my lists with the assurance that the stock 
will be the best, and that the varieties will be true to name and color. Each year I 
originate many new varieties, and carefully note in a book kept for that purpose the 
habits and qualities of each variety. The stock offered in this Catalogue represents 
fifteen years of careful study and selection of varieties. To all those who receive this 
Catalogue, and have never tested my stock, I solicit a trial order, feeling confident that 
the stock will prove entirely satisfactory 
Yours respectfully, 
W. W. WILMORE. 
