Dahlia Catalogue for 1914 
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Dahlias Not Catalogued. 
If you are looking for varieties that are 
not catalogued it will pay you to write to 
me before ordering elsewhere, as I carry a 
large list of uncatalogued varieties, my stock 
being insufficient to warrant me to cata¬ 
logue these varieties. 
Special Offers. 
To my Friends and Patrons who are deeply 
interested in the love and culture of the 
Dahlia, I make the following offer: 
Will You Form a Dahlia Club ? 
Of five for $1.00 each, for My Special Offer 
of 14 named varieties, no two alike, to con¬ 
tain some of all classes, prepaid? I will give 
as a premium one of my $1.00 Special Offers, 
prepaid. 
To anyone getting up a Club for $10.00 I 
will give as a premium $2.50 worth of any¬ 
thing in my 1914 Catalogue. 
To anyone getting up a Club for $20.00, not 
including any of my Special Offers, I will 
give as a premium $5.00 worth of anything 
in my Catalogue. 
To anyone sending me $1.00 and leaving the 
selection to me, I will send 14 named vari¬ 
eties, to contain some of all classes, no two 
alike, delivery charges prepaid to any part 
of the United States. 
To anyone sending me $2.00 and leaving the 
selection to me, I will send 28 named vari¬ 
eties, to contain some of all classes, no two 
alike, delivery charges prepaid to any part 
of the United States. 
To anyone sending me $3.00 and leaving the 
selection to me, I will send 45 named vari¬ 
eties, to contain some of all classes, no two 
alike, delivery charges prepaid to any part 
of the United States. 
These Are To Be Express Collect. 
To anyone sending $1.00 and leaving the 
selection to me, I will send 20 1 named vari¬ 
eties, no two alike. 
To anyone sending $2.00 and leaving the 
selection to me, I will send 40 named vari¬ 
eties, no two alike. 
To anyone sending $3.00 and leaving the 
selection to me, I will send 60 named vari¬ 
eties, no two alike. 
To anyone sending $5.00 and leaving the 
selection to me, I will send 15 Show and 
Fancy, 15 Cactus, 15 Decorative, 15 Pompons. 
CUSTOMERS accepting these offers must 
receive them without the guarantee of us re¬ 
placing any of the stock shipped under 
these offers, as there is but little, if any, 
profit made on any of them. The stock 
shipped in these offers is the same as in our 
regular lists. 
Dahlia 
I take great pleasure in being able to offer 
to the Dahlia-loving public of the world 
some of my hand hybridized Dahlia seed. 
We have had such remarkable success with 
our own seed that we can recommend them 
as something grand to try. If you are look¬ 
ing for new seedlings be sure and try some 
of our mixed seed, as they surely will give 
perfect satisfaction. If planted not later 
than May 1st they will flower the first season. 
The Way to Plant.—Take a shallow box 
about four to six inches deep; sift some 
I highly recommend 
Fragrant Peony-flowered. Finest personally 
selected hybrids. Pkg., $1.00, Oz., $10.00. 
Peony-flowered. Finest Mixed Hybrids. Pkg., 
.50. Oz., $4.00. 
Seed. 
good light soil in same until filled within 
an inch of the top, make a drill one inch 
deep, place your seed one and one-half 
inches apart, then cover till level. If plant¬ 
ed under glass in a hot-bed, the same sys¬ 
tem can be used, but be sure and thoroughly 
sprinkle your seed every other day. 
I most sincerely regret to be unable to 
offer seed of many of the Double types, due 
to the fact that seed of the Double sorts did 
not have sufficient time to ripen, due to the 
extremely early frost. 
the following: 
Single. Finest Mixed Hybrids. Pkg., .10. 
Oz., $3.00. 
Finest Superb, Mixed. Finest Mixed Hybrids. 
Pkg., .10. Oz., $3.00. 
