Order early and you will not be disappointed 
"SUPER DAHLIA SEED" 
Have you been looking for an outstanding dahlia, that you would 
like to name after yourself, or some beloved friend? If you have, then I 
have the seed from which these beauties can be raised as can be attested 
to by the many visitors to my gardens the past season as well as the letter 
in the next page. 
You can get results just as good, if not better, and what is more, I 
GUARANTEE these results, as I do not believe in the practice of putting 
a few good seed into a packet of cheap and inferior seed, and then trust to 
luck. That is not my way of doing business, like Luther Burbank, the 
great plant wizard, whose instructions I have followed, to select and reselect 
the best from the best to achieve better results, and that you cannot expect to 
raise elephants out of dogs, no more than you can raise an ostrich, in cross¬ 
ing them with canary birds. It is the big fellows I am after, it is for this 
reason that I absolutely do not grow a single plant, of Pompons single, 
collarette, show or open centered dahlias. 
My seed is hand picked and selected from over 300 varieties of Honor 
Roll dahlias, in my gardens, and it is for this reason, and this reason only, 
that I can give the following GUARANTEE, that more than 50% of 
these will show full, double and tight centers, and that among these you 
will get some that are as good, if not better, than any outstanding variety 
you have in your garden, no matter what they are. 
Price 50 Seed $3.00 100 Seed $5.00 
HOW TO GROW DAHLIA FROM SEED 
There are many ways that dahlia seeds are started, and grown, on 
account of the different climatic conditions, and the length of the growing 
season, here in New York City, I have been getting wonderful results as 
follows: About April 1st, I select an open sunny location in my garden 
and spade this to a depth of about 8 inches and rake the soil until it is 
finely broken, and not lumpy, then with a hoe make trenches about 4 
inches in depth and about 12 inches apart. 
Then place a seed about every 2 inches apart in these trenches and 
cover with about one half inch of soil, water lightly and cover with about 
2 or 3 inches of peat moss, as a protection against a slight frost or cold. 
About May 1st, carefully remove the peat moss and in another week or 
two you will see the young dahlia plants breaking through the ground, 
add a little more soil to the trench and around the plants that are showing 
above ground, so that they will get better and stronger root formation. 
About June 1st many of these plants will be about 4 or 5 inches above the 
ground showing two to three sets of leaves and the stems will be about the 
thickness of an ordinary match. They are then about the right size for 
transplanting. 
At this time you should have the location of where you intend grow¬ 
ing these seedling plants. The ground should be dug up and well spaded 
with holes about 10 inches in diameter and 6 inches deep In each of these 
holes place a good handful of bOnemeal or other good fertilizer and mix 
this in the soil well. When this is done, place a good strong stake in the 
hole, near the edge of same, then with a small trowel remove the plant from 
the seedling bed, with as much soil as possible on the roots, and without 
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