A DAHLIA CHAT 
There is no secret about growing wonderful 
dahlias. It does not require expert knowledge. 
You can grow them in the smallest garden. All 
that is necessary to do is to grow the varieties that 
are the acknowledged leaders, securing them from 
reliable growers. Start this spring by purchasing 
MICHIGAN GROWN and guaranteed dahlia tubers 
and green plants. Good dahlias are not high 
priced. If you are not familiar with the best, leave 
the selection to us. Tell us the varieties you have, 
the amount you wish to spend, and we will send 
you a real collection. 
Come and see them grow under field condi¬ 
tions. Dahlia lovers and growers, who are inter¬ 
ested in the latest introductions, are cordially in¬ 
vited to visit our gardens from Aug. 15 th to frost. 
You will have an opportunity to see them grow and 
to select the best. 
All of the dahlia tubers, dahlia plants and 
rooted cuttings listed in the following pages are 
grown by us in our greenhouse or in our field. 
Planting and culture instructions will be in¬ 
cluded with each shipment. 
Our stock is of the finest quality and we are 
prepared to fill your order with as high quality 
tubers and plants as it is possible to produce. 
Our tubers are field grown, without stimulat¬ 
ing fertilizers, and our plants propagated from 
selected field grown stock that are true to name. 
Our plants are grown cool, and are weather 
hardened for a week or ten days before shipping. 
No better plants can be grown, nor procured from 
anywhere, nor at any price, than the plants we 
offer you. 
Many of our correspondents have asked: 
“What do you mean by green plants?” A green 
dahlia plant is propagated from a growing sprout 
or slip; rooted and potted the same as a geranium, 
or any other soft wooded plant that is commonly 
grown from cuttings. 
An experience covering a number of years 
convinces us that if the plants are properly grown 
from selected stock they are in most cases equal 
to, or superior to tubers. There is no question 
about their producing larger and finer blooms, and 
more of them than from tubers, and usually come 
into good bloom earlier. True, some varieties will 
not make as large tubers from propagated plants, 
but on the other hand, many will make tubers of 
better quality and size. 
Our plants are propagated right, grown right, 
packed right for shipment and we guarantee them 
to carry safely to any part of the American con¬ 
tinent, and that they will reach you in growing 
condition. 
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