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W. W. WILMORE, DAHLIA SPECIALIST 
Hardy Phlox 
Among the hardy perennial plants, no 
class is of more importance than the 
Phloxes. They are of the easiest cul¬ 
ture, flowering well in almost any soil 
or location. They embrace a wide range 
of color and produce a wealth of flowers 
from early summer until late in the 
fall. For the best results the clump 
should be divided and reset after the 
third year. The following list contains 
the most desirable colors: 
Price, 25c each; $2.50 per doz. 
Two-year old clumps 50c each, $5.00 
per dozen. 
AECIDES. Light crimson. Bright 
red eye. Large floret blooming late. 
BRIDE’S MAID. Pure white with 
large crimson eye. Fine. 
ORE PUS CUBE. (Twilight.) Pale 
ground shaded violet, carmine eye; very 
large. 
ECBIPSE. Dark purple red. 
LAVENDER. Pure lavender. A late 
bloomer. 
MRS. JENKINS. An early flowering 
pure white, forming an immense panicle. 
One of the best. 
NEDRA. Soft, bright pink with crim¬ 
son eye. Florets and trusses large. A 
fine novelty. 
PROFESSOR SCHLIEMAN. Pure 
mauve, crimson-carmine eye. 
QUEEN OP PINKS. A large flower, 
clear rich pink, blooms late when most 
of the others are gone. 
R. P. STRUTHERS. Rosy carmine 
with claret-red eye. One of the best 
Phlox in cultivation. 
MISINFORMATION 
A certain Bulletin dealing with Dahlia Culture and eminating from high sources 
and distributed nation wide, contains some statements at wide variance from facts, 
and meets a challenge from Dahlia growers commercially and otherwise. Probably 
its author had no intent of doing either the plant or the grower an injustice, and 
most of this Bulletin is admittedly a well-written, instructive article. 
The objectionable feature of the pamphlet is the narrow confines of successful 
growing, and the injury it would do to commercial growers beyond these so-called 
favored locations, not to mention the millions of Dahlia lovers in the North and 
West who would omit the Dahlia from their spring order as a plant desirable but 
not practical for their location. 
The information (or misinformation) complained of is set forth in the follow¬ 
ing extracts: 
“Flourishes best along the coasts where the air is filled with moisture. It can 
be grown with entire success at a considerable distance inland if the grower will 
take particular pains with the water supply.” 
And again, speaking of the inland grower, he says: 
“Shorter season and less perfect development than if his garden were in a more 
favored locality,” and advises “Purchasing from catalogs of growers located in the 
best Dahlia regions.” Quoting further: “The man who lives in a Northern State 
where frosts come early Dahlias are scarcely worth the effort.” 
It would be interesting to know from what source this strange information was 
gathered. As a matter of known fact Dahlias are grown by the millions and suc¬ 
cessful shows are held annually in practically all the Northern States. This holds 
good even to well up into Canada. Denver, midway in the continent and a mile 
above sea level, was one of the earliest and most successful Dahlia producing 
centers of the country. Here we have a three months blooming period, and is noted 
world-wide for its fine Dahlias. It is also a known fact that seasons and climatic 
conditions have more influence over Dahlias than location. 
The favored location one year may be a drouth region the next. The same is 
true of excessive rainfall or unseasonably early frosts. But is this not true of all 
crops—vegetable, fruits and grain. 
We recall that some years back the entire Eastern Coast lost tender vegetation 
by frost before the West or Middle West was touched and again on several occas¬ 
ions when wide-spread drouths have come to supposedly well-watered regions. Why 
speak of “favored locations”? Dahlias will continue to be the most popular of late 
summer and autumn flowers, both inland and coast locations. 
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