PREMIER DAHLIA GARDENS 
ing a very high percentage of those that are placed on 
the “Honor Roll” consecutive seasons. 
The varieties mentioned herein are of exceptional 
merit and may be grown to Your Complete Satisfaction) 
if you will Dig Deep, Cultivate Regularly and Keep In¬ 
sects Under Control, particularly the leaf hopper. Cul¬ 
tural Instructions for growing “Giant Dahlias” are sent 
with each order. 
(For spraying we use “Evergreen” or “Red Arrow.”) 
READ CAREFULLY 
Terms: Cash with order or 25 % deposit, balance at 
shipping time. Orders over $1.00 sent prepaid. In 
ordering green plants to be shipped further than 1st 
Zone, add 25 cents for Special Delivery to insure plants 
arriving in good growing condition. We pay all other 
charges. 
Shipments: Roots, May 1st to June 1st. Plants, May 
1st to June 10th. 
Guarantee: All stock sent out in first class growing 
condition, guaranteed to be healthy and true to name 
and to grow if cared for on arrival and after planting 
and that all not proving such will be cheerfully replaced 
upon word from the purchaser. 
Notify us immediately if anything is unsatisfactory 
when received or if root does not start to grow within 
three weeks after planting. Our roots are field grown, 
in soil treated with Potash, for the production of exhibi¬ 
tion biooms. 
READ FREE STOCK OFFER 
On retail orders amounting to $5.00 to $10.00, you 
may select 20% in additional stock free; over $10.00 
25% free. 
OUR SQUARE DEALINGS HAVE 
BEEN COMMENDED BY ALL 
Order Early to avoid disappointment, as orders are 
filled in rotation. The stock of some of the varieties is 
limited. 
Sincerely yours, 
GEORGE H. SWEZEY 
PREMIER DAHLIA GARDENS 
63 MERTZ AVENUE HILLSIDE, N. J. 
JOIN THE AMERICAN DAHLIA SOCIETY 
If you are not a member of this great Society you 
should join by all means. The dues are only $2.00 the 
year, which entitles the members to the Bulletin free. 
The vast amount of useful information published in each 
issue of the Bulletin is worth many times $2.00 to any 
Dahlia grower. 
Mr. C. Louis Ailing, West Haven, Conn., is Secretary. 
GREEN PLANTS 
Set green plants so that the earth ball is from two; 
inches below surface of the ground where soil is heavy, 
to three inches in light soil. If of a clayey nature addi 
sand or ashes, working or mixing well into the soil.) 
Water well and protect from sun for two or three days. 
Note—We shade our newly set plants with shingles, 
pitching them at an angle to afford a better shade, and; 
set in a three-quarter circle with open end toward the 
North. 
