The Dahliadel Nurseries are situated on East Landis 
Avenue, and consist of seventeen acres of the finest and 
newest dahlias grown, eight acres of which are irrigated— 
a necessity where thousands of green plants are set out 
regardless of weather conditions. The equipment of the 
plant consists of a large concrete shipping and packing 
building, frost and fire proof, as much of the stock could 
not be duplicated in case of loss. Three greenhouses are 
devoted to propagation work, where the roots are bedded in 
January and grown at a low temperature. When the shoots 
are of proper size the cuttings are made and layered in sand 
from three to five weeks, then potted and protected until 
there is sufficient root growth to be planted in the fields. 
Mr. Maytrott inaugurated his enterprise in a small way 
with two varieties, shipping to New York produce merchants. 
Today some three hundred and fifty varieties, including the 
finest .procurable in this country and Europe, are grown on 
the seventeen acres, and the flowers are shipped daily in 
season, the plant supplying the very best trade in Pitts¬ 
burgh and Philadelphia. 
The spectacle at the Maytrott Nurseries in season is 
one of the sights of Vineland, acre after acre of gorgeous 
bloom making a scene of rare beauty, and the Nurseries 
are the objective of many Vinelanders and their visitors, 
the management always extending a hearty welcome. 
—An abstract from the Monograph of Beautiful Vineland . 
