ANNOUNCEMENT 
YV7E welcome this opportunity to express to you our 
™ thanks for your valued patronage, and trust that 
we may continue to serve you in the future without 
interruption. 
GUARANTEE—We guarantee all our stock to be 
true to name, free from disease and in good growing 
condition when delivered to you. We exercise the 
greatest of care in filling orders to avoid mistakes, 
and if any should creep in, we will replace or refund 
the actual amount paid us for the merchandise, and 
in no case will we be responsible for crop failure, 
or continued growth. 
TERMS AND DELIVERY—All orders are reserved 
as we receive them and late orders may mean dis¬ 
appointment. Some varieties are limited. Shipments 
will go forward after April 1, when weather conditions 
permit, unless instructed differently. 
SALES TAX—If you live in the state of Michigan, 
add 3% to the total of your order for Sales Tax. 
Do not forget this, please. 
REMITTANCE — We will accept Express Money 
Orders, Post Office Money Orders or Bank Drafts as 
payments. Do not send postage stamps. We pay all 
postage on parcel post shipments to and including the 
fourth zone, on orders over $3.00. 
NAME AND ADDRESS—Kindly print your name 
and full address plainly. We have some letters come 
to us that are impossible to read and we cannot do 
anything until we hear from that person again giving 
their name and address more plainly. 
GARDEN CLUBS AND GARDEN SOCIETIES— 
We will give special discounts to garden clubs or 
societies devoted to gardening. Kindly write us and 
give us the list of varieties of dahlias, gladiolus, rare 
bulbs or anything in the nursery line. We maintain 
a large nursery here and due to the cost of issuing 
a catalog we are unable to list more in this catalog. 
ABBREVIATIONS AND NUMBERS USED 
PLEASE READ 
The first numbers like 8x4, the first number gives 
the size of the flower across and the second the depth 
or thickness of the flower in inches. These figures 
are taken from field plants in bloom that have not 
been forced or disbudded for large flowers, therefore 
it will not be hard for you to produce flowers, with a 
little extra care and disbudding, that will exceed by 
far the sizes given. The second word and number 
like Bush 4 V 2 , is to indicate that the bush grows about 
4V2 feet high; and next you will find two letters in 
parentheses (ID) or (FD) and so on. (ID) indicates 
that the flower is an informal decorative type; (FD) 
formal decorative; (SC) semi-cactus; (InC) incurved 
cactus; (C) cactus type; (P) pompon or small button¬ 
like flowers and (M) miniature or very small flowering 
dahlias that bear numerous quantities of flowers at the 
same time. Next in some cases you will find 1935, 
this is the year of introduction of this variety. The 
dahlia tuber is properly called a root. What we mean 
by a GREEN PLANT is a dahlia plant that has been 
potted and started well into growth and ready to set 
out into the ground when it is shipped to you. 
You can do no better elsewhere 
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