Your garden is not complete without the small flowering Dahlias. 
GENERAL INFORMATION 
A deposit of at least $1.00 required with all orders, balance before 
delivery. 
Order Early: By so doing you will be assured of getting all of the 
dahlias wanted, as the demand for some varieties exceeds the supply. 
Time of Shipment : Roots w ill be shipped by May 15th. Green plants, 
May 1st to June 15th. Unless otherwise specified. 
Remittance: We pay delivery charges on all retail orders of $2.00 or 
over. On all plant orders, add 25 cents for special delivery. No goods sent 
C. O. D. If currency is sent, use registered mail. 
Early Shipments: If your order is desired during severe weather, we 
will pack it as frost proof as possible, and send by insured Express. After 
the goods have left our place we are not responsible for damage or freezing 
in transit. If such damage occurs, put your claim at once to the Express 
Company. 
Guarantee: All stock delivered by us is guaranteed to be true to name, 
free from disease, and in good growing condition, to the extent of replace¬ 
ment, if errors are reported as soon as apparent. 
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SALES TAX 
Residents of Ohio must include the three per cent sales tax with 
remittance. 
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If you are a lover of Dahlias, join your nearest Dahlia Society, and 
partake of its benefits. 
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MEMBERS 
American Dahlia Society Ohio Dahlia Society 
Akron Dahlia Society Dahlia Society of Indiana 
Central States Dahlia Society Dahlia Society of Wisconsin, Inc. 
Ohio Valley Dahlia Association 
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If you want to enjoy reading a good Dahlia magazine, subscribe for 
the Mid-West Dahlia News, to 170 Talmadge Street, Madison, Wisconsin. 
We are sure you will be anxious to get the next issue. 
EXTRA STOCK ALLOWANCES WITH RETAIL ORDERS 
With every order from $5.00 to $10.00, choose 10 per cent extra stock free. 
With every order from $10.00 to $25.00, choose 15 per cent extra stock free. 
With every order from $25.00 to $50.00, choose 20 per cent extra stock free. 
These extra stock allowances cannot be taken as Cash Discounts. 
Our stock inspected and approved by the State and Federal Inspection 
Department. 
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We are happy to state that for the second successive year w r e have won 
a Silver Cup for the best 150 square feet Conmercial Display at the Great 
Lakes Exposition Dahlia Show, held in Cleveland, September 11, 1956. 
Also a special award for the most outstanding Commercial Display of the 
show. This display was acclaimed by many Dahlia fans as being the best 
commercial exhibit they had ever visioned. Picture on page 14. 
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Won our share of ribbons at the Mid-West Dahlia show, held in 
Cincinnati. 
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