HILL NURSERIES 
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GREEN PLANTS 
SCIENTIFICALLY GROWN ACCORDING TO THE LAWS 
OF NATURE 
Mr. Dahlia Grower. Stop right now and take a look at the 
records, as Al. Smith has said many times. A number of years 
ago we started raising plants from base cuttings. Our critics 
said there goes the dahlia business up in smoke, but the smoke 
has been in the right direction and our green plants are pur¬ 
chased year after year, by hundreds of our customers from coast 
to coast. But please remember Mr. Dahlia Fan, that our plants 
are scientifically grown without excessive heat and from base 
cuttings only, and grown in special containers, which are 
equivalent to a five inch flower pot, neither do we buy or sell 
any plants from the small flower pots in which the roots are 
sure to become root-bound. All our plants are hardened off 
in special cold frames for several weeks before shipment is made. 
Try a few of our plants and you will be a friend of our 
Nurseries for many years to come. 
WHAT ARE GREEN DAHLIA PLANTS 
This question is asked us hundreds of times during the year, 
by those who have never planted anything but roots, this is a 
very simple question to answer: A dahlia root is placed in the 
green house in late January under a moderate heat, and soon 
shows a green sprout, when this spout shows three sets of leaves 
it is cut at the base and rooted in propagating sand just the 
same as your mother used to do with her common house plants, 
as the cuttings take root they are potted in our special contain¬ 
ers, and let grow until large enough to take to the cold frame 
to harden off to the outside air. Very simple, and each plant 
produces a new set of roots each season. 
We use plants in our display gardens whenever possible, as 
they grow more evenly, bloom more quickly and the blossoms 
are larger in most cases. . 
We grow several hundred seedlings each year, but select only 
those that are very prolific and insect proof before offering 
same to our customers. When you buy a Hill creation you can 
depend on it to grow and be a credit to your garden. Try a 
few of our seedlings this season and see if this is not true. 
AN INVITATION 
Visit our display gardens this coming dahlia season, and see 
thousands of the world’s finest dahlias in bloom, together with 
hundreds of new seedlings. You and your friends are always 
welcome and we shall be glad to see you. Just make yourself 
at home and look around. We shall be waiting for you. 
LOCATION 
Drive west on the New West Michigan paved way to Limit 
Ave., turn at Miller’s Service Station and go two blocks north 
to Welch Ave. and watch for the sign Hill Dahlia Nurseries. 
