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EXHIBITION 
PRICE LIST 
DAHLIA ROOT 
Abbreviations following the names of varieties listed herein, are to indi¬ 
cate the type of bloom, or classifications, (FD) Formal decorative, (ID) 
Informal decorative, (SC) Semi-Cactus, (C) Cactus, including incurve, re¬ 
curve and straight cactus. 
(GUARANTEE) Replacement without charge of any stock supplied by 
us, that does not prove true to name, or does not grow within three weeks 
after having been properly handled and planted. 
(PLANTING) Have the ground well worked, plant six inches deep, 
(not on end) and cover with soil not over one or two inches, as the plant 
grows the soil can be worked in the hole around it. 
Do not use high powered fertilizer or manure in the hole when planting, 
if the soil is of poor quality, a garden trowel full of bone meal worked well 
into the soil will do no harm, and as it is slow acting the results will be 
better seen at blooming time, all other fertilizers should be used on the sur¬ 
face while the plant is growing, keeping about eight or ten inches away from 
the plant, cultivate about once a week, when plants are half grown deep 
cultivation should stop and the surface only scratched as you are liable to 
injure the feed roots. 
(INSECTS) When the lower leaves on the plant turn brown, many 
dahlia fanciers think it is caused by the heat or dry spell, while the real cause 
is insects, spray your plants once a week while they are growing and you 
will avoid this trouble and keep your plants growing in a healthy condition; 
we find either (EVERGREEN) or (RED ARROW) used as directed will con¬ 
trol the insects and is equal to fertilizer in promoting good growth. 
We prepay all express or mail orders. It would be well to place your 
order as early as possible, as many varieties are limited, a small deposit will 
secure your order, balance at shipping time. 
Visitors are always welcome, we enjoy and appreciate your visits. 
WILLIAM H. SHINNAMON 
Midland Park, New Jersey 
49 Cross Avenue, 
