We take this opportunity to thank our customers for their 
kind patronage and letters of commendation of our stock and 
treatment; and wish we could have time to answer personally 
all letters at length. We will continue to try to send out the 
best stock available, and will cheerfully replace, or refund 
full value, on any that prove otherwise. Notify us if anything 
is unsatisfactory when received, and we will be only too glad 
to adjust same to your satisfaction. 
DAHLIAS 
We are situated on high ground, which produces solid 
roots full of vitality; but when it comes to flowers, we look 
with envy on some of our more fortunate customers, who 
grow their flowers on lower and more humid locations. 
About 90'% of our dahlia stock is grown from roots for 
two or more years, and we wish we could send out all stock 
grown from roots for two or more years. Unfortunately we 
find some of the newer varieties, and notoriously a good many 
foreign varieties, unreliable for a few years after dissemin¬ 
ation. This may be due either to climatic conditions, inherent 
weaknesses not yet apparent, or over propagation or wrong 
propagation before dissemination. They put forth a dazzling 
exhibition one year and a miserable fiasco the second, and 
then take two years to recover. 
ROOTED CUTTINGS will be sent out at two-thirds of 
the price of plants where plants are listed. Our rooted cut¬ 
tings are really small plants, which have been potted for 
two weeks and then shipped with soil removed. 
Unless otherwise ordered roots and rooted cuttings will be 
shipped the first week in May, and plants May 25th. On orders 
less than $1.00 include 10c for postage. Plants sent more 
than five hundred miles, include 25c for special handling. 
HALF PRICE SALE 
(Read Carefully) 
Varieties marked * will be HALF PRICE, on orders of 
two or more varieties, when order totals $2.00 or more net, 
or $4.00 or more list price. On orders of less than $2.00 net, 
of two or more varieties, deduct 1/3 off the list price, on 
varieties marked *. 
A weekly spraying of “LUCKY STRIKE” or any other 
good pyrethum and rotenone spray, will rid your garden of 
injurious insects. 
Rating on dahlias are our own, based on results obtained 
in our gardens. These ratings are apt to change, as our ideas 
of dahlia perfection changes; also, some dahlias do not show 
their true worth the first year, while others show some faults 
not apparent in more favorable seasons. 
