Dahlia 
Green Plants 
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Dahlia "green plants" or simply 
"plants" as we refer to them in this book 
are little dahlia plants (see illustration on 
this page) grown from cuttings. The cut¬ 
tings are taken from selected clumps which 
are started into growth in the greenhouses 
during the late winter months. As soon as 
the sprouts are long enough to handle, they 
are taken off and placed in a special root¬ 
ing medium. When the cuttings are rooted 
they are potted into three inch pots in a 
soil selected, or prepared, to hold together 
in shipment. 
After potting our plants are carefully grown and constantly watched to insure 
plants of highest quality. At just the right time they are moved from the greenhouses 
into cold frames for the extremely important and exacting "hardening" process. 
DAHLIA GREEN PLANTS 
Our plants are shipped to all parts of the country in paper shipping pots, care¬ 
fully packed to insure safe arrival. Planting directions are sent with each shipment. 
(See also the paragraph on plants under "CULTURAL HINTS" in the back of this book.) 
Properly grown plants produce flowers as early as flowers are produced from roots. 
As a rule the flowers from plants are superior. Growth, and total productivity of bloom, 
is equal to bushes grown from roots. Under conditions less than favorable plants may 
produce clumps of roots which are not as heavy as the clumps from roots, but, properly 
grown they may easily produce clumps equal to those from roots. Plants are sold 
cheaper, not because of any difference in their worth, but because by use of careful 
propagation methods we are able to produce several plants from one root. 
Our entire life to date has been spent as a grower of plants of all kinds, and this, 
supplemented by a technical education involving this subject, qualifies us to grow plants 
which are unsurpassed in the industry. The many highly appreciated letters which we 
receive each year bear out this contention. A rapidly expanding dahlia business has 
been largely founded on the superior quality of our plants. Regardless of your pre¬ 
vious experience with plants, we strongly recommend that you give some of our plants 
a trial. 
Cultural Hints 
Although dahlias may be grown, in almost any ordinary garden soil, to produce 
a beautiful effect in massed color, with but little attention, they respond very readily to 
a little extra care. 
Fine dahlias are the result of a number of factors, most important of which are; 
(I) good vigorous disease-free stock; (2) choice of varieties which naturally produce 
high quality blooms: (3) location of the garden; (4) proper planting: (5) cultivation: 
(6) intelligent fertilization and spraying: (7) pruning and dis-budding: and (8) the 
successful winter storage of the clumps. 
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