CANADIAN CUSTOMERS 
When ordering dahlias, first obtain permit to import from Department of Agriculture, 
Ottawa, Ontario, and send us the number of your permit with order. We must have 
this before shipment can be made. 
SALES TAX 
Residents of Ohio must include the three percent sales tax with remittance. 
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Dahlia 
Green Plants 
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 cuttings 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 rooting medium. 
When the cuttings are rooted they are pot¬ 
ted 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. 
Our plants are shipped to all parts of the country in paper shipping pots, carefully 
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 grov/n 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 cheaoer, 
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 tc 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 previous experi¬ 
ence with plants, we strongly recommend that you give some of our plants a trial. 
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