PLEASE NOTE THESE POINTS 
QUALITY 
Our dahlias are all grown on fertile, sandy loam and we believe the tubers we produce 
are of the very highest quality you can possibly obtain. Our tubers are not over largo 
in size as are those grown on clay and heavier soils and they are always clean, plump 
and fully matured and keep perfectly until planting season without rotting or shriveling. 
SERVICE 
We believe the service we give our customers is as near perfect as is humanly possible. 
Orders are filled promptly, roots are carefully inspected before packing and we pack in 
light, strong containers so they will reach you in perfect condition, yet without danger 
of injury in transit. We are equipped to put up bulbs in any special type of package required and to ship direct 
to customers under your own labels if so desired. 
V We have been growing dahlias for many years and supply nearly all of the seed and 
Ji A A nursery houses of national repute in the great mid-west as well as florists and many 
nursery and seed houses in all parts of the United States. In all this time we have 
never yet received a complaint from any customer as to stock being of poor quality or not true to name. We try 
to impress on our customers the importance of considering this point of integrity of the grower when makinig con¬ 
nections for their supply. 
Where stock is procured from other sources under special instructions from our customers, we of course cannot 
assume the responsibility for such stock beyond' the point of making it good another season in case it does not 
prove true. For this reason we especially request our customers to adhere to our published list rather than ask us 
to obtain for them varieties which we do not grow ourselves. 
Our prices are based on the actual cost of production regardless of what other growers may charge 
A for the same variety. These prices are the same to all customers under the same conditions and 
will not admit of any further reduction in any case. 
RESERVATIONS 
We are glad to book orders for stock to be reserved or held for shipment 
at a later date, without deposit or obligation on your part to take the stock 
so reserved, assuming of course that your leservation order is placed in 
good faith, and that you will look to us for such part of stock reserved as you may actually require in filling 
your oiders. 
Where full reservation hasi not been taken by May 1st., we assume that any balance remaining uncalled for at 
that time will not be required and that we are at libei'ty to release same to other customers after that date unless 
definitely instructed otherwise. Where we are holding stock to be shipped direct as ordered, reservations hold good 
until June 1st., after which date no orders can be filled. 
The fact of a reservation order having been accepted does not imply acceptance of credit. 
While w'e are pleased to receive small orders from those who may wish to 
try out our stock, or who may need some special items on which they 
are short or which may not be obtainable from their regular source of 
supply, we cannot accept orders for one or two roots only of each of an extended list of varieties. Remember, we 
do not accept retail orders and refer all retail customers to the regular retail trade. 
SMALL ORDERS 
VT* If total order amounts to less than $25.00, please do not ask us to extend credit because 
A it is impracticable for us to obtain special credit reports on customers whose orders are for 
less than that amount. If total order amounts to more than $25.00, credit will be granted 
only when we consider same justified by report from commercial agencies. 
No tubers 'will be sold on deferred or installment payment plan and no further credit will be granted to those 
whose accounts are in arrears. 
Exclusively Wholesale 
We cater exclusively to the legitimate seed and nursery 
trade, and do not purposely send our prices and bulletins 
to any other person. Occasionally, however, these reach the 
hands of those who are not entitled to receive them. For the benefit of our customers, therefore, we wish to state 
that we do not consider a printed letter head or business card as sufficient evidence of trade classification. If you 
are not listed in the regular trade directories, please send us a copy of your printed price list or other evidence that 
you are actually engaged in the business of selling stock in the seed, nursery or floral line. 
T\¥rP A PT spite of the fact that every element of cost that enters into our product is going 
A up—wages 20%, paper and) boxes 25% to 40%, increased taxes, etc.—it will be 
noted that we have advanced our prices on only a few items, while many others 
have been lowered considerably. We urge all customers to get their reservations in early, as it will be impossible for 
us to maintain our prices as quoted after our own stock is sold out and it becomes necessary for us to obtain additional 
stock from other growers. 
