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COLLARETTES, SINGLES AND ORCHIDS 
Bishop of Landoff. Bright scarlet mignon, 
bronze foliage .. 
Erica (collarette). Deep amaranth, red al¬ 
most black, with white tips. 
Mitzi (collarette. Crimson carmine shadings 
to piimiose yellow at the center and edged 
white • .. 
Tribune (collarette) carmine white collar . . 
Thrill (single) red and white .. 
Twinkle. Orchid flowering variety, color 
wliite, suit'used violet rose maikings. 
Marshall’s Glory (single) a dandy bi color 
Guaranteed Stock that will grow for you, a 
chance to save money. Dont delay, send your or¬ 
der in at once and be convinced that the Stock I 
have will please you. You have tried all the rest, 
wiiy not try my best: Queens Dahlias they are the 
best. 
FLAN TO VISIT OUR GARDENS WHEN YOU 
ATTEND THE WORLD’S FAIR IN 1940 
PLANTING AND CARE OF DAHLIAS 
Scatter about five pounds of good fertilizer called 
487 or 488 or any good fertilizer you can get. 
Five pounds of fertilizer would be enough to cover 
40 dahlias. Then spade the garden. Then drive 
stakes in the ground to hold the dahlias from 
being broken by rain or wind. Next dig a hole six 
inches deep and lay the dahlia in the hole flat, 
with the sprout upward and cover the dahlia with 
two inches of soil. Do not fill the hole up. Fill 
the hole as the dahlia grows up. Allow only one 
sprout to grow, pinch all others that grow. About 
the first of August scatter one handful of the same 
fertilizer' and one handful of sheep manure around 
each plant, keeping it six inches away from the 
dahlia plant. About August 15th repeat the same 
treatment. Dahlias like plenty of water and 
should be soaked every ten days, and oftener while 
in bloom. Always cultivate well after watering. 
As soon as the ground is dry enough to work in 
order to loosen up the crust that has formed. The 
more you cultivate the better result you get. During 
the hot days of summer, insects or pests such as 
aphids thrips leaf hoppers and. green flies and 
cucumber beetles are more or less prevalent and 
dahlia plants are generally attacked by them. If 
any of these pests should be noticed on or around 
the plants they should be sprayed at once with a 
good insecticide. It is best to spray before any 
insects appear rather than to wait until they inalce 
their presence known. In the latter case many 
times the plants are stunted from these p«sts. We 
have found the best way to hold these pests in 
check is to spray the plants with Red Arrow. 
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