Direct Mailing Service 
Where customers prefer to have us mail their Dahlias direct from our place, we are prepared to make direct 
shipments thus saving them the co£;t of transportation and rehandling and insuiing their customers absolutely fresh 
roots direct from our cellars. 
If you are located within the Japanese Beetle zone this service will be particularly desirable because it will 
relieve you of all bother of inspections of individual shipments. 
We provide you with a combination' shipping order, invoice and mailing sticker, giving you a complete record 
of each transaction—varieties ordered, cost, date shipped, etc.,—for your files, and the total cost of this service is 
really less than it would cost you to mail stock from your own place. 
Such cuEtomers as the R. M. Kellogg Company, A. E.Kunderd, Inc., and others have used this service for years, 
and we refer you to them as to the manner in which we handle their orders. 
If you are interested in this service we shall be pleased to give you any further information you wish. 
Custom Packing 
We are especially equipped to pack Dahlia roots in any kind of container you may desire. If you wish stock 
put up in any kind of box, whether for counter trade or for direct mailing, boxes plain or printed in colors, we 
can supply same to meet your particular requirements, whatever they may be, and at a cost representing the price 
of the roots plus actual cost of such container. 
In this connection ws would call attention to the provisions of the new Food and Drug Act which went into 
effect June 25th, one of which bars from trade deceptive packagesi and containers of merchandise. Many retail 
stores are- offering Dahlias packed in boxes as large as 8 to 914 inches long, each of which contains a single 
root 3 or 4 inches long. Sw far we have heard of no complaint regarding such containers (the Dahlia planting 
season was over before thq law went into effect this year) but to guard against the possibility of complaint on this 
point we believe it would be wise for customers to consider the provisions of the law before making contracts for 
their packages_ another season. It is immaterial to us whether we pack your roots in boxes six inches long or in one 
as long as a shoe box, but we don’t want to have our customers load up with a lot of specially made cartons which 
might have to be discarded before they could' all be used. We suggest that you tell us your particular needs in this 
line and let us work out the kind of package which we think will best meet your requirements and yet come 
within the provisions of the law. i , . 
Remember 
We are Dahlia growers, not jobbers. We own our own farms and storage and packing house, and have complete 
facilities for handling a crop of three million roots per year. 
We plant, cultivate and harvest our crop with the aid of the latest machinery, and our prices are based on the 
actual cost of production with one fair grower’s profit added. You get stock of known origin and are at' all times 
sure of your supply when you deal with us. 
Why not give us your business in our line? 
The Retail Store Edition of our Dig 6c Dung will be ready for mailing January 1st. If you 
don’t receive a copy, be sure to send for it. 
Way land Dahlia Gardens, 
Wayland, Michigan 
