DAYTON’S DAHLIA GARDENS 
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO OHIO CUSTOMERS 
Kindly include 3% sales tax with your orders. 
Key to type of bloom. FD, Formal Decorative. ID, Infor- 
ma! Decorative. C, Cactus. IC, incurved cactus. SC, Semi 
Cactus. Min, Minature. With same prefix as for large 
type. O, Orchid flowering. PP, Pompon. DB, Dwarf Bed- 
ding dahlias. B. Ball type. 
TERMS OF SALE:—Please read carefully. 
The following offers are made subject to prior sales, 
and on the following conditions. 
Terms:—Cash with order. Orders for less than $2.00 
include postage. Orders of $2.00 or more prepaid. Printed 
culture directions sent with each order. On early orders 
a deposit of 25% of the amount of order will hold it for 
later delivery. Balance before shipment or C. O. D. Ad- 
dress all orders to Dayton’s Dahlia Gardens, 647 N. Main 
St., Akron, Ohio. 
Guarantee—We guarantee every root and plant sent 
out by us to be true to name, and in a healthy condition 
when received, after which responsibility ceases, as we 
have no control over growing conditions, and in no case 
wili we be responsible for anything over Purchase Price. 
On late orders we would appreciate a second and third 
choice. 
CALIFORNIA’S “GREAT JOY” DAHLIA SEED 
PARENT TRIAL GROUNDS 
Mail Address P.O. Box 366, Oceanside, California 
A private enterprises, started for the purpose of getting 
world wide information concerning good dahlia seed par- 
ents and the possibility of increasing the percentage of 
good dahlias from known or possible seed strains. 
Dahlia growers heard of this and offered to co-operate 
by exchanging their best dahlias for seed and for informa- 
tion concerning tested seed parents and best available 
seeds. 
Experienced growers in various states also offered to 
assist in testing out seeds and new originations by estab- 
lishing local trial grounds for the purpose of giving the 
widest possible test of performance under varying soil 
and climatic conditions. 
Growers in the leading dahlia growing sections of 
America are now co-operating in bringing together in this 
favorable California location the best known dahlia seed 
parents of the world and in testing out their possibilities. 
Three main lines of experimentation are started with 
exhibition, cut flower and European cactus varieties. From 
these an effort will be made to produce reliable seed 
strains which will give GREAT JOY to dahlia lovers 
everywhere. 
The hope is cherished that this experimental work 
started as a hobby, under private initiative, may eventuate 
in NATIONALLY SPONSORED Seed Parent Trial Grounds 
in the United States and in other countries. 
So that dahlia growers every where may freely obtain 
needed information concerning the best possible seed par- 
ents and available reliable seed strains for originating 
NEW DAHLIAS OF MERIT. 
