From Our 
Customers 
FROM DENVER, COLORADO 
“Thought you might like to 
know what success I had with 
the packet of 4X dahlia seed I 
planted last spring. Had seventy- 
two plants and never saw such 
bloomers before. Just a joy all 
summer up to two weeks ago 
when a frost killed them. Took 
them up last week and there 
were a dozen tubers on each 
plant.” 
FROM ILLINOIS 
“I sent for some of your del- 
phinium seed a while back and 
last summer they bloomed. They 
are simply beautiful and I am 
more than pleased.’ 
“Any dahlia grower that 
grows dahlias from Salbach 
seeds will get the surprise of 
their life and thrills galore.” 
—New York 
“From your ‘100 seed collec- 
tion,’ I raised 89 beautiful dahl- 
las, of which no two were alike.” 
—California 

SALBACH DWARF BEDDING DAHL!IAS 
From Our 
Customers 
FROM CLARKSBURG, CALIF. 
“Want to tell you that flowers 
from your pansy seed are Causing 
many comments. I am delighted. 
They are so beautifully colored 
and marked and simply huge. 
“Also the blue violas have 
bloomed continuously all winter 
and are a mass of bloom now.” 
“I have tried many of the 
largest dahlia seed raisers in Cal- 
ifornia and am coming back to 
you as none compare with the 
results from your seed.” 
—Mrs. J. D. Wa Georgia 
“Have fifty standard varieties 
and ten that I grew from your 
seeds two years ago, eight of the 
ten are just as pretty as any I 
have, and I have some mighty 
fine ones.” 
—Alabama 
FROM ILLINOIS 
“We had luck beyond all ex- 
pectation from your dahlia seed.” 
HOW TO GROW SEEDS 
When sown outdoors, most seeds should be scattered over well pulverized ground then covered lightly 
with a layer of finely pulverized soil or sand. Large seeds should be covered about twice their thickness. 
Keep ground moist during germination and while plants are small. Thin if plants are too thick. 
If seeds are started in boxes or flats, be sure that the bottom of the flat provides good drainage. 
The soil should be made up of equal portions of leaf-mold (or peat), sand, and good garden loam. 
This should be screened to remove any hard lumps, stones or other coarse material. Wet the soil, prefer- 
ably with boiling water the day before planting. When the soil has dried out sufficiently to permit plant- 
ing, loosen the top slightly and plant seeds, not too close together. Barely cover with light soil, then 
firm the ground with a smooth board. Cover the top of the flat with a newspaper or cheesecloth. If the 
ground is moist at time of planting, it will not be necessary to water at planting time. Too much water 
is apt to cause trouble. The ground should be kept ‘moist’ not "'wet.'' When the seeds begin to come 
up, gradually lift the paper or cheesecloth to permit air and light. 
DAMPING OFF will occur only if flats are kept too wet in a greenhouse without proper ventilation. 
Watering with a weak solution of chlorox, about four to six per cent, we have found to be the best cure 
and preventive. 
The plants should be transferred to other boxes when they begin to show the second pair of leaves. 
Prepare the soil as when seeds are just planted, but add a little well decayed manure to stimulate the 
growth. Transplant to open ground when the young plants are two to four inches high, depending on 
the natural growth of the various plants. 
When seeds are sown directly in the ground in dry climate, it will be necessary to use a very light 
covering of peat moss or other good mulch to hold the moisture—otherwise the small plants will perish 
for lack of top moisture. 
See directions for growing delphinium seed. Page 25. 


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