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PUBLISHED BY 
WAYLAND DAHLIA GARDENS 
E. R. RYNO, PROP. 
WAYLAND, MICHIGAN 


SEASON OF 1941 

This edition of DIG & DUNG is 
intended primarily for Retail Seed 
and Nursery stores, Florists and 
Department stores, and those who 
want a fast selling popular priced 
line of Dahlias for over-the-counter 
trade. Those who sell through cata- 
logs, as well as those who buy 
dahlias in bulk for growing either 
roots or cut flowers, should send for 
our Generali Trade Edition, in which 
are listed nearly all the standard 
garden, cut flower and exhibition 
varieties available in quantities suf- 
ficient for the wholesale trade. 
In making up the line of Boxed 
Dahlia Collections presented in this 
Bulletin we have tried to give our 
dealers not only a line of merchan- 
dise that would enable them to com- 
pete with the Dime stores, but also 
a line that could be offered with full 
assuratice that the stock is absolutely 
of the highest grade and sure to 
please even that exacting type of 
customer “who has gone through life 
demanding to see the manager.” 
To build up a stock sufficient to 
make this line possible has taken a 
lot of time and money, and now that 
we are ready to release nine differ- 
ent collections to our dealers, we 
feel that we can go to them and tell 
them frankly that it is our belief 
that never before have they had the 
opportunity to take on a line of 
goods that could compare with it for 
selling powers. 
Those of you who have happened 
into the Dime stores in the spring 
have no doubt seen dahlias going 
out as fast as they could be handed 
over the counter — roots perhaps of 
doubtful origin, packed in gaudily 
colored cartons, selling like hotcakes 
at a dime a throw. 
Now we are offering you dahlias 
packed six good roots of known 
origin, known quality and known 
value in an attractive box to sell at 
50c a box — only 814c a root or 1%4c 
less than the Dime store price. 
Each box states plainly the names 
of the varieties contained and type 
and color of each variety so custom- 
ers can make selections easily and 
without any great sales effort on 
your part. 
We want you to try this line this 
year and be convinced that it will 
outsell any packaged article in your 
store. 
Remember we stand back of every 
root we put out and guarantee all 
stock in these boxes to be SURE TO 
GROW, FREE FROM DISEASE 
AND TRUE TO NAME— 
And They Please Customers: 
Dodge City, Kansas, 11/25/40 
Wayland Dahlia Gardens 
Wayland, Michigan. 
Gentlemen: 
Last year we tried a small quan- 
tity of your boxed Dahlias. We have 
had the most pleasing reports from 
our customers, and one of them 
brought a Dahlia bloom to our store 
which measured 10% inches across. 
We did not have a single complaint 
about the tubers not growing. We 
think that’s “something.” We are 
going to increase the quantity this 
season. Our order is enclosed. 
Yours truly, 
Weyand Feed & Seed Co. 
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Profit 
on 
Every Box 
You Sell 

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Different V4 § Different 
Collections YE Varieties 
BLUE LABEL 
Dahlias. 
NOW ¢ 
ONLY BOX 
Six fine Dahlias in each box 
Mat of above cut for newspaper 
ad is supplied without charge with 
your initial order. 
In addition to the above mat we 
supply you with colored easel and 
window posters strongly featuring 
our sensationally low price so every 
customer is bound to be interested. 
Just place the boxes where they 
can be seen and THEY WILL SELL 
THEMSELVES! 
Read our SPECIAL INTRO- 
DUCTORY OFFER on page 6. 
DON’T DELAY! 
This bulletin is being mailed to 
nearly all the retail seed dealers in 
the United States. We are prepared 
to take on only one thousand more 
of these dealers this spring and to 
avoid disappointment we suggest that 
you get your order in without delay. 
Remember dahlias are a _ specialty 
crop and when present stock is ex- 
hausted more roots will not be 
available until another season’s crop 
is harvested. 
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LABEL DAHLIAS LASS 
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If you plan to list these Dahlias in 
your annual catalog we will gladly 
loan to you the above electro for 
illustration purposes. 
