
Jeep 
Make your VICTORY GARDEN more decorative 
and interesting with Dahlias. In curtailing our acre- 
age of dahlias and producing edibles for the War 
Effort, we have discarded many of the tempera- 
mental varieties, making our offerings this year the 
easiest to grow and most satisfactory group of dahlias 
for your needs. 
We are this year condensing our catalog to 382 
pages to conserve paper, and expect to use it for 
two years, publishing only a supplement for 1945. 
Therefore, kindly save this catalog. 
We have a limited number of reprints of the Cul- 
tural Instructions in our 1942 catalog, and will be 
glad to include one of these with your order on re- 
quest should you be a new customer and not already 
have a copy. 
ORDER WITHOUT DELAY so that we may 
reserve your order. There is a shortage of stock this 
year, and a number of varieties have the notation, 
Roots ‘limited. This means that a small supply of 
roots has been put aside for retail trade, but will 
be sold out before our regular shipping season starts. 
If your order is placed after mid-season, kindly give 
& second choice. Owing to the shortage of stock, 
kindly indicate on your order whether or not you 
want us to substitute. 
It is our suggestion that you make a Victory Gar- 
den where you have been growing dahlias or would 
like to grow them. You can so arrange your rows 
that dahlias can be planted between your vegetables. 
You can grow any or all of the early vegetables by 
planting lettuce, onion sets, radishes, or early peas 
where dahlias should be planted later, and early 
beans, beets, carrots, etc. so that they will be be- 
tween the dahlia rows. Double cropping, or rotation 
of crops, is good for the soil, and takes very little 
more A a but insects should be kept under 
control. 
ROOTS 
Dahlia roots are divisions of field-grown clumps of 
dahlias. Each root must contain at least one ‘eye’? 
from which the plant grows. Sturdy stalks or plants 
and fine exhibition flowers grow from roots, and 
strong clumps harvested for the following season. 
As the planted root acts as a food storehouse for the 
DAHLIADEL NURSERIES 

DAHLIADEL 1944 INTRODUCTION 
JEEP (Dahliadel 85B), Bloom 4 x 3, Bush 4 ft. A 
striking Ball Dahlia of white suffused violet rose 
and tipped purple violet. The picture, taken No- 
vember Ist, shows its ability to hold full centers 
until frost. The color, however, is much more pro- 
nounced in the early season than this picture shows. 
As the name implies, it is first on the spot, and 
blooms early and profusely. Certified at Storrs, 
and a novelty that is different and sure to please. 
Root, $5.00; Pot Root, $3.50; Plant, $2.00 
erowing plant, the growth of the plant is thus sta- 
bilized under adverse growing conditions. 
POT ROOTS 
Pot roots are small clumps produced by plants 
grown mostly in 3” pots in the open during the late 
Summer, and transferred in the Fall to greenhouses 
where they are grown under controlled conditions, 
and allowed to ripen naturally by the end of De- 
cember. Pot roots should not be judged adversely 
because of their size, as they will produce bushes 
and flowers equal to roots, and in many varieties 
even better clumps on digging. Many experienced 
growers prefer pot roots. 
GREEN PLANTS 
Green plants are sprouts or cuttings taken from 
clumps grown in especially built greenhouses; rooted 
in sand benches in _ air-conditioned propagating 
houses; potted and grown under greenhouse condi- 
tions until well established and then moved to cold 
frames for proper hardening off. When they reach 
you they are ready for planting. 
Many hundreds of thousands have been grown and 
shipped by us, and our customers have found them 
highly satisfactory. They are, as you will notice in 
our lists, considerably cheaper than roots in the 
higher priced varieties. 
Green plants will produce flowers equal to roots 
or pot roots when well grown for exhibition, but will 
not produce as large clumps for the following sea- 
son. When properly grown, however, many varieties 
will produce nice clumps. 
Dahliadel green plants, in our specially designed 
shipping box, have been successfully sent all over 
the United States. See ‘‘Notice on Green Plant and 
Rooted Cutting Shipments,’’ page 31. 
ROOTED CUTTINGS 
Rooted cuttings are sprouts or cuttings grown ex- 
actly as described under green plants (see above) 
up to the point where a good root system has de- 
veloped. Rooted cuttings are, this year, being pro- 
duced and handled in a different way. They will 
be wrapped separately in live sphagnum moss and 
grown in this for a short period before shipping, and 
should be potted or planted out without removing 
the moss or disturbing the roots established in the - 
moss. We expect this new type of cutting ta take 
the place of plants to a greater extent than at pres- 
ent, especially on long distance shipments. 
Rooted cuttings are 1/3 less in price than plants. 
We will probably be out of rooted cuttings of some 
of the new varieties as the season advances. How- 
ever, we are growing some varieties that are not 
listed, so send in the list of ones in which you are 
interested and we will gladly advise you. 
