
We hope now that the war is over that our Vic- 
tory Gardens will gradually become Flower Gardens 
with more time to enjoy them. May we wish you 
all a most successful season and predict that the 
time spent in your garden with your flowers will pro- 
vide a most needed relief from war time activities. 
ORDER EARLY 
With stock and help shortages, we suggest order- 
ing early, as stock of a number of the varieties listed 
in this Catalog will be depleted before the height of 
the planting season. 
Early orders will help us in booking your order 
and reserving the stock for you and thus schedule 
it for the proper shipping time. Do not send us an 
order at the height of our shipping season and ex- 
pect delivery in 3 to 5 days. The orders booked 
weeks and months ahead that are scheduled for spe- 
cific shipping dates will go out first and the last min- 
ute orders will follow as soon as we can get them off. 
We also suggest that you check your stock in stor- 
age early this season. Roots in some sections of the 
country are not keeping well, due to the unusual 
growing season, and there will probably be a gen- 
eral shortage of stock. 
Tf your order is placed after mid-season, kindly 
give a second choice. Owing to the shortage of stock, 
kindly indicate on your order whether or not you 
want us to substitute. 
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 
growing 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 
DAHLIADEL NURSERIES 
A" Grow + 
Potash Fed 
¢DAHLIAS 
DAHLIADEL 1946 INTRODUCTION 
SNOW (Dahliadel 85M), M FD, Bloom 3 x 2, Bush 
3'% ft. The most artistic Formal white miniature 
we have ever grown with the petals cupped back 
like a gardenia. There is, however, especially in the 
early season, a light lavender edge on ench petal 
which only makes it more beautiful. It is extremely 
early and needs no pampering as it does best with 
just ordinary culture and plenty of sunshine. Fine 
for cutting or florists use. Certified at O.V.D.A. 
scoring 85M in 1945. 
Root, $5.00 NET; Pot Root, $3.75 NET; Plant, $2.50 
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 32. 
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 
can be potted or planted out without removing 
the moss or disturbing the roots established in the 
moss. We expect this new type of cutting to 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. 
