Dahlia 
Green Plants 
Dahlia ‘green plants’ or simply “plants” 
as we refer to them in this book are little 
dahlia plants grown from cuttings. The cut- 
tings are taken from selected clumps which 
are started into growth in the greenhouses 
during the late winter months. As soon as 
the sprouts are long enough to handle, they 
are taken off and placed in a special root- 
ing medium. When the cuttings are rooted 
they are potted into three inch pots in a 
soil selected, or prepared to hold together 
in shipment. 

DAHLIA GREEN PLANT After potting, our plants are carefully 
grown and constantly watched to insure 
plants of highest quality. At just the right time they are moved from the greenhouses 
into cold frames for the extremely important and exacting “'hardening" process. 
Our plants are shipped to all parts of the country in paper shipping pots, carefully 
packed to insure safe arrival. Planting directions are sent with each shipment. (See also 
the paragraph on plants under "CULTURAL HINTS" in the back of this book.) 
Properly grown plants produce flowers as early as flowers are produced from roots. 
As a rule the flowers from plants are superior. Growth, and total productivity of bloom, 
are equal to bushes grown from roots. Good clumps are formed for carrying the variety 
over winter. Plants are sold cheaper, not because of any difference in their worth, but 
because by use of careful propagation methods we are able to produce several plants 
from one root. 
Our entire life to date has been spent as a grower of plants of all kinds, and this, 
supplemented by a technical education involving this subject, qualifies us to grow plants 
which are unsurpassed in the industry. The many highly appreciated letters which we 
receive each year bear out this contention. A rapidly expanding dahlia business has 
been largely founded on the superior quality of our plants. Regardless of your previous 
experience with plants, we strongly recommend that you give some of our plants a trial. 
ROOTED CUTTINGS 
Although we do not recommend the purchase of rooted cut- 
tings by any other than experienced commercial plant growers, we 
will furnish high grade, well rooted cuttings of varieties which are 
listed in plants in this book. Prices are one-third less than the list 
price of plants. 

