General Information 
(Please Read Carefully Before Placing Order) 
PLEASE ORDER EARLY—Be sure to state in your order approximate date you wish 
shipment to be made. We do not advise shipment of Dahlia roots east of the 
Pacific slope before proper planting time in your area because of the possi- 
bility of damage from freezing in transit. However, should you desire shipment 
prior to April 1 we will pack as frost proof as possible and ship Express at 
purchaser’s risk and expense. 
SUBSTITUTIONS—May we suggest that you allow us to substitute varieties of the 
same general color and of greater value in the event that shortages exist in 
some varieties. Please indicate YES or NO in your order. 
TERMS—Due to increased transportation costs we would rather not accept orders 
for prepaid postage for less than $3.00. Less than this amount please add 10% 
to your remittance. Terms: Cash is required with order. Please, no C.O.D. orders 
accepted. They are most costly for both of us. Please remit by check, money 
order, or cash by registered mail only. Washington residents—be sure to in- 
clude sales tax with your remittance. 
DISCOUNTS—Due to the high cost of transportation and possibility of going 
even higher, we have discontinued giving discounts, allowing us to maintain 
our reasonable prices on stock and lowering them on a number of varieties, and 
still prepay shipments at retail. 
GUARANTEE—AII stock shipped by us is guaranteed to be true to name, healthy 
and in good growing condition upon arrival at destination. Stock not meeting 
these conditions will be replaced if returned to us within three weeks after 
arrival. Since we cannot control conditions under which stock, once sold, is 
planted and grown, our responsibility is limited to replacement or refunding 
of purchase price of merchandise returned. 
Dahlia roots only are listed for sale in this catalog. This underground repro- 
ductive growth of the Dahlia is quite often referred to by the public as bulbs, 
or tubers; however, they are actually roots, the term used almost universally 
in the trade. Any reference made to salable Dahlia stock in this catalog means 
a division of the root system of the Dahlia plant. 
LOCATION—Our Nurseries are located in the heart of the productive Kent 
Valley. Going south from Seattle, follow the West Valley Highway, also known 
as Old Tacoma Highway, through Renton Junction and Orilla to O’Brien 
Corner, turn west three-quarters of a mile then south one mile, on east side 
of Green River. 
IMPORTANT 
We are very sincere in desiring that you get the very best results from growing 
our Dahlia stock, which is thoroughly inspected and each root guaranteed to 
have at least one live eye when leaving our hands. In order to establish friendly 
relations and hold your confidence we would like to make the following sug- 
gestions on how to handle your order when it is received: Open the parcel as 
soon as received to check for any damage or deterioration in transit. For best 
results they should be planted immediately, if practical, considering weather 
conditions, etc. If impossible to plant when received better leave them in storage 
medium in which they were shipped and be careful not to put them in too hot or 
dry a place where they are likely to shrivel and dry up—or the other extreme, 
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