SWAYNE'S GARDENS ot “te “I Puyallup, State of Washington 
DAHLIA CULTURE 
Dahlias thrive in any good garden soil which is well drained. Compost or well rotted cow 
manure will add desired humus to the soil, but DO NOT allow the manure to come in direct con- 
tact with the tubers. They like a sunny location and water only when the ground is quite dry and 
then soak it thoroughly. 
Plant when danger of frost is past; and set a stake beside each tuber. Plant tubers horizontally 
with “eye” or sprout facing up, from 4 to 6 inches deep. 
KEY TO DAHLIA TYPES IC—Incurved Cactus 
FD—Formal Decorative SC—Semi-Cactus 
{(D—Informal Decorative C—Cactus 
AUNT MARY’S SWEET CORN 
We offer this grandest and sweetest of all Sweet Corn on the market. 
ORDER EARLY. There is never enough to fill late orders. 
Never was sweet corn that tasted as sweet. It will stay in good condition for table use for 
two or three weeks. It stays in milk so long that natural ripening is impossible; ears that were 
ready for table use in October were still in milk when hard frosts killed the plants in November. 
BY ALL MEANS GIVE THIS SWEET CORN A TRIAL THIS YEAR AND YOU WILL COME BACK 
FOR MORE NEXT YEAR. Make your first planting during May two weeks apart; make another 
one the second week in June, another the last week in June, and the last planting the first week in 
July, and this will furnish you sweet green ears until early October. 
We have had reports from customers having the ears for table use for Thanksgiving. They had 
made late plantings of seed in June and July. 
PRICE OF SEED. Enough for 50 to 75 hills. 25c. 3 PACKS for 70c, % pound will produce ap- 
proximately 500 plants and cost 70c, postpaid, West of the Rocky Mountains; 75¢ postpaid, 
East of the Rocky Mountains. 
SPECIAL PRICE BY THE POUND, West of the Rockies, $1.80 postpaid; $1.40 East of the Rockies. 
Perennial Plants 
Delphiniums 
This spring we are happy to announce that we have a few delphinium seedlings to offer our 
customers. They are from our finest seed, and with good care, they will all bloom this year. All 
field grown, strong, robust plants. 
BLUE SHADES MIXED. These come in lovely soft blues, deep rich blues, orchid, plum and purple 
shades; some will have dark “bees,’’ and some light. We can not furnish these deliphiniums 
in separate colors. 
Seedlings $2.50 per dozen 
WHITES. A mixture of pure whites, and Black-Velvet-Eyed whites. Of course there will be a few 
blue rogues among these seedlings, as even with careful selection the seeds do not come per- 
fectly true. 
Seedlings $2.50 per dozen 
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