Seed and plant catalogs full of pictures is an old marketing method that has been done for over a hundred years. They are sent out in the Winter when little gardening occurs and the recipient dreams of a nice garden. Websites have taken the place of many catalogs. However, when they said computers would cause fewer things to be printed, they were wrong. Computers enable the sellers to print more catalogs than ever and we have received at least 10 in the last several weeks. I believe that Swan Island is the last of the printed dahlia catalogs. If you enjoy collecting things, old dahlia catalogs are very interesting.