DITIi^IOX OF HORTICULTURE 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



The following are some of the best Tall varieties, growing 5 to 6 feet high: — 



Fair Hope. ^ 



Indiana. 



Mrs. Kate Gray. 



Medium ^varieties, about 4 feet high: — 



Allemania. 



America. 



David Ilarum. 



Cinnabar. 



Dr. Robert Funcke. 



Dwarf varieties, about 2 feet high: — 



Dagana. 

 Dr. Marcus. 

 Brandywine. 



Wyoming. 

 Penn.sylvania. 

 Uncle Sam. 



Bldorado. 



General Merkel. 



Louise. 



Mme. Marguerite Muhla. 



Gladiator. 

 Crimson Beddcr. 

 Wm. Saunders. 



LIST OF CANXAS WHICH HAVE BEEN FOUND MOST SUCCESSFUL IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE 



DOMINION. 



The growers in various parts of the Dominion supplied the following list of 

 Cannas as being those which they have found to be most successful with them. The 

 first six are the most popular in the list: — 



King Humbert. 

 Florence Vaughan. 

 Alphonse Bouvier. 

 President Meyer. 

 Chas. Henderson. 

 Duke of Marlboro. 

 / Admiral Dewey. 

 Crimson Bedder. 

 J. D. Eisele. 

 Venus. 



New York. 

 Rubin. 



Mme. Crozy. 

 Richard Wallaca. 

 Mont Blanc. 

 Mrs. Kate Gray. 

 Pennsylvania. 

 Buttercup. 

 Eldorado. 

 Egandale. 



DAHLIAS. 



Wliere the dahlia succeeds it is a very satisfactory flower for the amateur. The 

 dahlia, however, requires plenty of moisture, rich soil, occasional artificial fertilizing, 

 and not too hot a climate. At Ottawa, owing to the hot summers, not more than one 

 year in every four or five proves to be suitable for dahlias. 



CULXn^ATION. 



For amateurs the usual method of growing dahlias is that of root division. The 

 roots of one year are stored in cellars and divided up for new plants the following 

 spring. The storage room for these roots should be frost proof and not too dry. Con- 

 ditions which are suitable for storing potatoes are suitable for the storing of dahlias. 

 These rool^s may be planted out into the garden towards the end of May, or earlier 

 if no danger from late frosts is expected. They may be planted :^om 2 feet to 4 

 feet apart, according to space available, and the size of the root planted. When 

 dividing the roots care must be taken to see that ieach part has at least one eye, whicli 

 will be found on the crown to which the true roots are attached. 



Another method, generally the commercial method, of pi-opagating dahlias is by 

 means of cuttings. During recent years raising them from seed has also grown in 

 favour. In fact in the case of the new Collarette dahlias it is the simplest and best 

 method. The seed should be sown about the beginning of April 



Ottawa. 



