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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



siderable amount of light may he covered with small hell-glasses, 

 as shown in Fig. 2, which can he covered with canvas or paper, 



or they can he painted with newly- 

 made whitewash, which does not 

 wash off or rub off so soon as 

 washes of whitening and size. A 

 half globular frame-work of wire, 

 about six inches in diameter, and 

 covered with canvas, forms a 

 capital shade. The frame should 

 be made so that it can be fixed to 

 the stakes at any distance from 

 the top, and the blooms must be 

 securely fastened to the stake, 

 because if they rub against any- 

 thing some of the petals will be 

 damaged and the flowers rendered 

 useless. The frames should be fixed low enough down to protect 

 the blooms from driving rains. Some amateur growers simply 



Fig. 2.- 



-Dahlia covered with Bell- 



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Fig. 3.— jront View of a ShjW Dahlia. 



protect the blooms with ba^s of rather stout muslin, or rather 

 thin calico, and tbey certainly answer uncommonly well ; but they 

 are not so good as the boards and flower-pots, or the wire frames. 



