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HORTICULTUEE 



May 29, 1920 



DISBUDDING AND FORCING 

 DAHLIAS. 



Many amateurs desire the largest 

 and finest quality Dalilia blossoms ob- 

 tainable, so the following may prove 

 of value to both amateurs and pro- 

 fessionals. 



To obtain the largest and most per- 

 fect flowers, only the best and largest 

 buds should be allowed to mature; the 

 others should be removed, enabling 

 the full strength to develop the most 

 promising buds into exliibition blooms. 



Some varieties of Dahlias require 

 thinning and disbudding, to produce 

 the best flowers. Varieties having an 

 excessive amount of foliage and small 

 growth should have a considerable part 

 of their branches removed, while those 

 having more buds than can be proper- 

 ly developed -or matured should be dis- 

 btidded. The operation in no way en- 

 dangers the plants and anyone can 

 do it. Thin and disbud if necessary, 

 moderately or severely as conditions 

 seem to require. 



Taking a budded stalk or branch, 

 you will find the large or first bud on 

 the stalk, and also, that at each leaf all 

 the way down the stalk new shoots or 

 bud stalks form; these in turn produce 

 buds and flowering stalks, which 

 over-top the first bud. The first bud 

 on every stalk is always the largest 

 and produces the largest and best 

 flowers, ordinarily. Before the first 

 flower is in full blossom, the first two 

 svde shoots have formed buds and 

 burst into flowers. These in turn be- 

 come passe to be replaced by flower- 

 ing stalks from the set next below, or 

 the second pair of side shoots. 



On most varieties the first flower 

 has a short stem, we disbud to length- 

 en the stem and to secure larger flow- 

 ers. The proper way to disbud; when 

 the first bud is small, the first pair of 

 side shots should be removed with a 

 sharp knife. This forces all the plant 

 life that ordinarily would have de- 

 veloped the first two side shoots, into 

 the first bud, making the first flower 

 much larger and giving it a better 

 stem. Removing the first set of buds 

 forces ahead the second set and they 

 in turn burst into flower. As you cut 

 and remove the flowers, your plants 

 send forth new flowering stalks from 

 the bottom of the plant; the more you 

 cut the more flowers will grow. 



J. K. Aj,EXANDER. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICULTU- 

 RAL SOCIETY. 



Glen Cove, N. Y. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 



Nassau County Horticultural Society 



was held In Pembroke Hall, Glen 



Cove on Wednesday, May 12th. Presi- 



Get Ahead 



Sow Now For Next Christinas 



PRIMULA CHINENSIS 



Per 

 200 Soeils 



Farqiihar'e Giant Pink $2.00 



Farquhar's Giant Salmon 2.00 



Farguhar's Ruby Qa«>en 1.75 



F»rquhar'B Giant Red 1.75 



Per 

 2S0 Sve6B 

 Farahqar'a Giant Dnohcss (White 



with pink zone, primrose eye) fl.76 



FarqDhar'i Giant White 2.00 



Sow Now For Strong Spring Plants 



ANTIRRHINUM 



Giant Rose PInJi % 01., 



Giant White M 0>., 



.00 



Giant Tellow 14 oz., M 



Giant Scarlet H »., .40 



CARNATION MARGUERITE. Farqnhar'e New Giant Mixed, 



1/16 oz., $1.25; H OS-. 12.00 



LrOBEI.IA. Farqnhar'e Darli Bine, Dwarf H OI., 10.85; ^ oc., fl.BO 



PETUNIA. Farqnhar'e Ruffled Giants Mixed 1/19 oz., $4.00 



SALVIA SPLENDENS BONFIRE % 01., $1.00; 01., $3.76 



SALVIA 8PLENDEN8 COMPACTA % oz., $1.00; o».. $3.60 



SALVIA 8PLI»IDUNS M o»., $0.75; oz., $2.26 



SALVIA ZURICH 'A 0«., $1.60 



VERBENA Farqnhar'e Giant Bine, Pink, Scarlet, White, 



hi oz., $0.36; ^ oz., $0.00; m., $2.00 



VERBENA. Farqahar'i Manunotli Hybrid* Mixed, 



hi OS., $0.36; >4 o>., $0.00; oz., $2.00 

 TTMCA. BrUh* Bom, Whlta with roM eyo. Par* WUte H oi., $OJK); M., $1.TB 



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 BOSTON, MASS. 



dent Twigg occupied the chair and 

 Messrs. Dungee, Donovan. Lutton. 

 Turkingston, and Van Ginover were 

 elected to active membership and two 

 petitions for active membership were 

 received. 



The judges for the monthly exhibits 

 were Jesse Frampton, TLomas Scott 

 and Charles Parr, their awards were 

 as follows: 12 Pink Darwin Tulips. 

 1st Wm. Churchill. 12 Mauve Dar- 



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 Horticuiturfll Sundrtee 



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win Tulips, 1st Ed, Harris. 12 mixed 

 Darwin Tulips, 1st Ed. Harris. Cul- 

 tural Certificate was awarded to Jos. 

 Winsock for a fine plant of Calceola- 

 rio. The Tulip Show will be held in 

 Pembroke Hall on Wed. May 26th at 

 7 P. M. 



It was decided to hold the rose 

 show about June the 15th but owing 

 to the late season no definite date was 

 decided on. An interesting feature 



