IRISPI GARDENING. 



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The matter is timely, as, with the approach of 

 spring, stocks will begin to move, and it is of 

 iiiipurtance tliat early attention be given where 

 disease is known or suspected. 



In this connection we would mention tliat there 

 is in the January number uf the Journal of the 

 Ministry of Agriculture, London, an excellent 

 article sliowing the progress that has been made 

 in re-establishing the Bee Industry in Norfolk, 

 where stocks had been wiped out by disease. 



Copies of the leaflet may l)e obtained on appli- 

 cation to the Secretary, Department of Agricul- 

 ture and Technical Instruction, Ireland, Upper 

 Merrion Street, Dublin. F-etters so addressed 

 need not be stamped, but the envelopes should be 

 nuuked " Publications." 



Dahlia Classification. 



C'L.iSS 1. — Hingle-floireied. 



Single Dahlias have a single, regular outer ring 

 of flatly-expanded rays which overlap more or less 

 at their edges; the centre forms a golden disc. 



For Show purposes Single Dahlias should not 

 exceed three inches in diarieter, and the eight 

 (.only) ray florets sho^uld be smooth, somewhat re- 

 curved at the tips, broad and overlapping so as t'j 

 form a perfectly round flower. 



(See also Cactus-flowered, Class XV.) 



Class II. Mignoii Single-flowered. 

 Flowers similar in all respects to Class I., but 

 the plants do not exceed IS inches in height. 



Cl.vss IW.—VuUeiette. 



CoUerette Dahlias liave an outer ring of flat 

 rays as in Singles, and just within this and sur- 

 rounding the goUh'U disc, a ring of florets (the 

 '■ collar ") with deeply-cut petals generally of a 

 different coloiu- from tlie outer, and only about 

 half their lenglli. 



C'L.iSS IV. — .liieiiione-flou-ered. 



In Anemone-flowered Dahlias the outer ring of 

 flattened rays surrolmds a dense group of tubular 

 flowers, longer than the ordinary disc florets of 

 the single-flowered class, and of a different colour. 



CL.iiSS V. — I'oeon ij-jiuwcred. 



The Peeony-flowered Dahlias have large flowers 

 consisting of three or fo'ur rows of flatly-expanded 

 rays somewhat irregularly arranged and surround- 

 ing a golden disc similar to that of the singles. 



Class VI. — SmaU-flowered Puony. 

 The flowers are in essentials like those of 

 Class v., but are smaller and less than 4 inches in 

 diameter. 



Class Vll.— Dwarf Pseony-flowered. 

 Similar to Classes V. and VI., but not exceeding 

 2 feet 8 inches in height. 



Class VIII. — Decorative. 



Flower-heads like Class V., but centre-filled 



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