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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



May, 1910 



roon, a Large flower and one of the best 

 darks. 



J. H. Jackson. — Brilliant crim.son ma- 

 roon, free. 



Floradora. — Rich crimson, one of the 

 best. 



An Idea for a Bed of Nittartinmi 



Sow the seed around the edges of a circular 

 bed. In centre of bed place a pole. From top of 

 pole to edges of bed run strands of twine up 

 which the vines will climb. 



Kriemhilde. — Delicate pink, shading 

 to white at the centre. 



Winsome. — Creamy white, good size 

 and form. 



Flora. — Large white, grand for cut- 

 ting. 



Wathari. — Light sulphur yellow in the 

 centre, shading to nearly white at the 

 edges. 



Mrs. H. J. Jones. — Bright claret, with 

 cream colored edges, sometimes a self 

 color. 



Royalty. — Lavender, large and hand- 

 some. 



Standard-bearer. — Rich, fiery scarlet. 



General Buller. — Cardinal red, tipped 

 with white. 



Ruckert. — Blood red with darker 

 shadings, grand. 



Countess of Lonsdale. — Salmon pink 

 and amber, standard variety. 



Florence M. Stredwick. — A large pure 

 white. 



Prince of Yellows.— -Rich canary yel- 

 low, large, fringed at the tips of the 

 petals. 



Rother. — Large bloom, bright garnet, 

 one of the best. 



DECORATIVE DAHLIAS 



Grand Duke Alexis. — White, tinged 

 with soft lavender, quilled. 



Madam Van den Dale. — Soft rose, 

 with deeper markings and shading to 

 cream white in the centre. 



Admiral Dewey. — Rich purple, free 

 bloomer. 



Black Beauty. — Deep velvety maroon, 

 almost black. 



Mrs. Roosevelt. — Delicate pink, large 

 and good form. 



Mrs. Winters. — Snow white, large, 

 good form. 



Oban. — Lavender, overlaid with sil- 

 very fawn. 



Pearl. — Beautiful white, good for cut- 

 ting. 



Lemon Giant. — A large lemon yellow. 



Sylvia. — Mauve pink, changing to 

 white in the center, one of the best to 

 cut some call it a show dahlia. 



Wm. Agnew. — Dazzling red, one of 

 the best. 



Nymphaea. — Light shrimp pink, tinted 

 lighter under the center, a beautiful 

 flower. 



POMPON DAHLIAS 



Ailet's Imperial. — Creamy white, red- 

 dish tips. 



Darkness. — Velvety maroon. 



Elegante. — Soft pink, tipped deep 

 pink. 



Gold Hahnchen. — Primrose Yellow. 



Kleine Domitea. — Orange buff. 



Little Bessie. — Creamy white, quilled. 



Little Herman. — Deep red, tipped 

 white. 



I^ittle Prince. — Currant red, tipped 

 white. , 



Snow-clad. — The best white. 



SINGLE DAHLIAS 



Crimson Century. — Velvety crimson. 

 Maroon Century. — Velvety maroon. 

 Pink Century. — Soft pink, large. 

 Claret Century. — Brilliant scarlet. 

 Lavender Century. — Lilac, light shad- 

 ings. 



Twentieth Century. — Rosy Crimson. 

 White Century. — Pure white. 



Asparagus Beetles 



Arthnr Gibun, C.E.F., Ottawa 

 The common asparagus beetle has only 

 once been recorded from the Ottawa dis- 

 trict. This was a few years ago when a 

 few of the larvae were collected at the 

 Central Experimental Farm. These grubs 

 are of a dark olive green color and slug- 

 like in appearance. The beetle is a slend- 

 er blue-black insect about one quarter of 

 an inch long, with six white blotches on 

 the back and a red border to the neck 

 and wing-covers. 



The other asparagus beetle, viz., the 

 twelve-spotted asparagus beetle, often oc- 

 curs with the above. It is slightly larg- 

 er and of a uniform reddish orange col- 

 or, with twelve black spots upon the 

 wing-covers. The grubs of this beetle 

 are of a dirty yellowish color. Those of 

 the common asparagus beetle feed upon 

 the foliage, as do those of the twelve- 

 spotted asparagus beetle, but the latter 

 destroy chiefly the berries or seed cap- 

 sules. 



The remedies recommended are to dust 

 the infested plants every three or four 

 days with fresh air-slaked lime, which 

 adheres to the slimy bodies of the grubs 

 and kills them. 



Paris green and flour, or Paris green 

 with slaked lime, dusted on the plants 

 will destroy both larvae and beetles. If 

 poultry are allowed to run among the 

 bfds it will be found that they will de- 

 vfur a great many of these insects, par- 

 ticularly when they first appear in spring. 

 When it is noticed that the berries are 

 being attacked, the whole plants should 

 be cut down and burned. 



These Groands Wob Firtt Prize Two Ycari in Snccetiion in a Horticaltoral Societj Competition 



The large vine on the verandah is a Clematis paniculata and the one at the end is a Hall's 

 honeysuckle. In the corners on each side of the front steps are tuberose begonias. The window 

 boxes contain mostly geraniums, petunias and foliage plants with hanging vines of vincas; there 

 is a canna on each side and a caladium in the centre. The whole effect is very pleasing, but 

 unfortunately just before the photograph was taken, the tree in the foreground on the street was 

 bent over by a storm, fiesidence of Mr. N. B. Vrooman, Walkerville, Ont.. a member of the horti- 

 cultural society of that town. 



