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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Poeticus Ornatus, but the number of varie- 

 ties is very large, and it is really all a mat- 

 ter of taste. 



EARLY SUMMER FLOWERS. 

 Passing on to the early summer flowers, 

 pictures were shown of Delphiniums, Fox- 

 gloves, Campanulas, and many others. The 

 Campanulas were particularly recom- 

 mended. Many failures with them, how- 

 ever, are caused by a lack of knowledge as 

 to whether the plant grown is an annual, 

 biennial or perennial. Campanula Medium, 

 the true Canterbury Bell, is a biennial, and 

 seed must be sown each- season to have 

 flowering plants the next. Of perennial 



July Care of Dahlias 



E. P. COLLINS, TORONTO. 



NOW is the time to watch your dahlias 

 and see that they do not suffer for 

 want of water or stimulants. They are 

 very gross feeders, and if you desire fine 

 flowers you must feed them with manure 

 water and attend to tying them up to stout 

 stakes to prevent the wind blowing them 

 about. 



It is best to only allow about one stem to 

 a plant ii they are rather weak, but if good 

 and stout, then two or even three may be al- 

 lowed to grow, always keeping them tied 

 up. When the flowering time arrives a lit- 

 tle disbudding must be done. 



The buds are usually produced in threes, 



and as the centre one generally makes the 



best flowers, it is wise to pinch the other two 



off, which will result in a much better bloom. 



DIEEERENT VARIETIES. 



The dahlias in cultivation to-day are di- 

 vided into six distinct classes, viz., show, 

 cactus, fancy, bedding, bouquet and single. 

 These distinctions are somewhat difficult to 

 define. The show varieties comprise all 

 self-colored flowers, and those with d'ark 

 colored tips. The cactus variety is now 

 taking a place well to the front for cutting 



varieties, Persicofolia, Moerheimi, Car- 

 patica and Pyramidalis were mentioned. 

 Perennial Phlox is one of the best summer 

 flowering plants and is easily propagated by 

 cuttings taken in May or June. 



Many varieties of annuals were shown, 

 including asters, marigolds, scabiosa and 

 antirrhinums. The last, while strictly 

 speaking a perennial, can only be grown as 

 an annual in this cHmate. Of fall blooming 

 plants Japanese Anemones, Pyrethrum 

 Uliginosum, Boltoma Asteroides and others 

 were shown. Marigolds and antirrhi- 

 nums were particularly mentioned on ac- 

 count of very late blooming. 





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School Children in the Garden. 



In many sections of Ontario excellent work is being done in 

 the direction of interesting schoolchildren in the growing of flowers. 

 The illustiation shows boys of the junior fiftk class of Church St. 

 School, Toronto, at work preparing a bed for planting Asters. The 

 photograph was taken on Flower Day which was obse ved on June 

 3rd. 



and decorative purposes, and appears to 

 have derived their name from the fact that 

 the Mexican variety. Dahlia juareryii, is the 

 original type. The cutting of blooms from 

 the cactus, and single varieties, does not in- 

 jure or check them in any way. To 

 comprise a fancy it must be striped or 

 flaked with two distinct colors. 



The bedding dahlias are free branching 

 and dwarf, and have their flowers well 

 above the foliage. The bouquet are some- 

 times known as the Pompoms, which have* 

 small but very double flowers, and produce 

 large quantities of them. 



