30 Cultivatio7i of the Dahlia in Private Gardens. 



lific blooming plants, and are the more certain to calculate on 

 as capable of propagating from the following spring, which is 

 not always the case with those raised from cuttings, as first 

 described, notwithstanding the root may be perfectly sound, 

 for every generative particle connected with the shoot is un- 

 questionably preserved. 1 need not remark further on these 

 occasional failures, than that they are generally understood to be 

 occasioned by detaching the young shoots unskilfully, with- 

 out the incipient or minor eyes or buds connected with the 

 base of it. 1, this season, propagated my whole stock by this 

 mode, (root divisions,) and they produced fine, luxuriant 

 plants and flowers, which gained me many marks of distinc- 

 tion from those who came to view Mr. Jones's place. 



PLANTING OUT THE ROOTS. 



I may here mention, that, on the planting and subsequent 

 treatment, depends much of the success and beauty of the 

 forthcoming bloom. The first week in June I prefer to any 

 other for planting out, as, from this time to the middle of 

 September, the thermometer ranges pretty regular ; but, before 

 the first of June, I have some doubt as to the safety of my 

 plants. 



PREPARATION OF THE SOIL. 



The soil, intended for the reception of the plants, should 

 be laid up in ridges during the winter and spring, consisting 

 of good sandy loam, which, at the time of digging up, should 

 be liberally supplied with old hotbed manure, also well ex- 

 posed to the previous winter; but, should the loam partake, 

 or incline, to a heavy, saponaceous quality, a liberal quantity 

 of river sand should be intermixed with it. But while I ad- 

 vocate the use of well-neutralized manure, I, at the same 

 time, wish to be understood, that this material is not to be 

 used indiscriminately, but in proportion to the quality or na- 

 ture of the soil with which it is to be mixed, otherwise it will 

 be found to produce a repletion of growth, by no means de- 

 sirable. 



SOIL AND TREATMENT OF FANCY DAHLLAS. 



The variegated varieties should be grown in sandy loam or 

 peat, nearly or wholly destitute of manure, or they will be 



