using care not to injure or tear the roots, working close 

 to the surface of the ground, as you near the base of 

 the bushes. 



To employ the same system in pruning your climb- 

 ing rose bushes would be nothing short of butchery 

 and ruin for them. Those fine new long shoots that 

 come out, getting in everybodys way and looking so 

 out of place are the ones to be saved. In climbing 

 rose bushes, the new growth of this year gives the 

 great profusion of bloom next season. Save them by 

 -all means. Cut out as much as is necessary of the old 

 part of the vine to give a place for the new growth. 

 Climbing rose bushes that are planted where the root 

 system reaches the lawn need no special care or at- 

 tention after once getting established. 



Dahlias 



No flower has made such rapid strides and come into 

 universal favor to as great a degree as the Dahlia has 

 during the past few years. Especially is this true on 

 the Pacific Coast where climatic conditions are ideal 

 to its fullest development in size and beauty. 



There is quite a list of varieties, the most of which 

 the general public has as yet but little interest in. The 

 three varieties that are in universal favor are: First, 

 The cactus type, the petals being for the most part 

 narrow and quilled. 



The decorative type which has broader petals, on 

 the order of large rose blooms. 



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