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dried, and preserve them for replanting in boxes or paper bags 

 in a dry, cool place, out of the reach of frost. 



TUBEROUS-ROOTED FLOWERS. 

 DAHLIAS. 



TWENTY-ONE VARIETIES. 



Single-flowering Dahlias have entirely disappeared from 

 cultivation, and double ones, which florists wrote of as rarities 

 thirty years ago, are found to-day in almost innumerable vari- 

 eties. The following list, though choice, is given only as an 

 assortment of colors. 



1. Gem of the Grove, nearly black, i 13. Ansel's Unique, yellow, edged 



2. Beeswing, dark red. 



with scarlet. 



14. Mrs. Hansard, yellow, white tip. 



15. Striata Perfects, lilac, striped 



and flecked with crimson. 



16. Lilac King, finest of lilacs. 



17. Elizabeth, amethyst, white tipped. 



18. Rachel Rawlings, peach-blossom. 



19. Blanchefieur, pure white. 



20. Prince Albert, white, edged with 



lavender. 



21. Empress Eugenie, white, edged 



with amaranth. 



3. Bathonia, dark maroon. 



4. Sir Charles Napier, dark scarlet. 



5. Grenadier, bright crimson. 



6. Brilliant, fine scarlet. 



7. Sir R. Whittington, ruby crim- 



son. 



8. Latour d'Auvergne, orange scar- 



let. 



9. Gasperine, maroon, white tipped. 



10. Kossuth, scarlet, white tipped. 



11. Cleopatra, cleaj yellow. 



12. Oriflame, splendid orange. 



Dahlias are of most easy culture, reconciling themselves to 

 almost any soil, and poor soil is sometimes prescribed for them. 

 It is possible that very tall, strong-growing kinds may bo 

 dwarfed and brought more readily into flower by this treat- 

 ment ; but it will be found safer to select moderate-growing 

 kinds, and give them pretty high culture. With this, a dozen 

 plants of different kinds will furnish a good variety and plenty 

 of flowers. 



To treat them properly, make holes of at least fifteen inches 

 diameter and fifteen to eighteen inches deep ; put into each 

 about a peck of half-rotted manure, just such as you would use 

 for hilling potatoes or corn ; mix the earth through it, and chop 

 it well up with the spade ; fill up the hole a little above the 

 natural level, and with a crowbar set a strong stake as deep 

 as the bottom of your hole, and a little back of the centre. 



