SHRUBS, VINES, PLANTS AND BULBS 



wiser to buy only the early-flowering varie- 

 ties, otherwise the plants will be killed just as 

 they are ready to bloom. 



DAHLIA, CACTUS, DECORATIVE, GIANT, 

 PON-PON, COLLARETTE, QUILL, SINGLE CEN- 

 TURY, SINGLE and PEONY-FLOWERED. 2 to 8 

 feet. Plant the dormant roots in good, rich 

 soil as early as possible in the spring, prefer- 

 ably in a sunny place. Set out about three 

 feet apart and allow only one shoot to grow, 

 which should be thoroughly staked and well 

 watered. The roots should be dried and 

 stored indoors in winter. They increase 

 greatly. The many varieties and wonderful 

 colors of the modern dahlia make it a totally 

 different flower from the one our grandmothers 

 knew. The names are descriptive of the dif- 

 erent varieties, and as there are so many of 

 them, and they bloom from early in June or 

 July until frost, a garden of dahlias might be 

 very interesting. There is great pleasure in 

 saving and planting one's own seed. The re- 

 sults are most instructive and often surprising. 



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