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BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS 



PAEONY-FLOWERED DAHLIAS 

 Large, loose flowers, abundantly produced. 



Baronne de Grancy, white. 

 Dr. Van Gorkum, blush. 



Germania, crimson. 

 Glory of Baarn, rose. 



STAR DAHLIAS 



Pretty, loose, freely borne flowers. The class is good for 

 garden decoration. 



Jupiter, white, yellow edge. | Mars, white, scarlet edge. | Saturn, white, edged maroon. 



Naturally, the effectiveness of the foregoing varieties as garden 

 plants will depend in great part on the treatment to which they 



are subjected. A little thinning of both 

 growth and buds will often make for 

 improvement. We will now consider 

 the various points of culture. 



Propagation. The Dahlia is a tuber- 

 producing plant. When a Dahlia which 

 was planted in June, and which de- 

 veloped into a large, healthy plant in 

 the summer, is lifted in autumn, it 

 growths; c, c, good compost in which i s found to have formed a cluster of 



the tubers are started. . 



what the beginner is at first disposed 



to regard as peculiarly formed roots, but which examination 

 shows to be thick, fleshy growths, with roots proper attached 

 to them. These growths are several inches long, range from an 

 inch to two inches thick, and are attenuated at the apex, where 

 they are attached in a cluster to the lower part of the stem of 

 the plant. They are, in effect, tubers, and are capable of pushing 

 stems and roots. For many years the propagation of Dahlias was 

 conducted almost exclusively by division, each component of the 



PROPAGATING DAHLIAS 

 A, old tubers commencing to grow ; B, young 



