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treated in exactly the same way as recommended for the 

 rooted cuttings. 



Insect Pests. Dahlias have their enemies, and earwigs are 

 among the most troublesome. They may, however, be kept 

 under by placing a little moss or hay in three-inch flower-pots 

 and inverted on the tops of the main stakes. The pots should 

 be examined every morning and the earwigs destroyed. 



Storing the Roots in Winter. It is unusual to lift the plants 

 until the growths have been destroyed by frost, usually in 

 November, then cut the stems down to within five inches or 

 six inches from the soil, lift the roots carefully and shake the 

 soil away. When the roots are dry, each variety should be 

 properly labelled, and placed in a warm, dry, airy place such 

 as a shelf in a potting shed, greenhouse floor, &c. 



Cactus Varieties. The following are beautiful Cactus 

 Dahlias : Alfred Vasey, flowers orange-yellow, touched with 

 light salmon, very free ; Austin Cannell, reddish mauve, 

 touched with crimson near the base of the long narrow 

 petals ; Brema, pink, with a delicate peach centre ; Britannia, 

 pale salmon-pink, flushed with apricot the florets are long, 

 narrow, and incurve beautifully ; Cannell's Gem, bright 

 orange-scarlet ; Charles Woodbridge, intense crimson, tipped 

 and suffused with purple ; Countess of Lonsdale, delicate 

 salmon-pink, tipped and suffused with apricot ; Crimson 

 King, rich crimson, touched with scarlet near the tips ; Cycle, 

 bright ruby-red, tipped with carmine ; Dr. Jameson, brilliant 

 crimson, suffused with warm purple ; Exquisite, light-orange, 

 distinct and very free ; Falka, carmine, suffused with crimson ; 

 Fusilier, orange-scarlet, suffused with coral pink ; General 

 French, bright terra-cotta or orange-red; Gloriosa, rich 

 scarlet ; Green's Victory, glowing scarlet, touched with crim- 

 son ; Henry Ayres, deep crimson, tipped with purple ; lona, 

 terra-cotta passing to orange ; Island Queen, lilac, suffused 

 with mauve ; J. E. Frewer, vermilion ; John H. Roach, rich 

 yellow ; Juarezii, crimson-scarlet ; J. W. Wilkinson, crimson 

 or ruby-red, tipped with rose ; Keyne's White, white ; King 

 of Siam, purple, touched with crimson-maroon, very free ; 

 Leonora, rich rose, suffused and tipped with pale pink ; Lord 

 Roberts, cream-white, with a deeper centre ; Lyric, bright 

 scarlet ; Magnificent, soft salmon-pink, shaded with apricot ; 

 Mary Service, exquisite shade of heliotrope, the basal portion 

 of the petals yellow; Matchless, maroon, touched with purple ; 

 Miss A. Nightingale, terra-cotta and yellow ; Miss Finch, 

 carmine-rose, shaded with crimson ; Mrs. B. Barker, purple 

 passing to a lighter shade ; Mrs. H. Cannell, rich scarlet, 

 shaded with amber ; Mrs. John Goddard, glowing crimson ; 



