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the season will seldom produce good tubers, consequently 

 they will require great care to preserve them through winter. 



Many people have poor success with the Dahlia, from 

 the fact that they do not secure the earliest and best rooted 

 plants ; and we sometimes think that florists are consider- 

 ably to blame in advising people to plant so late in the 

 season as they often do. There are many ways recom- 

 mended to preserve the tubers through the winter; the 

 most successful method we have tried is to pack them in a 

 box or barrel, and then pour over them very dry sand, and 

 place all in a dry, warm room or cellar. 



For names and description of new and excellent varie- 

 ties of the Liliput Dahlias, as well as other varieties, we 

 refer the reader to the catalogues of our florists. 



Dahlia Imperialis. — This giant species of the Dahlia is 

 attracting considerable attention, because of its stately 

 habit and curiously - formed flowers. It grows to the 

 height of ten feet, and produces an abundance of large, 

 pure white, bell-shaped flowers. It was introduced from 

 Europe the past season, and is now offered for sale by sev- 

 eral of our florists and nurserymen. 



THE CLEMATIS. 



If there is one class of plants that calls forth the finer 

 feelings of our nature more than another, it is those Avhich 

 from their structure seem dependent upon the more rugged 

 Jvinds for their support. Among these we find that very 

 numerous family of climbing plants called the Clematis. 

 There are a few species which are not climbing ; but as the 

 majority of them are, we usually associate the name with 



