Round the Year in the Garden 



into growth in the greenhouse and plant them out of 

 doors, undisturbed, in May. Still another way is to plant 

 the old roots in the open garden in April. They yield an 

 abundance of flowers which are usually smaller than 

 those obtained from young plants. There are now many 

 classes of Dahlias, and numerous varieties in each class. 

 Those best suited for garden display and for cutting for 

 the home are the Single, Decorative, Collarette, Paeony- 

 flowered and Pompon Dahlias. Many of the Cactus 

 varieties bear flowers having weak stems, and the foliage 

 is often so luxuriant as to detract from the display of 

 blossom. The old show Dahlias are imposing, but they 

 take up a lot of room. The finest Dahlia for the garden 

 is, so far as I have seen, a decorative variety called 

 Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, bearing an abundance of double 

 white blossoms. Two others almost equally valuable are 

 Glare of the Garden, reddish, and Orange Glare of the 

 Garden, orange-red. But the Collarette Dahlias, in which 

 the inner ring of florets is of a different colour from the 

 remaining portion of the flower, are admirable for the 

 garden, while of the Singles one cannot speak too highly. 

 The Paeony-flowered and the Giant Decorative are tall, 

 vigorous plants that bear large semi-double blooms in 

 a variety of brilliant colours. 



Geraniums for Winter. Zonal Pelargoniums, or 

 Geraniums as they are more commonly called, are among 

 the most brilliant winter flowers for the greenhouse. A 

 minimum temperature of from 55 to 60 is necessary if 

 they are to be really good. Those who possess old plants 

 should cut them back now and insert the fresh growths 

 as cuttings, using small pots filled with sandy soil and 

 giving little water until roots have formed. They should 

 not be put in a closed propagating case or they may 

 "damp off." When the cuttings are rooted they are 

 repotted into larger pots, and during summer are grown 

 in an airy, sunny frame. The tops must be pinched off to 

 promote the growth of side shoots, and all flower buds 



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