Englands most enthusiastic and successful amateurs. 

 He says his land is rich and nothing is used at the 

 time of planting, but when the plants are about one 

 foot high, he gives each plant two or three handfuls 

 of chicken manure from the brooder. In about two 

 weeks after this he works in two or three handfuls 

 of soot from the chimney, which is for color. Then 

 when they commence to bloom, he thoroughly mixes 

 up four parts bone meal and one part potash, to 

 each plant he gives three good handfuls and works 

 it into the ground. He says that if he could get 

 wood ashes, that and the chicken manure would be 

 all that he would use. He has been highly success- 

 ful in producing exhibition blooms. 



Do not destroy your rubbish such as weeds, vege- 

 table tops, leaves, lawn cuttings, even corn stalks 

 and the tops of your dahlias. Break or cut them 

 into* short lengths and spade them in between the 

 dahlia rows. This helps to conserve the moisture 

 and enriches the ground. Then the following sea- 

 son, plant the dahlias in the ground that was the 

 space between them this season. 



Dahlias should'be planted three feet apart- in the 

 row with a space of four feet between the rows. 



Planting 



Plant the tubers almost in a iiorizontal position, 

 not vertical or straight up and down as nearly all 

 inexperienced persons do. The end that has the eye 

 or bud on (see illustration on page 6) should be 

 a little higher in the ground. I plant my tubers with 

 a drop of 20% from the eye to the base end. This 



