10 The Amateur's Book of the Dahlia 



Its check list now contains more than five 

 thousand names of varieties to be found in trade 

 catalogues. Its membership increases by leaps 

 and bounds as the enthusiasm grows over this 

 aristocrat of all flowers. Trial gardens are 

 placed in various parts of the country where 

 new types may be fairly tested for the benefit of 

 the public. Its annual shows, and the shows 

 in which it collaborates, draw unprecedented 

 crowds from all parts of the country. 



The dahlia has come to stay. 



