CONTENTS 



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FOREWORD ix 



INTRODUCTION xvii 



CUAPTEB 



I. HISTORY 1 



II. EARLY DAHLIA CULTURE . . . .11 



III. SITUATION . 20 



IV. SOIL-^COMPOSITION AND PREPARATION 26 



V. PROPAGATION 40 



VI. BREEDING ."*'. 61 



VII. CULTIVATING PLANTING, STAKING, 



FERTILIZING 80 



VIII. CULTIVATING, WATERING, DISBRANCH- 

 ING, DISBUDDING DAHLIAS IN TUBS 97 

 IX. FROSTS; LIFTING AND STORING . . 113 

 X. PESTS AND REMEDIES . . . . . 124 

 XI. CUTTING, PACKING, SHIPPING . . . 146 

 XII. DAHLIA SHOWS ....... 156 



XIII. COLOUR COMBINATIONS IN THE GAR- 



DEN AND AS HOUSE DECORATIONS . 179 



XIV. VARIETIES. . . . . ' . ... 195 

 XV. CLASSIFICATION AND CHART . . . 213 



INDEX . .... ... ...... 311 



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