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Gardening for Amateurs 



attract them, or place a ring of lime and soot 

 round each plant. Greenfly can be destroyed 

 by syringing with some reliable insecticide, 

 such as Abol. Despite many inventions to 

 catch the troublesome earwig, nothing sur- 

 passes a little moss in the bottom of flower- 

 pots inverted on the top of the stakes. 

 Look through the pots every morning and 

 shake the culprits into a pail of hot water. 



The Types of Dahlia are numerous. 

 The Cactus section is probably most popular, 

 especially for exhibition. The newest varie- 

 ties are the Collarette Dahlias. The last ten 

 years have witnessed the rapid rise of the 



white in centre changing to deep rose ; 

 Golden Wave, rich deep yellow ; J. B. Riding, 

 yellow centre, shading outwards to orange 

 tinged with apricot; Miss Stredwick, pink, 

 yellow in centre ; Mrs. Douglas Fleming, 

 white; Red Admiral, scarlet ; Satisfaction, 

 rose-pink, lovely incurving petals ; and 

 Empress, purplish-crimson, white base. 



Pompon Cactus Dahlias. A compara- 

 tively new class of small neat Dahlias of the 

 Cactus type. They are free flowering and 

 valuable for garden decoration and cutting. 

 Good sorts are : Coronation, scarlet ; Gracie, 

 yellow tipped with pale pink ; Martha, 



Pompon Dahlia Nerissa, a charming variety 

 of silvery-pink shade. 



Cactus Dahlia Mauve Queen, lilac-mauve, 

 a good variety for the garden. 



Paeony-flowered section, while the cottager 

 as a rule still sticks to his first loves, the 

 Show and Fancy types, which in many 

 country districts form a prominent class at 

 the local flower show. 



Cactus Dahlias. For the Garden. Amos 

 Perry, crimson ; Duchess of Sutherland, 

 blush-pink ; Erecta, bright pink ; Conquest, 

 crimson-maroon ; Hon. Mrs. Greville, orange- 

 yellow ; Harold Peerman, rich yellow ; 

 Mauve Queen ; Mary Purrier, scarlet ; Nellie 

 Riding, crimson, white tips ; Primrose ; 

 Sweet Brier, pink ; and White Ensign. 

 For Exhibition. C. E. Wilkins, salmon-pink ; 

 Dr. Roy Apple ton, lemon-yellow deepening to 

 light salmon ; Glory of Wilts, yellow ; H. H. 

 Thomas, deep crimson ; H. L. Brousson, 



orange-red, shading to red at tips ; Mignon, 

 pink, lighter base ; Minima, purplish-crim- 

 son ; Molly, white, striped purplish-crimson ; 

 Nain, orange ; Nora, yellow, striped crim- 

 son ; Peace, white ; Sovereign, golden yellow ; 

 Tom Tit, mauve-pink. The plants vary from 

 2 feet to 3J feet high. 



Double Show Varieties. Arthur Raw- 

 lings, dark crimson ; Chieftain, purplish- 

 lilac ; Crimson Globe ; Dr. Keynes, buff, 

 tinted red ; Florence Tranter, blush-white, 

 edged rose-purple ; Mrs. Gladstone, soft pink ; 

 Gracchus, orange-buff ; John Walker, pure 

 white ; Keynes' Al, yellow ; Tom Jones, 

 pale yellow ground, suffused rose ; Walter 

 H. Williams, scarlet ; William Rawlings, 

 crimson-purple. 



