1 8 The Dahlia 



blooms of the exhibition varieties, often on weak stems, 

 being found unsuitable for employment in such ways. 



TOM THUMB DAHLIA 



This is a miniature race of round-flowered Single 

 Dahlias raised by the late Mr. T. W. Girdlestone, 

 M.A., and introduced by Messrs. Cheal and Sons some 

 years ago. They grow from twelve to eighteen inches 

 high, and have proved of great value in the flower 

 garden, forming dense bushes, and blooming with re- 

 markable freedom. 



QUILLED OR ANEMONE-FLOWERED DAHLIAS 



During the past two years the Continental florists 

 have sent to this country representatives of a race of 

 dwarf-growing dahlias, having flowers with a circle or 

 two of ray florets and the centre a cushion of quilled 

 florets resembling a quilled aster or an anemone- 

 flowered Pompon Chrysanthemum. They need some 



improvement if they are to become popular. 



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THE COLLARETTE DAHLIAS 



This is a type of Single Dahlia having, issuing from 

 the yellow disc, which is in the centre of the flower, a 

 circle of small white or primrose-coloured short florets. 

 Two varieties have been sent from the Continent, viz. 

 President Viger, crimson with a white collar; and 

 Joseph Gougon, reddish orange with a collar of orange 

 florets. They are very free-blooming and produce 

 their flowers on long stems thrown well above the 

 foliage. 



