CULTIVATION OF THE DAHLIA 



SITUATION 



IN selecting a place likely to prove suitable for the 

 cultivation of the " Queen of Autumn," preference 

 must be given to land having a southern exposure, 

 which, if it slope naturally in that direction will be 

 all the better. It is desirable to have shelter from 

 all winds ; from the east and north, which so often, 

 even in the month of June, prove a scourge to the 

 plants when young and tender ; and from the south 

 and west, which, in gales and storms, are apt to work 

 disaster among them when in flower. In exposed 

 situations Jerusalem Artichokes planted on the weather 

 side have been found to make a capital protection. 

 They are usually six or seven feet high when their 

 services are most in request. The Artichoke tubers 

 may be planted in single or double rows, the sets 

 being from twelve to eighteen inches apart. But, al- 

 though shelter is so much to be aimed at, there must 

 be no shade if first-class results are to be the order of 

 the day. The grower will soon get to know that the 

 nearer to a supply of water his plants are, so much 

 the better will it be for the plants, and for the person 

 who attends to them. 



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