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CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTION, BY WILLIAM CUTHBERTSON . -.1 



HISTORY OF THE DAHLIA, BY RICHARD DEAN . . 4 



BOTANY OF THE DAHLIA, BY JOHN BALLANTYNE . . 19 



PROPAGATION OF THE DAHLIA, BY STEPHEN JONES . 28 



CULTIVATION OF THE DAHLIA, BY ROBERT FIFE . . 35 



EXHIBITING THE DAHLIA, BY STEPHEN JONES . . 51 



CATALOGUE OF VARIETIES . ... . . 56 



DAHLIA ANALYSIS . . ' . . '. . 98 



SELECTIONS FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES . . . . . 104 



THE DAHLIA IN AMERICA, BY LEONARD BARRON . 107 



THE FUTURE OF THE DAHLIA, BY WILLIAM CUTHBERTSON 118 





