1 20 The Dahlia 



size will always commend them, and likewise will 

 their fine dwarf compact habit. 



Although the Cactus varieties will absorb the 

 attention of the great majority of growers for the 

 next decade at least, yet, so long as we have a sturdy 

 artisan population and may we always have it who 

 delight in producing on their small plots large sym- 

 metrical specimens of either flowers or vegetables, so 

 long, I believe, will there be a steady demand for 

 Show and Fancy Dahlias. They are, without doubt, 

 the most perfect of Flora's creations from a true florist's 

 point of view. 



Efforts will, I believe, be made to raise a hardier 

 race of Dahlias, and something will be done to produce 

 varieties with a tendency to flower earlier. 



The future of the Dahlia is assured. It may 

 develop along new lines, but that it will be less 

 cultivated is most improbable, unless it becomes the 

 prey of some dire disease such as has attacked the 

 Hollyhock. 



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