VII. LIST OF FLOWERS. 



a native of the south of France. Its height is about two 

 feet, it blows from June till September ; the flower is 

 white with a red stripe. It is multiplied by the seed, 

 sown in pots, and put into a hot-bed ; and it is easily 

 propagated by separating its roots. It likes a good 

 moist soil. 



453. DAHLIA. Lat. and Fr. Dahlia. A, hardy tube- 

 rous perennial plant, originally from Mexico. It grows 

 to the height of ten or twelve feet in rich land, and blows 

 a large handsome flower, red, yellow, white, primrose, 

 purple or scarlet, in September, continuing till the setting 

 in of frosts. The height to which it grows renders it 

 unfit for almost any garden, but the beauty of some of 

 the double varieties, such as the primrose for instance, 

 causes it to be often found even in the smallest flower- 

 gardens. For extensive parterres, the outer rows of 

 shrubberies, and for corners that want hiding, this is a 

 magnificent plant ; and it is also to be kept to a mode- 

 rate height, but only by putting it in unmanured and 

 poor soil. The poorer the soil, the lower it will be j and 

 yet it will blow well in such. Always keep it, when in a 

 growing state, tied to good high and stout stakes. Pro- 

 pagate by parting the root ; for from seed, though you 

 procure fresh varieties, you lose the sort that you saved 

 your seed from. When the stems begin to be nipped by 

 the frosts, dig up the plants carefully, separate r the offsets 

 from the mother-roots, place them all in a dry place, and 

 as much apart as is convenient. Take care that frosts do 

 not get at them, and plant again in April. 



454. DAISY. Lat. Bellis perennis.'Fr. Paquerette. 



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