IS On the cultivation of the Dahlia. 



the latter, and found them not to answer the purpose, unless 

 very carefully attended. If, therefore, the preparation of 

 India rubber, noticed above, will retain its viscidity, or sticki- 

 ness, a great length of time, so as to take the place of tar, 

 the frequent application of which is attended with consid- 

 erable trouble, and often forgotten, it will undoubtedly be an 

 important discovery. From the information furnished by our 

 correspondent, in relation to this subject, and the favorable 

 character of the experiments which he states he has already 

 made with the above substance, we do not hesitate to recom- 

 mend the plan for general trial. We shall be happy to hear 

 further from our correspondent, and the result of his experi- 

 ments for the season. — Ed. 



Art. TV. On the cultivation of the Dahlia. 

 By T. Du.NLAP, Harlem, N. Y. 



Agreeably to your desire, I send you a few remarks on 

 the cultivation of the dahlia; and, if you deem them of inter- 

 est to your readers, you may insert them in your valufsble 

 Magazine. 



This much esteemed flower, having been for years a great 

 favorite of mine, I have perhaps devoted more time to its 

 cultivation, and had opportunities of seeing it planted in a 

 greater variety of soils and situations than the majority of your 

 readers; therefore, without hesitation, I give you the result of 

 my experience. 



I have invariably found the best general bloom upon those 

 roots which were planted upon a moderately rich, sandy loam, 

 in a cool situation, (if a clay bottom, so much the more favor- 

 able,) as in hot and dry seasons they do not sufler so much 

 from drought, as those planted upon a gravelly or sandy bot- 

 tom. 



Planting the roots upon a proper soil, near the margin of a 

 river, or other large body of water, seems to me the best 

 adapted to ensure a perfect bloom of this exquisitely formed 

 flower, as the continual evaporation from the surface, in warm 



