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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



May 31, 1906. 



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PROPAGATING DAHLIAS. 



I have heard several complaints this 

 season about the tubers of last year's 

 new varieties failing to break, and 1 have 

 examined some tubers which have been 

 well develoi>ed and quite plump, with 

 new roots starting but no symptoms of 

 starting into growtli, says a writer in 

 the Horticultural Advertiser. It has 

 been suggested that tlio fault is caused 

 by the plants lieing propagated from tops 

 instead of cuttings taken off close to the 

 tubers. It is rather a ditncult matter to 

 explain. F do not think tliat there is 

 any grower wlio would wilfully send 

 plants out to trade growers that he knew 

 would be of no use for stock the follow- 

 ing season, anil 1 may get into trouble 

 if 1 say it is the fault of the ])ro])aga- 

 tors. i liiive had some considerable ex- 

 j)erience among dahlias, and have found 

 that under the most ordinary circum- 

 stances some tu))ers may fail to start in 

 the spring, esiiecially those tiuit are 

 struck late in tlie season. Yet on the 

 otiier hand. 1 have taken the tops off new 

 varieties received in May, rooted them, 

 and tlicy liave nunle useful plants for 

 stock tiu' following season. 



It may be unnecessary to say that wlicn 

 taking tin; tops for cuttings tlicy nuist 

 be cut off' quite close below a jiair of 

 leaves; but this is one point, and the 

 most inqK)rtant is that the lateral shoots 

 whicii show at the base of the leaves must 

 not be cut off. I have made a practice 

 of putting these cuttings in without re- 

 moving the basal leaves, putting them 

 into the soil only just deep enough to 

 keep them firm, or sometimes it may have 

 lieen necessary to use a stick to hold the 

 cuttings in position. 



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When it was first suggested to me to 

 propagate from the tops of young ])lants. 

 1 certainly thought that if they did root 

 they Avould be of no use as stock plants 

 for the next season; yet experience 

 j*roved that they were. It may not be in 

 all instances that failures are caused 

 from the lateral shoots at the oase hav- 

 ing been removed when making cuttings, 

 but ihis is one sure cause, and with 

 young and inexperienced jirojiagators this 

 may be done without any idea of tiu- mis- 

 chief they are doing. 



I would recommend anyone interested 

 to try a few tops this season, for the 

 purjKjse of jtroving my remarks. Put 

 some cuttings in without removing tlie 

 leaves and side laterals at the base, and 

 others in the orthodox way of taking the 

 lower leaves off, taking the side shoots 

 with them. J think the latest T have 

 taKcu tops has been the eiiu of May or 

 earlv in June. 



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