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need plenty of water after they begin to blossom, but, like 
roses ‘and Dronics, they hae to resent ee in places where 
their fe ve 
a rank growth of stalks oad foliage, oa = flowers, but gener- 
ally speaking, there is little danger of makin ng the soil too Gch 
As a fertilizer, sheep manure and bone meal are especially recom- 
ACTUS DAHLIA, CALIFORNIA BEAUTY 
(Photographed at The New York Botanical Garden.) 
en dahlia-growers, but one can get the same 
chemical elements of plant food from ote r manures and fer- 
tilizers, sometimes more cheaply and mo e dir ectly. To get 
well mixed with the soil and if one is planting only a few and can 
ake the time and trouble it is well to put most of it about a 
