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however, you plant a root or set out a green plant that has come 
fro lip, you are, in a way, continuing an individual plant 
one season into th If this is kept up indefinitely, 
itisas f immortality for a single individual. Except for 
to dig ah x two deep and s i utu 
plant has good, fertile soil underneath it. Lay the root or division 
on its side, wi eye or sprout upwards, about six inches 
general working rule is to plant alee uae each way, 
i or 
though 
stents able if the rows are four rae apart. 
t, dry oe is perhaps the chief enemy of the dahlia and 
for aa reason they eae do better near the seacoast than 
in the interior of our count Dahlias ordinarily require little 
of 
the water after the plants begin to blosso: 
Most people who raise only a few dahiae tie ie up to stakes 
to lessen Last oe injuries from wind and r. If this is to be 
done, it is well to drive the stake just oe planting. Some 
varieties are naturally short and others are ae as neato 
or the i 
f leaves. I d of 
usually have four ieee ae that take its place. This 
