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beheading aa retards the opening of the first flowers by 
a o weeks. The crown the bu 
es 
below it are eee about as soon as ie start. This allows 
DEcoRATIVE DAHLIA, SNOWDRIFT 
(Photographed at The New York Botanical Garden.) 
the whole strength a i main stem or main branch to go 
the perfection of the one flower. Whether you pa ie ctice 
disbudding or not is eee a matter of taste. depends 
flow 
early part of the season most of us dislike to disbud, pee oe 
