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No. 1 and a few others grown in mass formation near the Pro- 
pagating House, but has not until this season attempted an 
adequate representation of the wonderful m see Miata 
of this popular flower. After the ee of the Ros 
Garden, the Iris Garden, and the extensive oe _ lip, 
gladioli, paeonies, and rhododendrons, the d 
to special consideration. 
T order just north of the station of the Harlem Division 
of the New York Central Railroad was set aside for the proposed 
dahlia plantation. Letters were sent out to some of the best- 
own commercial growers of dahlias in the East and also to 
amateurs who had recently taken prizes at the annual dahlia 
appear on the label for each plant. Response to this invitation, 
though not unanimous, was generous and sufficient for the pur- 
pose. 
George L. Stillman, Westerly, Rhode Island, contributed 48 
varieties, mostly novelties of his own origination. J. H. Slo- 
combe, 555 Townsend Ave., New Haven, Conn., sent 38 choice 
Court St., West , Conn., made a generous shi 9 
varieties » 714-716 C nut Street, Philadel- 
ia, Pa., contributed 23 carefully selected varieties, five roots 
of each Leo nd Weber, 763 Ave., Trenton, 
N. J., sent 25 high-class kinds. W. J. Matheson, of Huntington, 
generously gave 94 varieties, many of them in root-clumps large 
enough 108 division. The late Mrs. H. Darlington, of Mamaro- 
neck, N. Y., through her gardener, P. W. Popp, kindly contri- 
buted 76 piinis: ee a few- varieties in ne icate. The 
writer turned in 45 varieties from his garden in roa 
N.Y 
Some of the roots contributed did not arrive until late in June, 
so were rather late in being planted, but with the usually mild 
autumns of New York City, it is probable that all will reach the 
