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jlooming age before being cut down by frost and it is possible 
the sao varieties were known or ascertainable, an effort has 
been made to put the taller- — kinds at the back of the 
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rder, for most of its length, is four rows wide, the plants 
standing three feet apart each way, and it was found convenient 
to plant the varieties of each consignment by themselves in order 
of receipt. Beginning at the northeast end, the farthest from 
the railway station, the various contributors appear he fol- 
lowing o : Howe, Matheson, Alling, Stillman, Slocombe, 
Darlington, Dreer, and Leona: We roots 
reserve surplus or from divisions of plants already started. The 
rder as a whole includes 516 plants, representing at the date of 
writing (July 5) 313 varieties. It may be necessary or desirable 
a very few more substitutions for plants that are starting 
weak, 
Following is a list of varieties represented in the plantation as 
it now stands, uae to possible slight changes as the season 
advances. The type or class is indicated by ‘‘cac.” for cactus, 
“coll.” for eee “dec.” for decorative, ‘‘dup.” for duplex, 
“hyb.” for hybrid, ‘‘p.” for paeony, “pom.” for pompon, ‘‘sh.” 
[or show: aude ‘si.’’forsingle, As is well known to dahlia-growers 
pe oF Pi hat and in t d tal 
certain varieties may be found listed under two or three different 
a n cases in which a variety is represented by more than 
one plant, the number of plants is given in parenthesis following 
e name. 
Abundance, dec. Adelaide, p 
Achievement, coll. Albert ok (2), dec. 
