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laid along the border and water was cea five or six times dur- 
the season. During the summer ther e two periods of 
nee high temperature eich ene ae the plants, 
th e h 
tering. uly 
(Weather Bureau pattern) ee a shade maximum of 99° an 
on August 7, a maximum of 105°. 
The first variety to bloom was Mrs. A. J. DuPont, which 
opened a flower on July 14, about four meee after the root was 
which accomplished little more during the remainder of the sea- 
Ss lants which flowered freel July, a like 
H. Jackson an ouise Perrier, finis: the season 
i 
René Cayeux, Geneveva, and Richard Box, were continuous an 
persistent performers for a period of three months and a half, 
until cut down by frost. Doubtless the Countess of Lonsdale 
also, our only root of which failed to grow, would have been in 
upon the time of flowering, certain varieties, such as Edith Car- 
ter, Vater Rhein, Brisbane, Decision, and Rev. Dr. Williamson, 
gave the impression of being consistently late-bloomers 
iveness of the modern dahlia as an. ornamental aes 
MARSHALL A. HowE 
