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DAHLIA 



DAIS 



ees. Dahlia Merckii. 

 See tlie Botanical Magazine, 1841 

 plate 3878. 



Othek Purposes, 



la Tete d' Or, Evadne, Mrs. E. C. Monroe, Indescent, 

 Wilhelm Miller, Black Beauty, Grand Duke Alexis, 

 Nymphsea, Oriental, Orange Scarlet. 



Show : Storm King, A. D. Livoni, Model of Perfec- 

 tion, Willie Garrett, Honest John, Ernest Krebig, 

 Psyche, Bird of Passage, Oakfleld, Arabella, La Prance, 



Princess Bonnie, 

 Queen of Yel- 

 lows. 



Pompon: Klein 

 Domitea, Snow- 

 clad, Carol, Fairy 

 Queen, Catherine, 

 Sunshine, Little 

 Beatrice, Ele- 

 ganta, Elfin, Miss 

 Lou Kramer, Le 

 Petit Jean, Bes- 

 sie, Tom and 

 Teddy. 



Singles are val- 

 uable for this pur- 

 pose, especially 

 St. George, Ami 

 Barrillet, Ada, 

 John Downie, 

 Evelyn, Isaac Pit- 

 man. Painted 

 Lady, Corlnne, 

 Brilliant and 

 Nance. 



For Borders 

 and Hedges, — 'So 

 special list of va- 

 rieties can be re- 

 commended for 

 this purpose, as 

 it is largely a 

 matter or taste. 

 Dahlias are used for many other 

 purposes, and are grown in many other forms with 

 pleasing effect. Some train the tall varieties on trel- 

 lises in espalier form; many train them to tall supports, 

 while others spread them out on the ground and peg 

 them fast, to give the appearance of a bed of large- 

 flowering pigmies. The latter form is quite unique and 

 satisfactory, as plants of some of the varieties grow un- 

 usually well and bloom profusely. The Fancy Dahlia 

 Uncertainty and Cactus Dahlia Delicata are typical 

 varieties that seem to do better in this form than any 

 other. 



Enemies . — Dahlias are generally remarkably free from 

 enemies, but in some localities the tarnished plant bug 

 (Lygus pratensis) makes success impossible, as there 

 is no practical remedy. This bug is chiefly responsible 

 for the blasted buds and one-sided flowers. It pierces 

 the young buds, shoots, and 

 sucks the sap. The shoots 

 curl over, blacken, check the 

 growth of the plant, and 

 new side shoots are stimu- 

 lated which often meet the 

 same fate. Consult Bulletin 

 47, Mo. Exp. Sta. 



Lawbenoe K. Peacock. 



Varieties recommended 

 by Lathrop and Higgins : 



For General Purposes.— 

 Show : Dawn, Robin Adair, 

 of Athens, Madam 

 Zules, Madge "Wild- 

 fire, Miss Miller, A. 

 D. Livoni, Mary D. 

 Halleok, Snow, Bird 

 of Passage, Cham- 

 pion Rollo, Dr. J. P. 

 Kirtland. 



Fancy : Rev C. 

 W. Bolton, Young 

 America, Mrs, J. 



Maid 



Bellis perennis. 



Downie, Rev. J. B. McCamm, John Forbes, Mrs. Brown- 

 ing, Keystone, Prank Smith. 



Pompon: Burning Coal, Eurydice, Daybreak, Phoebe, 

 Lillian, Purity, Sunbeam, Little Bessie, Brunette, Fash- 

 ion, Snowclad, Virginale, Rosalie, Hedwig Polwig, Cath- 

 erine, Guiding Star, Aillet's Imperial, Alewine, Vivid. 



Decorative : Grand Duke Alexis, Wm. Agnew, Juno, 

 Bowery Girl, Josephine, Lyndhurst, Perle de la Tete 

 d'Or. 



Cactus: Matchless, Bertha Mawley, Mrs. Bennett, 

 Harmony, Edelcactus. 



For JSxhibition. — Show: Miss Cannell, Wm. Powell, 

 Duchess of York, Harrison Weir, John Walker, R. T. 

 Rawlings, Kaiser Wilhelm, Muriel, Pearl, Alice Emily, 

 James Viok, Emily Edwards, A. D. Livoni, Wm. Faw- 

 cett, James Service, Madge Wildfire, Mrs. Langtry, 

 Hector, John Lament, J. T. Saltmarsh. 



Fancy: S. Mortimer, Dorothy, Sunset, Young Amer- 

 ica, Champion Rollo, General Grant, Mrs. J. Downie, 

 Lottie Eokford, Salamander, Prince Henry, Matthew 

 Campbell, Duchess of Albany, 

 Rev. J. B. McCamm, John 

 Forbes, Frank Smith, Key- 

 stone. 



Cactus : Matchless, Ernest 

 Glasse, Mrs. Bennett, John 

 Welch, Harmony, Gloriosa, 

 Mary Hillier, Beatrice, 

 Prince of Orange, Mrs. A. 

 Peart, Starfish, Green's Gem, 

 John Roach. 



Decorative : May Pictor, 

 Wm. Agnew, Oban, Juno, 

 Lancelot, Amphion, Bowery 

 Girl, White Swan, Marchioness 

 of Bute, Perle de la Tete d'Or, 

 Rayon d'Or, Wilhelm Miller. 



Pompon: Burning Coal,Eu- 

 rydice ,Ph<Bbe, Eleganta, Min- 

 nie, Lillian, Hilda Searl, Hen- 

 rietta, Mars, Purity, Ernest, 

 Sunbeam, Mattie Mourey, 

 Snowclad, Virginale, Rosalie, 

 lolanthe, Hedwig Polwig, Lit- 

 tle Hermon, Golden Gem, 

 Raphael, Alewine, Aillet's Im- 

 perial. 



For Cut-flowers . — Cactus : 

 Beatrice, Ernest Glasse, John 

 Roach, Harmony, Matchless, 

 Edelcactus, Starfish, Green's 

 Gem. 



Decorative : Grand Duke 

 Alexis, C. W. Bruton, Alpha, 

 Wm. Agnew, Nymphtea, Jose- 

 phine, White Swan, Lynd- 

 hurst, Bowery Girl, Oban, 

 Perle de la Tete d'Or, Rayon 

 d'Or, Bennett Goldney. 



Pompon: Alewine, Purity, 

 Eurydice, Sunbeam, Rosalie, 

 Guiding Star, Phoebe, lolan- 

 the, Minnie, Lillian, Golden 

 Gem. 



DAHOON HOLLY.' Ilex 

 Dahoon 



DAIS (Greek, pine torch; 

 application not obvious). 

 ThymelasAcece. • This genus 

 contains a tree that yields a 

 strong fiber, and is also rarely 

 cult, for ornament, especially 

 in Pla. and S. Calif., and pos- 

 sibly in one or two northern 

 conservatories. It has Ivs. 

 resembling the Smoke Tree, 

 Shus CotinuSftmi bears long- 

 stalked umbel-like heads of 

 starry pink fls., with floral 670. Ox-Eye Daisy or White 

 parts in 5's. The genus has Weed-Chrysanthemum 

 half a dozen species, ali from Leucanthemum (X X). 



