96 LITTLE GARDENS 
Heliotrope or Cherry Pie.—A favourite plant and one that 
is often used for summer beds; it is most easily grown. Cuttings 
are obtained in spring by placing the old plants in a warm, moist 
greenhouse, and form roots quickly if treated as recommended for 
Fuchsias. Large pyramid and standard Heliotropes may be grown 
by carefully stopping and training the shoots when young. During 
winter the plants need very little water, and are put somewhere in 
a shed or outhouse or cellar where they are safe from frost. 
Dahlias.—Dablias are extremely valuable plants in late August 
and September ; then they are in full beauty while many flowers are 
FIG. 2.—If the bow is kept in a warm, moist greenhouse cuttings soon appear. 
HOW TO GROW DABLIAS. 
on the wane. In starting to grow Dahlias it is best to obtain plants 
in May, planting them out in good soil towards the end of that 
month. When trost has cut down the stems and leaves, the tubers 
are taken up and stored in boxes in a frostproof house or shed ; the 
tubers or roots are covered with soil to prevent their shrivelling. It is 
usual to start the roots into growthin February, taking off the shoots 
as cuttings. They make good plants by May. Some gardeners 
simply plant out the old roots in May; this plan answers well 
enough if quality of bloom is not a special consideration. Single 
Dahlias are the most useful of all for cutting and for garden 
