THE DAHLIA. 



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CORNER OF CUT FLOWER ROOM 



building, a view of which is shown. An annex for cut flowers has been added on the north 

 side, built of concrete blocks, and has a double ceiling, tiled, and an earthen floor, also plenty 

 of bench room; as many as 100,000 blooms can be housed ready for sale or shipment. The 

 flowers are brought in from the fields in a frame attached to the back of an auto, this con- 

 taining 20 buckets of 100 blooms each. 



"During the whole of the flowering season large numbers of visitors in automobiles are 

 constantly coming and going, and many purchases are made by them. When shipping is at 

 its busiest, the stafl" works in two shifts, so that a part is always engaged cutting and sending 

 off or preparing to, even during the night. 



"The stout cardboard boxes contain from 50 to 150 blooms each, according to the variety, 

 and from three to five of these boxes are fitted into a crate or frame, and so packed, they travel 

 with the utmost security. 



"In regard to varieties it would require much more space than can be afforded now, to 

 name the many good kinds that were seen. John Wanamaker stands out as an ideal bright 

 pink Pffiony Dahlia ; this is its proper class, although many have contended that it is a double 

 decorative form, which it really is early in the season, but assumes its true character in Octo- 



A BOX OF SHOW DAHLIAS PACKED FOR SHIPMENT TO MARKET 



