THE DAHLIA. 



GREAT DECORATIVE DAHLIA, MRS. ROOSEVELT 



flower can compare with them in range of colors or variegations, while the beautiful lustre of 

 the colors is unsurpassed in nature. 



It is only at a comprehensive Dahlia exhibition, that its many wonderful characteristics 

 can be seen. Flowers of" almost every conceivable form and co!or, all of superb beauty, are 

 tastefully arranged so as to give the most pleasing effects. Some plants only ten inches high 

 are exhibited in full bloom, while near by is a giant of ten, perhaps fifteen feet high. There 

 are so many classes and types of Dahlias, that a person seeing^ a complete exhibit for the first 

 time would be very apt to ask :— "But which are the Dahlias?" 



Among the new introductions are varieties that resemble the Chrysanthemum, the Water 

 Lily, the Cactus, and the Rose, besides improved forms of all the older types; and it is not 

 unusual to see specimen blooms six to eight inches in diameter, on stems two to three feet long. 

 This diversity of types and forms, precludes the possibility of that monotony so common at 

 flower shows. The rapidly increasing popularity of the Dahlia will do much towards developing 

 floriculture especially in the rural districts, and will undoubtedly encourage the formation of 

 local societies, for the purpose of holding Summer and early Autumn flower shows, throughout 

 the country. 



