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THE DAHLIA. 



DAHLIAMUM (CHRYSANTHEMUM-SHAPED DAHLIA). ANOTHER NEW BREAK IN 



THE DAHLIA 



formation of a national society, and the "American Dahlia Society," which is fully described in 

 a succeeding chapter, was the gratifying result. 



That the proper course was taken is conclusively proven from the fact that the demand has 

 increased fully twenty-five per cent, each year, and that the demand was mainly for new and 

 distinct varieties, while the seedsman and florists at last awakened to the necessity of offering 

 only the best varieties true to name. Dahlias now form the chief cut-flower stock of the florist 

 during their season in September and October, when hundreds of thousands are used daily for 

 all floral purposes, many times at a far higher price than for roses. ■ 



There is really no other flower that will give so much pleasure for so little care and expense. 

 It combines more good qualities than any other flower. It can be grown in the open ground, 

 where it can be had in perfection by everyone from June until frost. In form as in size there is 

 a greater diversity than can be imagined by those unacquainted with its many and newer types. 



