May, 1911 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



231 



WALTER M. GRAY'S LIST 



COLOR 



SHOW 



FANCY 



CACTUS 



DECORATIVE 



POMPON 



White 



Dreers' White 



Andra paque 



Iceberg 



Mont Blanc 



Snowclad 



Pale pink 



A. D. Livoni 



Jeanne Charmet 



Aurora 



Delice 



Little Beauty 



Rose 



Mad. Moreau 



Colonna 



Kriemhilda 



La France 



Marguerite 



Magenta 



Solferino 



Ruby Queen 



Mars 



Papa Charmet 



Red Indian 



Crimson 



Crimson Bell 



Sylvia 



Beacon 



Catherine Duer 



Brunette 



Bright red 



Hussar 



Mrs. N. Hall 



Flamingo 



Souv. de G. 

 Douzon 



Belle of Spring- 

 field 



Deep red 



J. L. Toole 



Frank Smith 



Floradora 



Navajo 



Darkest of All 



Plum 



Black Douglas 



S. Sickman 



Lustre 



Invincible 



Darkness 



Lilac 



Acquisition 



Keystone 



Etna 



F. L. Fassett 



Achilles 



Light yellow 



Yellow Duke 



Lucy Faucett 



T. G. Baker 



Yellow Colosse 



Catherine 



Amber 



Amazon 



Penelope 



Harbor Light 



Source de Feu 



Amber Queen 



Deep Yellow 



R. Y. Rawlings 



Miss Browning 



Prince of Yellow 



C. W. Bruton 



Buttercup' 



J. K. ALEXANDER'S LIST 



COLOR 



SHOW 



FANCY 



CACTUS 



DECORATIVE 



POMPON 



White 



Storm King 



Puritan 



White Swan 



Perle de la 



Violet ; Snow Clad 









Ambassador 



Tete d'Or 



Star of the East 



Pale pink 



Mme. Maureau 



Progress 



Ella Kramer; 



Jeanne Char- 



Shalii 









Mrs. McMillan 



met 



Fascination 



Rose 



Fascination 



Pink Lucy 

 Faucett 



Mary Service 



Dolly or 

 Sylvia 



Rosebud 



Magenta 



Thehna 



Frank 

 Smith 



Libelle 



Wilhelm Miller 



May Clift 



Crimson 



Emperor 



Hercules 



The King; 

 Floradora 



Juno 



Arthur West 



Bright red 



Merlin 



Gold Medal 



Standard Bear- 



Souvenir de 



Sunbeam 





Meteor 





er; Fred 

 Cobbold 



Gustave 

 Douzon 





Deep red 



Standard; 



Dorothy 



J. H. Jackson; 



Black Prince; 



Darkest of All; 





James Vick 





Mrs. Geo. 

 Castleton 



Minos 



Raphael 



Plum 



Prince Bismark 



George Barnes 



Brunhilda 



Miss Barry 



Bobby 



Lilac 



W. P. Laird 



La Siam 



Princess 



Himmlische 



Pure Love 



Light Yellow 



Queen Victoria 



Sunset 



Jeannette; 

 Volker 



Mme. Victor 

 Vassier 



Ideal; Catherin.' 



Amber 



Norma 



Polly Sandall 



Master Carl; 

 Genesta 



Prince of 

 Orange 



Amber Queen 



Deep yellow 



Muriel 



Lucy Faucett 



Mrs. de Luca 



Clifford W. 

 Bruton 



Ariel 



land is limited like mine you have to 

 use space to the utmost. I plant only 

 eight inches apart, allowing one stalk to 

 each plant, and to let in air I cut off all 

 the bottom leaves. Under such con- 

 ditions I grew a Frank Smith (which is 

 one of the most beautiful fancy), ten 

 feet high, and I could have picked twelve 

 blooms any time. The same thing with 

 Suzanne: I picked fourteen blooms in 

 one day. 



Dahlias require a good deal of water, 

 especially when they start to bloom. 

 From my own experience, they never have 

 too much water, especially in the flowering 

 season. 



Good results are obtained by topping 

 young plants, as this will make the young 

 plants grow stronger and bushy. 



Great care should be taken when the 

 bulb is taken out. I leave my bulbs in 

 the ground until there is one inch of frost 

 and then I put them in the cellar, stump 

 down, and I have never lost one in my six 

 years' experience. 



How I Grow My Prize Dahlias 

 in a Back Yard 



By A. Righenzi, Hartford, Conn. 



TV/TY BACKYARD is 50 by 150 and I 

 -L* A manage to grow 105 different vari- 

 eties of dahlias, and arrange to carry off 

 a dozen or so prizes at the shows each 

 year. I am not a gardener, having only 

 my leisure time to devote to the plants, 

 yet they get two hours a day of my time. 

 Most people think that by taking a clump 

 of dahlias in the fall and putting them in 

 the cellar until spring, and putting them 

 back again in the same place, they can 

 grow dahlias to perfection. This is not 

 the case. 



In the spring when I plant my dahlias 

 I select one bulb for each variety. I dig 

 a hole twelve inches and loosen the ground 

 around. Before I put the bulb in, I put 

 in a handful of bone meal and wood ashes 

 and cover the bulbs two inches. When 

 the plant is above the ground, I put in a 

 little sheep manure and level the ground 

 over. Some dahlias require more fer- 

 tilizers than others. 



Most people say dahlias ought to be 

 planted three feet apart, but when your 



Single dahlias of the " Century" typo. These are the largest flowered and most vigorous singles, 

 grown easily from seed and come in a variety of colors 



Can ba 



