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CONTENTS, 



Situation, Soil and Manures. Situation, 64. Shelter 

 from wind, 65. Sloping borders, 66. Soil, 67. Prepa= 

 ration, 68. Manures; Peat, 69. Dung to be avoided, 70. 

 Nitrate of Soda, 71. 



Open-ground Culture. Planting, 71. Arrangement, 73. 

 Staking, 75. Pruning, 76. Disbudding, 77. Watering, 

 78. Mulching, 79. Tying-up, 80. Shelter, 81. Basket 

 shade, 83. Blower-pot shade, 84, 86. Tin shade, 87. 

 Autumn frosts, 88. Autumn and winter treatment, 88. 

 Stored tubers, 90. Growing in dwarf masses, 91. Grow- 

 ing in pots, 92. 



Forcing. The dahlia bears it well, 93. Its effects upon 

 plants propagated from the forced tubers, 94. 



Diseases. Gangrene of tubers, 97. Running of colours, 98. 

 Change of form, 101. 



Insects. Wireworm, 102. Earwig, 106. Thrips, 109. 



Uses. Stalks, Leaves, and Flowers, 110. 



