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these directions, the main point, choosing proper 

 kinds, being regarded, a splendid mass of bloom, 

 finely contrasting with dark green stems and foliage, 

 the whole rising from a foot to two feet high, pro- 

 duces in appropriate situations a very fine and unusual 

 effect. (PaxtorCs Magazine.) 



Growing in Pots. — To grow dahlias in pots, you 

 must select the dwarfer and more freely flowering 

 kinds, the taller ones being totally unsuited for that 

 purpose. After they are started, and when the shoots 

 are about three or four inches long, pot them singly 

 into small 60s, in any light rich soil ; water them 

 freely, and place them in a hotbed, keeping them 

 close for a day or two, and shading them during sun- 

 shine. They will (if properly attended to) be rooted 

 in about 10 days, and should then be removed to a 

 much cooler place, and have plenty of air. When 

 well established, shift them into larger pots, and 

 finally, before placing them out of doors, repot them 

 either in 12s or 8s, according to the size of your 

 plants. Top the leading shoots to make them bushy ; 

 and when the danger of frost is over, they may be 

 plunged in the open border, which saves much labour 

 in watering ; but even then they must be watered co- 

 piously in dry weather. They will flower freely all the 

 summer and autumn, although the blooms will not be 

 so fine upon plants grown in pots as upon those in the 

 open border. After flowering, cut the tops off, and 



