CULTIVATION OF THE SHOW DAHLIA. 



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me to go any further, as the grower is quite conversant with the 

 cutting and staging of his blooms. 



I have given briefly my experiences in these few remarks, 

 trusting they may benefit some and interest them to grow the 

 noble Queen of Autumn, which we must be ever grateful to Lady 

 Bute for introducing a hundred years ago. 



AN ANALYSIS OF THE DAHLIAS SHOWN AT THE 

 CONFERENCE. 



By Edward Mawley, F.R.H.S., Chairman of Committee, 

 National Dahlia Society. 



List 1. 



Show Dahlias. 



Position in 

 analysis 



Name 



Number of 

 times shown 



Position in 

 analysis 



Name 



Number of 

 times shown 



1 



Mrs. Gladstone 



14 



24 



John Henshaw ... 



6 



1 



Colonist ... 



14 



24 



Mr. G. Harris 



6 



3 



Harry Keith 



12 



24 



Mrs. G. R. Jefferd 



6 



3 



James Cocker 



12 1 



24 



Mrs. W. Slack 



6 



3 



J. T. West 



12 1 



24 



Nellie Cramond 



6 



3 



Miss Cannell 



12 



24 



Shirley Hibberd 



6 



7 



E. T. Rawlings 



11 1 



24 



Willie Garratt 



6 



7 



William Rawlings 



11 



37 



Diadem ... 



5 



9 



Mrs. G. Rawlings 



10 



37 



Glowworm 



5 



9 



Queen of the Belgians ... 



10 



37 



Hope 



5 



11 



Prince Bismarck 



9 



37 



Imperial... 



5 



12 



Goldfmder 



8 



37 



Maud Fellowes 



5 



12 



Henry Walton 



8 



37 



Mrs. F. Foreman 



5 



12 



James Stephen 



8 



37 



Richard Dean 



5 



12 



John Standish 



8 



37 



T. J. Saltmarsh 



5 



12 



Mr. Glasscock 



8 



37 



William Jackson 



5 



17 



Constancy 



? 



37 



William Keith 



5 



17 



Crimson King ... 





47 



Agnes 



4 



17 



Ethel Britton 



7 



47 



Buttercup 



4 



17 



Lord Chelmsford 



7 



47 



Crimson Globe 



4 



17 



Mrs. Langtry 



7 



47 



Flag of Truce 



4 



17 



Prince of Denmark 



7 



47 



H. W. Ward 



4 



17 



T. S. Ware 



7 



47 



Joseph Ashby ... 



4 



24 



Clara 



6 



47 



Julia Wyatt 



4 



24 



Countess of Ravensworth 



6 



47 



Sunrise ... 



4 



24 



Gloire de Lyon ... 



6 



47 



Thomas Hobbs ... 



4 



24 



Harrison Weir ... 



6 



47 



Burgundy 



4 



24 



Hon. Mrs. P. Wyndham 



6 



47 



Mrs. Shirley Hibberd ... 



4 



24 



James Vick 



6 







D 



