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CACTUS-FLOWERED DAHLIAS 
As early, free and continuous flowering 
varieties, which can be thoroughly depended 
upon in any season, try the following: 
PEONY-FLOWERED DAHLIAS 
Hortulanus Budde, coppery red. 
Baron G. de Grancy, pure white. 
Glory of Baarn, soft pink. 
King Leopold, lemon-yellow. 
Miss G. Keeling, light rose. 
Mrs. Hugh Dickson, rich salmon. 
Mrs. W. E. Whineiy, rich rose. 
Single Century in variety. 1 hese are par- 
ticularly showy and have flowers of great size. 
DECORATIVE DAHLIAS 
Delice, lovely rose-pink, one of the best. 
Jack Rose, rich deep crimson. 
Lyndhurst, scarlet, an old favorite. 
Minnie Burgle, the finest red decorative. 
Perle du Parc, pure white. 
Bertha von Suttner, mauve-pink. 
Type of single Dahlia. Very useful for interior decoration 
and cut flowers , 
Single, Collarette and Pompons, nor indeed 
with many of the Peony flowered types. 
Disbudding is quite simple. 
It is merely nipping out the 
smaller buds that surround 
the main bud on the central 
stalk, thus allowing only the 
strongest, largest bud to 
develop into a flower. 
Pinching back the lateral 
shoots will also help. It is 
unfortunate that many of 
the finest Cactus flowered 
varieties “hang” their 
flowers so that while on the 
plant only the back is ex- 
posed to view. These, of 
course, should be grown 
only when the object is the 
development of the flower 
for itself. For garden, de- 
corative, or even for interior 
decoration of cut flowers, 
these weak-necked brothers 
had better be avoided. 
When wanted primarily for 
decorative purposes, the 
gardener will plant freely of 
the Peony flowered, the sin- 
gle, the cbllarette, and the 
decorative types, choosing 
varieties according to his 
personal preferences. All 
these types flower more 
freely than varieties of the 
Cactus type which, with 
few exceptions, as for in- 
stance Countess of Lons- 
dale, do not flower very 
freely. 1 his variety though 
not an up-to-date introduc- 
tion, has fine habit and is 
not surpassed in freedom of 
blooming by any variety of 
any type out. 
The Pompon is a diminutive replica of the old fashioned 
Show type; llowers are here shown about natural size 
ing for at least six weeks in this section, are 
now available. They are indeed the glory 
of the autumn garden. 
Set out the young plants 
in rich, good ground during 
May. Give them ample 
room to develop, say two 
feet apart, and pinch out 
the leading growths to en- 
courage a bushy habit. 
They require little attention 
beyond cultivating and wa- 
tering during periods of 
drought. The varieties 
vary a little in earliness, 
some beginning to bloom in 
late August; but all are seen 
at their best from mid- 
September until frost. Last 
fall they flowered until the 
middle of November. A 
little frost may mark the ex- 
panded flowers but does not 
spoil the buds which, if the 
weather becomes mild 
again, develop perfectly. 
Reliable varieties in this 
remarkable family are: 
Cranfordia, bronzy yellow. 
Cranford White, pure 
white, sometimes tinged 
pink. 
Carrie, deep yellow. 
Chas. Jolly, rosy pink. 
Dorothy, large pure white. 
Evelyn, crimson-bronze. 
Harvest Home, bronze. 
Le Pactole, bronzy yellow. 
Miss B. Hamilton, rich 
deep yellow. 
Nellie Blake, crimson. 
Normandie, cream white. 
Petite Louis, light mauve. 
By disbudding flowers 
may be had four inches, and 
even more, in diameter. 
Countess of Londsdale, salmon-pink. 
Marjorie Castleton, rosy-pink. 
Miss Willmott, orange and yellow. 
Floradora, rich crimson. 
Morning Glow, yellow and amber. 
T. G. Baker, yellow. 
The foregoing are what might be termed 
“garden varieties,” where plenty of flowers 
are the first consideration. From May or 
June planting they will bloom late August 
and early September. 
HARDY GARDEN JAPANESE CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
Chrysanthemums as charming as the 
indoor varieties, perfectly hardy, and flower- 
Among the modern Gladiolus types none are more distinct nor more useful as all around flowers than the 
"primulinus hybrids'’ in shades of yellow flushed rose and pink 
