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GERMAN PEAT MOSS FOR GROWING DAHLIAS 
Dr. P.W.Zimmerman of Boyce Thompson Institue propag 
Dahlias from cuttings as follows. after which 
The clumps.are divided ae for 0 °gJenId%eat moss’in the warm 
the divisions are buried in m °£ a ; an !l h p ® oats soon develop, 
temperature of a greenhouse,where the isprou^ off and se t 
When these shoots are large ® n ° u S^ h and the pots kre 
directly into potting soil m 4 J ? moss# if necessary shade 
plunged to the shoulder m mo o P heesec i 0 th which is kept 
iLS’iS’SbS? 1 nt 
space and labor. ■ ns „ dn 
R.W.PETRIE, a Michigan dahlia grower, use- P 
growing dahlias from seed as follows: , . 
The seed is usually planted German peat moss and 
.within one inch of the top «ith 1/ fnthat it 
l/ 2 sand. One of the a ^ a ^ a ®®L°! e e d and the peat moss fur- 
eliminates the presence of weed seed ana in * while 
nishes nourishment and m01 f£f*°caLs broadcasting the 
growing. For larger growers he novina and potting the 
seed thickly on this P re P a ^ e h letl i 0 f three to four inches, 
seedlings when they reach a height of tnree _ 
Dr.A.E.White, a-Michigan grower, advises the f s 
method when planting chosen plants for parent stock. 
Refill the holes with the original ^^mTjosVand two shovels 
shovel of sand, a frequent shovel of oothe dah- . 
full each of German peat moss and wood a.n apply two to four 
lias are well started cultivate 6 > this down tho- 
inches of German peat moss as * ^robl^ybe unnecessary 
roughly. Further cultivation will probaoiy 
throughout the entire season. 
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