HOUSE AND GARDEN 
402 
May, 1913 
HOW THE GREENHOUSE WON 
A TRUE FACT STORY 
A New Yorker owned a several hnn- 
Jj N. dred acre country place in New Jersey. 
e J 1° n, “He” liked the country the whole 
- , — glad year around. 
H is wife had a decided leaning towards the city for 
the winter months. However, “She” cheerfully 
agreed to live in the country all the year, provided a 
thoroughly up-to-date greenhouse was joined to their 
residence. It was joined. They lived in the country 
this past winter. Everybody is happy. 
Having it Summer time all the time , is what having a 
greenhouse means. No place these days really seems 
complete without one and surely one’s happiness isn’t. 
Send for one of our catalogs and then get used to the thought of having a greenhouse for next Winter. 
Hitchi 
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Cut Flowers from the Fall .Garden 
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for the brilliance of color that may be had 
from white through pink and red almost 
to black. 
There is not very much to say about 
dahlia culture. They require primarily 
food and water, but there must be good 
drainage. Dahlias have no special insect 
pests to look after, and if the ordinary 
care of tobacco spray or whale oil soap is 
used, they will flourish well. There is no 
great hurry about planting dahlias. In¬ 
deed, one prominent grower does not be¬ 
gin until the first of June, and as there is 
an extensive amount to be done, the plant¬ 
ing continues until almost the first of July, 
and yet the plants flower nearly as early 
as if planted in the last of April. About 
the middle of May is a desirable time for 
this vicinity of New York. 
As many of the varieties are rather ex¬ 
pensive it is worth while to assure your¬ 
self of results by sprouting the tubers for 
a week or ten days before you put them in 
their permanent location. After the soil 
is in proper tilth, if the tubers be covered 
by a thin layer of earth in about a week 
they will begin to sprout. The clumps 
may then be separated, and but one tuber 
with a sturdy sprout placed in a single 
hill. The tubers should be placed about 
three feet apart in a soil enriched with well 
rotted manure or in some cases bonemeal. 
The situation should be preferably a sunny 
one. When the plants begin to come up 
after the first leaves appear it is well to 
snip off the top of the sprout and thus 
form a more branching growth. For 
dahlias have a tendency to run to leaf or 
grow tall, spindling stalks that are apt to 
he blown over or broken down by rain. 
After the main plant has become well 
started it is often well to clip off any extra 
sprouts that may appear. Dahlias require 
staking and a large, strong stick, at least 
six feet long, should be provided. After 
the bloom is over cut down the plants and 
dig up the tubers and store them in a clean, 
dry place in the cellar. 
Perhaps a few words as to the sorts of 
dahlias may serve to simplify the purchas¬ 
ing. Show dahlias are like the old-fash¬ 
ioned sort, round, compact and full to the 
center. Pompon dahlias are similar, mere¬ 
ly of smaller size. Cactus dahlias are 
more loosely arranged and approach the 
chrysanthemum or aster in form. The 
petals are long, twisted and often termi¬ 
nate in points. Decorative dahlias have 
a flattish, broad petal and are quite ir¬ 
regular. The single type has but one row 
of petals about the center which is daisy¬ 
like. The so-called peony flowered type 
resembles the peony and is half way be¬ 
tween the decorative type and the single 
broad yellow petals. There naturally are 
too many excellent varieties to name them 
all, but to-day the great variation in color 
and form of the cactus types makes them 
the most popular. The following list con¬ 
tains some that I have found well worth 
growing: Kriemhilda, a large, pure white 
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