HOUSE AND GARDEN 
April, 1911 
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to the ground. The roots grew next to a 
row of callas, otherwise they might not 
have had water. As it was, they started 
up again, growing with a vigor and vim 
which soon brought them into stalky 
bushes. They started blooming along in 
August and they've surely been a whole 
garden in themselves. From few over a 
dozen plants we've had armsfull of bloom. 
When there’s no attempt at disbudding, 
of course one can do more lavish cutting. 
The flowers were large enough for beauty, 
perfectly formed and strong stemmed. 
In the meantime, too, the “bug” had his 
turn of disgust at the ways of the 
gardener, and left with his family for other 
parts. 
A real dahlia man would have told me 
at the start what I’ve been told since, that 
it’s a great mistake to plant the dahlias 
early in the spring. The end of June is 
not too late. He says it is a fall flower, 
and when planted early is forced to bloom 
in the hot season, which will surely mean 
inferior flowers. Also that the insect, 
which he names “Diabrotica,” will not 
trouble them in their regular season — in 
fact, will not be around at all. At any 
rate I’m glad my plants finally succeeded, 
for about the midde of the summer I 
would have given away some very fine 
varities to the first bidder; now any dis¬ 
gruntled experimenter may pass his col¬ 
lection on to me. Another season I plan 
to do some disbudding and grow a few 
dinner plates — though for real everyday 
enjoyment the natural size, with perfect 
flowers and lavish yield is good enough. 
This bug pest may be native to California, 
as I’ve never read of it in any of the 
garden publications. I hear some peo¬ 
ple say that in California it is unnecessary 
to take up dahlia bulbs in the fall, as they 
are perfectly hardy. It surely saves the 
bother of storing away if left in the 
ground till spring. They then can be 
taken up and separated, and the ground 
thoroughly cultivated and fertilized be¬ 
fore replanting. Good soil, room to grow 
and plenty of water, with late planting, 
are their easily met requirements. E. S. 
Rhubarb from Seed 
HP HE better kinds of rhubarb are so su- 
perior to the old kinds that are be¬ 
ing grown in a great many of the home 
gardens, that it will pay one to buy a 
packet of seed, which costs only five cents, 
and grow the roots. They will grow in 
one year from the seed to the right size 
for setting in the row where wanted. The 
only popular variety that I know of which 
is worth planting is Myatt’s Victoria. 
The roots of this variety may be obtained 
from some seedsmen for five to eight dol¬ 
lars a hundred, but they are such as you 
could raise from seed in your own garden 
in one season. The seed should be sown 
in drills in the spring, and thinned to give 
them plenty of room. A five-cent packet 
contains sufficient seed to raise a hundred 
roots, allowing for thinning. 
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