THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
} NEWER CACTUS DAHLIAS. t 
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. - t>w years p^st we have heard irig arlny of garden lovers, who require 
;-ha: the fate of the cactus dahlia fheif cactus dahlias solely for garden de- 
'» liigh up to the present there is coratidn, and the production of cut flowers. 
V. entlence of its decadence in This section of growers, I fear, has in the 
strides have been made in the right direc¬ 
tion during the past four years, and it will 
undoubtedly be more manifest in the near 
future. It will certainly take time to e<ihi- 
cate the public up to the fact that they can 
grow exquisite cactus dahlias in their gar¬ 
dens that will produce flowers well above 
the foliage, and on long, stiff stems; in 
fact, I shall go so far as to prophesy that a 
decade hence a bad stem, will be unknown 
among the cactus varieties, be they exhibi¬ 
tion or garden sorts. 
In these notes I am not concerned with 
CACTUS DAHLIA DOLLY. 
Flowers crimson-scarlet tipped with white. Baised by Messrs. J. Stredwick and Son. 
“ Wp "while the past been somewhat neglected, for it was 
r after year g(^ thought that what was good enough for 
Lr ^ gi’own dahlias exhibition purposes was equally good for 
. new so- 
fane 
• ther< 
new and the garden, and this has proved a stumbling 
and faneior« «J^ovel, that block in the path of the dahlia’s progress 
Th.. XL ^ ^ popular garden flower. 
c ever-increas- How ever, it is pleasing to note that great 
cultural details, but I wish to deal with 
the newer varieties, as they are known to 
me. Those that are being distributed this 
spring I have only seen at the exhibitions, 
last autumn, but those sent out in 1912 I 
have seen growing, and can form a ibetter 
opinion of their merits, though it is quite 
