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JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
May  16,  1901. 
Cactus  Dahlias. 
The  following  list  has  been  drawn  up  in  order  to  show  the  latest, 
developments  in  the  Cactus  section,  and  the  number  of  times  the 
different  varieties  were  staged  at  the  last  thiee  exhibitions  of  the 
National  Dahlia  Society.  The  varieties  are  arranged  in  the  list 
according  to  ti  eir  records  for  the  last  exhibition  only. 
Britannia,  1898  . 
1900 
55 
1899 
26 
1898 
14 
salmon  pink  and  apricot 
C.  Woodbridge,  1897 . 
47 
25 
18 
crimson 
Mary  Service,  1898  . 
42 
23 
21 
russet  and  heliotrope 
Night,  1S98 . 
41 
18 
18 
dark  crimson 
Starfish,  1897  . 
41 
25 
34 
orange  scarlet 
Countess  of  Lonsdale,  1899 
38 
17 
— 
salmon  and  apricot 
Keynes’  White,  1898  . 
26 
23 
19 
ivory  white 
Mayor  Tuppenny,  1900  ... 
26 
— 
— 
yellow,  orange  and  fawn 
Mrs.  Carter  Page,  1900  ... 
26 
— 
— 
deep  velvety  crimson 
Viscountess  Sherbrook, 1899 
26 
9 
— 
reddish  terra  cotta 
Laverstock  Beauty,  1898  ... 
24 
8 
— 
soft  red 
Magnificent,  1899 
23 
17 
— 
salmon  pink  and  apricot 
Mrs.  J.  J.  Crowe,  1900 
23 
— 
— 
clear  canary  yellow 
Uncle  Tom,  1900  . 
23 
— 
— 
dark  crimson 
J.  F.  Hudson,  1899  . 
20 
— 
— 
reddish  carmine 
Lucius,  1899  . 
20 
13 
— 
deep  orange 
Mrs.  A.  Peart,  1893  . 
18 
6 
8 
creamy  white 
Radiance,  1899  . 
18 
— 
— 
bright  orange  scarlet 
The  Clown,  1899  . 
18 
— 
— 
brick  red,  edged  white 
Zephyr,  1900  . 
18 
— 
— 
bright  rose  pink 
Cinderella,  1897  . 
16 
11 
18 
purple 
Emperor,  1900  . 
15 
— 
— 
velvety  plum 
Fusilier,  1896  . 
13 
11 
24 
coral  red 
Island  Queen,  1898  . 
13 
7 
11 
lilac  mauve 
Stella,  1898  . 
12 
9 
— 
bright  crimson 
Arachne,  1898  . 
11 
7 
15 
white,  edged  crimson 
Maurice  S.  Walsh,  1900  ... 
11 
— 
— 
yellow,  shading  to  salmon 
Mrs.  J.  Goddard,  1898 
11 
7 
— 
crimson  scarlet 
Cornucopia,  1900  . 
10 
— 
— 
deep  reddish  salmon 
Innovation,  1900  . 
10 
— 
— 
crimson  and  white 
Loyalty,  1900  . 
10 
— 
— 
coral  red 
It  is  very  satisfactory  to  find  that  there  are  at  last  some  signs 
of  permanency  manifesting  themselves  in  that  popular  and  charming 
section,  the  modern  Cactus  Dahlia.  For  instance,  of  the  first  twelve 
varieties  in  the  list  given  last  year,  eight  are  to  be  found  in  the 
leading  twelve  in  this  year’s  list,  the  four  absentees  being  Lady 
Penzance,  Lucius,  Alfred  Vasey,  and  Cinderella.  The  list  has  this 
year  been  extended  ;  for  although  there  are  these  signs  of  permanency, 
there  is  also,  on  the  other  hand,  a  tremendous  flood  of  new  varieties,  the 
progress  of  which  it  will  be  of  the  greatest  interest  to  watch  from 
season  to  season  in  future  analyses.  The  be  t  of  these  novelties 
will  be  sure  to  rise  rapidly  to  the  front,  while  those  which  are  not 
of  sterling  merit,  or  which  have  been  superseded  in  their  particular 
shade  of  colour,  will,  with  more  or  less  rapidity,  sink  to  lower  posi¬ 
tions  in  the  table.  The  varieties  sent  out  in  1900  at  present  occupy 
the  following  respective  positions  : — Mayor  Tuppenny  and  Mrs.  Carter 
Page  (No.  7),  Mrs.  J.  J.  Crowe  and  Uncle  Tom  (No.  12),  Zephyr 
(No.  17),  Emperor  (No.  22),  Maurice  S.  Walsh  (No.  26),  Cornucopia^ 
Innovation  and  Loyalty  (No.  29),  W.  Treseder  (No.  32),  Augustus 
J.  C.  Hare,  Elsie,  and  William  Jowitt  (No.  33),  Ajax,  Lodestone, 
Major  Weston,  and  Mrs.  Sanders  (No.  36),  Olive  and'  Progenitor 
(No.  40),  and  Green’s  White  (No.  42).  “NTT, 
Placed  according  to  their  colours,  by  no  means  an  easy  task,  as 
there  are  often  so  mary  differen*  tints  in  the  same  flower,  they  come 
out  as  follows  : — White,  Keynes’  White,  Mrs.  A.  Peart  ;  yellow, 
Mrs.  J.  J.  Crowe  ;  pink  and  mauve,  Zephyr,  Island  Queen  ; 
scarlet.  Starfish,  Radiance,  Mrs.  John  Goddard  ;  crimson ,  C'  arles 
Woodbridge,  Mrs.  Carter  Page,  J.  F.  Hudson,  Stella;  purple, 
Cinderella,  Emperor  ;  maroon  Night,  Uncle  Tom  ;  various  shades 
of  red,  salmon,  apricot ,  etc.,  Britannia,  Mary  Service,  Countess  of 
Lonsdale,  Major  Tuppenny,  Viscountess  Sherbrook,  Laverstock 
Beauty,  Magnificent,  Lucius,  Fusdier,  Maurice  S.  Welsh,  Cornucopia, 
Loyalty.  Fancy,  The  Clown,  Arachre,  Innovation. 
For  general  cultivation,  the  following  selection  may  prove  useful, 
as  in  it  I  have  endeavoured  to  select  only  varieties  of  good  habit,  which 
display  their  flowers  well  above  the  foliage,  with  little,  if  any,  thinning 
of  the  shoots: — White,  Sdisbury  White,  Kevnes’  White;  yellow , 
Mr*.  J.  J.  Crowe ;  pink,  salmon,  and  mauve,  Britannia,  Countess  of 
Lonsdale,  Mary  Service,  Exquisite,  Magnificent,  Island  Queen  ;  scarlet 
and  crimson,  J.  E.  Frewer,  Mrs.  John  Goddard,  Cycle,  Charles 
Woodbridge,  Starfish;  maroon.  Matchless,  Night. 
Single  Dahlias. 
Arranging  the  single-flowered  Dahlias  according  to  the  average 
number  of  times  they  were  staged  at  the  last  three  exhibitions,  they 
come  out  in  the  following  order: — Polly  Eccles,  Victoria,  Northern 
Star,  Aurora,  Phyllis,  Demcn,  Miss  Glasscock,  Miss  Roberts,  Duchess 
of  Marlborough,  The  Bride,  Tommy,  Naomi  Tighe,  Jeannette,  Jack 
Sheppard,  Peacock,  Beauty’s  Eye,  The  Bride,  Phyllis,  and  Formosa. 
I  tancy  the  principal  reason  why  single  Dahlias  are  not  more 
generally  grown  is  because  they  come  so  readily  from  seed,  that  it  is 
not  considered  worth  the  little  extra  trouble  and  expense  in  planting 
named  varieties.  As  an  instance  of  the  worthlessness  of  seedlings 
as  compared  with  named  sorts,  I  may  state  that  each  year  I  grow 
myself  about  500  plants  raised  from  seed  saved  from  the  choicest 
varieties,  with  the  result  that  if  I  can  find  among  them  half  a  dozen 
varieties  which  appear  to  be  in  any  way  improvements  on  existing 
kinds  I  consider  myself  very  fortunate.  Another  thing  that  I  think  haa 
served  to  bring  these  single  Dahlias  into  disfavour  is  that  many  oi  the 
Fancy  varieties  prove  very  disappointing  on  anything  like  heavy  soil. 
The  following  Selfs  and  Fancies  may,  however,  among  other 
beautiful  sorts,  be  relied  upon  to  come  true  in  almost  any  soil — 
Polly  Eccles,  Victoria,  Aurora,  Northern  Star,  Demon,  Miss  Roberts, 
The  Bride,  Beauty’s  Eye,  Amos  Perry,  aud  Rosebank  Cardinal.  I 
have  often  before  in  these  pages  advocated  the  cultivation  of  the  single 
Dahlia.  It  is  the  easiest  of  all  Dahlias  to  grow,  for  its  cultural 
requirements  are  of  the  simplest.  Ouly  remove  the  seed  pods  once  a 
week,  and  they  will  reward  the  amateur  with  a  continuous  supply  of 
the  most  charming,  if  fleetin »,  flowers,  until  the  plants  are  cut  down 
by  frost  in  November. — E.  M.,  Berkhamsted. 
FANCY  DAHLIAS. 
Position  in  Present 
Analysis. 
Average  Number  of 
Times  Shown. 
No.  of  Times  Shown 
in  1900  in  True 
Relative  Proportion 
to  the  Average. 
Name. 
Date  of 
Introduction. 
Raiser’s 
or 
Introducer’s 
Name. 
Colour. 
1 
20T 
17 
Rev.  J.  B.  M.  Camm  . 
1873 
Keynes  . . 
Yellow  and  red 
2 
17'8 
11 
Duchess  of  Albany . 
1884 
Turner  . 
Orange  and  crimson 
3 
16-8 
20 
Mrs.  John  Downie . 
1889 
Turner  . 
Orange  and  scarlet 
4 
15T 
11 
Mrs.  Saunders . 
1872 
Turner  . 
Yellow  and  white 
5 
14'0 
12 
Goldsmith  . 
1895 
Keynes  . 
Yellow,  striped  crimson 
6 
133 
14 
Matthew  Campbell . 
1889 
Keynes  ..  . 
Buff  and  crimson 
7 
12-5 
7 
Dorothy  . 
1888 
Keynes  . 
Fawn  and  maroon 
8 
11  9 
13 
T.  W.  Girdlestone  .  . 
1890 
Keynes  . 
Lilac  and  maroon 
9 
11-4 
8 
Frank  Pearce  . . 
1886 
Rawlings . 
Rose,  striped  crimson 
10 
100 
10 
Buffalo  Bill . . 
1890 
Keynes  . 
Buff,  striped  vermilion 
10 
*10-0 
10 
Watchman  . . .  . 
1899 
Keynes  . . 
Golden  yellow,  striped  crimson 
12 
9  5 
8 
Emin  Pasha  . 
1894 
Key  n  es  . 
Yellow,  striped  crimson 
12 
95 
8 
Peacock  . 
1877 
Turner  . 
Maroon  and  white 
14 
83 
5 
Rebecca  . . 
1883 
Keynes  . 
Lilac  and  crimson 
15 
7-8 
5 
S.  Mortimer .  . 
1894 
Mortimer  . . . 
Rose,  striped  crimson 
16 
6-8 
4 
Comedian . . 
1892 
Keynes  . 
Orange  and  crimson 
17 
6-3 
5 
Dandy  . . 
1891 
Keynes  . . . 
Orange,  striped  crimson 
18 
5-8 
5 
Hercules  . 
1877 
Keynes  . 
Yellow  and  crimson 
19 
51 
5 
Henry  Eckford  . 
1886 
Rawlings . 
Yellow  aud  red 
*  A  new  variety,  the  position  of  which  is  dependent  on  its  reoord  for  L90U  show  only. 
