Show THE TH E NEW EW DAHLIA 6 AHL IA CULTURE N tb abr no jtb of tir the IM 11 bien Py pra kytt tt topas dahlia as are ro most satisfactorily grown froin roots which can be amy planted when the danger ot of freezing 1 Is over eltre arc am ill distinct systems of rowing abi beet best of which li is tho the dogle single tern stem stana this dom does away with the unsightly stakes I 1 aud and produce products fine symmetrical plant plants ol 01 medium height la butr boni a plant growing 5 feet high under the old ays y tow tout of staking woul I 1 crow grow bat but a 8 1 13 3 to 4 feet high under ibe the now system aud and produce more flower flows on longer items stems to secure tills oll so asun ai as the boote in lit the 11 but the strongest ones should be t reni ored and the cleuter of this plu bwl out tho thus I 1 causing it to branch lly ily a of i this pinching ai as the branches appear auy any dumber dow her of branches cad coi tie be secure this of baek 1 in liu sliu ply assisting nature by causing the plant plants to branch out at the tho surface ot of the arcand of one ot or two feet above thus eibling et bling ghetu to wl A utonn without be the assist guce of c writes a contributor to the orange judd farmer fanner aud and authority for the to the beet best results in aa thorough cultivation ie Is y the 0 surface of the full pull about be the planta plants mint must dot not only bo be kept scrupulously free from frow weed weeds but thoroughly thol roughly stirred at all thaw timon this stir rint of the oil soil should bo be to tu a considerable depth at first while the planta are small thus cu alsing them to root mo ducly and aut hill too wit suit a tu wili A As a as they como come into bloom however all deep cultivation should cause aud anti tho the surface bo be stirred only to a depth of but one to two inches A As aa its the flowers begin aa to grow mailer smaller a top dressing 0 of well rot rrt tod masuro or ausgood fertilizer honed bo be applied to the surface about the plants aud and carefully worked in another subject ou which then i is a difference of 0 opinion anious dahlia grower growers Is the proper tinie time of planting to exso the fluent anest blooms for exhibit tion purposes eee it I 1 Is a well known fact that roote roots or plants planted late WAY during anly will produce larger during than those plaited earlier la in the reou u because tho the first flowers by tho the are al way ways be the and boost perfect from experience in new jersey how bow ever tho the writer ha has found that dahlias planted the lart last of april to first of may way will bloom during june avd us ly until killed by front if cared tor for if exhibition flow flowers era are desired boweter however there these plant plants may way be I 1 cut down to the ground any time during joiy july the root roots will then at once tend send out trong strong shoots and the same care should be given as if newly planted and the results will be equally satisfactory factory |