Show DAIILIANOWPOPULAR HAS TEMPORARILY SUPPLANTED THE CHRYSANTHEMUM Americans of Wealth Are Devoting Time and Money to These Beautiful BloomsRequire Constant Care to Reach Perfection The lengthening sojourn of men of I wealth at their country homes has undo the autumn Mowers more Impor ant than they used to be It was In part this circumstance that led some cars ago to the cult of the chrysan then una cult that cost the owners of country homes thousands of dollars dol-lars arsThe The taste of wealthy growers has of recent years turned toward tho dahlia and that lower Is just now attracting tho attention that the chrysanthemum enjoyed There Is always a gamble about raising dahlias Leonard Barron tho American authoilty on tho subject at l 1 t a b I r1 1 c r l A a IoWDAljjJ1 told a Sun reporter because there Is no telling how much enjoyment will be had out Of them No matter what degree of caro may have been taken with them or how much money may have been spent the dahlia fades with tho first nip of winter frost Nevertheless moro Americans of wealth arc growing dahlias every year Theodore Havemeyer who began some time ago to devote his time and money to these lowers has produced beautiful hlonms In his gardens nt Hempstead t Mrs GS Hubbard at her country home Twin Oaks near Washington wins prizes with the wonderful exhibits that her gardener sends to tho autumn flower shows and Charles Stewart Smith has been one of the most successful exhibitors this fall sending beautiful specimens from his Stamford home Among amateur growers none Is more successful thanE than-E D Adams whoso home Is at Sea bright t The types represented In the pictures pic-tures are of the show dahlia which Is tho term used to describe all the self colored and shaded dahlias and tho pompon which are the usual varieties of the flower although professional growers recognize others Fashions change in the dahlias just as they do in other flowers and it was the cactus dahlia that Interested growers after tho cult of tho flower became a fad There has been a noticeable tendency ten-dency this year to return to the older form of the flower as the favorite although al-though It Is with tho cactus dahlia that tho novelties aro possible Tho cactus dahlia has been known to growers much longer than amateurs suppose These dahlias were grown In England Eng-land as early as 18SO and had been sent from Mexico to Holland eight years before Tho roots were named in honor of President Juarez of Mexico Mex-ico and these early plants were called after him It was from this Mexican root that all the fancy dahlias grown today were developed The pompom dahlia which is tho kind most ordinarily seen In gardens came first from Germany whoro a Baden florist succeeded In getting a double type from tho ordinary red dahlia These are the smallest of the commercial dahlias They are most popular with those possessing gardens I v 1 d 4 i t I a r f NAANURs who do not make a cult of the flower but grow It simply for decorative purposes pur-poses Tho show dahlia Is tho form of tho flower that corresponds most closely to tho ordinary conceptions of tho dahlia New York Sun |