Show Color Choice Important In Dahlia Planting Plan By MAUD CHEGWIDDEN S Telegram Garden Editor When dahlias are to be used at intervals in the background of the perennial border some thought should be given to their colors as it is perhaps unnecessary to say We find practically every color and shade of ot color except pure blue among these flowers Most of them attain a height of at five feet at the very least many runny even growing growing- six and seven feet when well car cared d for There are literally hundreds of ot varieties varieties va va- from which to make our out se se- se Is Wide Variation Then ahen again In inthe inythe the form of ot the flowers lowers there 15 Is great variation From the huge monsters ten Inches in diameter which are either the decorative or hybrid decorative type to tho the tiny pompon of an inch or ora ora ora a trifle less in diameter we may go including the cactus dahlias with their twisted and fluted petals and the show dahlias with the tho prim artificial artificial artificial ar ar- ar- ar look which were so much cherished by our forebears The pompon dahlias are especially especial especial- ly desirable because of ot their keeping qualities when cut and also because they are covered with their dear littIe little little lit lit- tle tIe flow flowers in the utmost profusion all fall My favorite pompon is Amber Queen a charming flower In lri a rich shade of tan amber-tan which combines well with so many other colors both bothin in tho the garden and as a cut flower It lasts wonderfully well in the house remaining in good condition a week if It the water is changed dally and daily and everyone knows that dahlias are not noted for their keeping qualities when cut cutI I have found Amber Queen to be bea a great multiplier also From a single root planted in late May Mayor or June you OU will be able to dig a cluster cluster clus clus- ter of ot tubers which next spring can be divided into at least six or seven and so on from year to year You will welcome every new division of Amber Queen too for lor it it- itis is excellent excellent excellent excel excel- lent no matter where it is used Inthe in inthe inthe the garden Other good pompons are Golden Queen Jessica which is a very pretty tone of yellow with red edges to the petals Prince Charming a afine afine afine fine purple Little Herman white and red maroon Rosebud white with tipped pink petals and Joe Fette a lovely snow snowwhite Cut Flower Type The other type of dahlia which may be classed claued as a cut flower sort is the cactus dahlia To a 8 great many amateur gardeners there is a fascination in the strangely twisted petals and fluted quite Unequaled unequaled un- un equaled in any other flower The type contains flowers not riot so extreme in form as the true cactus Among the true cactus dahlias a anew anew anew new and lovely variety is La Miss Elsie Jane with shrimp pink coloring shaded with violet toward the tips of ot the petals and paling to creamy yellow at the center Flowers reach a diameter of six inches an unusual unusual unusual un un- un- un usual size for a cactus dahlia Others not so new and consequently consequently consequently conse conse- not so costly include Andreas Andreas Andrens An An- dreas drens Hofer in an exquisite shade of ot pink or salmon Ambassador yellow tan shaded with salmon Mrs Edna Spencer lavender pink with white shadings and Jersey Jerseys Sweetheart Sweetheart Sweet Sweet- heart a 8 fine free flowering pink Even one dahlia root planted at atthe atthe atthe the back of ot the perennial border makes a fine showing but a better effect is obtained It if three of ot one variety are triangular shape 18 Inches apart Then you will have han havea hana a really striking flower display to toward toward toward to- to ward the end of the year at a time when many of the perennials have passed their blossoming period and andare andare are arc looking rather rather- drab But dont don't plant the dahlia roots yet several sty sev eral weeks t QUERIES Mrs T. T Y Bingham Canyon writes I have been one of or your faithful readers for years al although although al- al though I cant can't have much of ot a garden I had some narcissus bulbs flower last month and I wish very much to move them it can be bo done They were put ut In the wrong place and I am am afraid I will forget them if it I dont don't move them now while the foliage is still there Answer It will be safe to move the bulbs If you take up earth with each one and replant in tho the place where you want them to bloom nex next spring Try not to disturb them any more than you must The foliage foliage tollage foli toll age will die naturally then and the bulbs ripen ready for flowering In another 12 months |