Show HAS HAQ temporarily supplanted THE chrysanthemum americans americana of 0 wealth are devoting time and money to these beautiful blooms require constant care to reach perfection the lengthening sojourn ot of men of wealth at their country homes has made the autumn flowers moie imbor tant than they used to be it was la in part this circumstance that led comet years e a rs ago a g 0 to t 0 the t h e cult e U I 1 t of 0 t the t e h r t fh e m u i n a c cult u 1 t I 1 that h t c cost 0 s i it the h oc 0 owners w yn e ra of country homes thousands of dol del lars lara the taste of wealthy grom growers era has of recent years turned toward the dahlia and that flower li 19 just now attract attracting iri the attention that the enjoyed there Is always a gamble about raising dahlias kahlias dah lias leonard barron barren the american authority on the subject r 0 ZAH told a sun reporter because there Is no telling how much enjoyment will be had out of them no matter what degree of care may have been taken with them or how much money ma have been spent the dahlia fades with the first nip of s winter inter frost nevertheless more americans of wealth are growing dahlias kahlias every year theodore theodore who began some time ago to devote his time and money to these flowers has produced beautiful blooms in his gardens at hempstead mrs G S hubbard at her country home twin oaks near washington wins prizes with the wonderful exhibits that her gardener sends to the autumn flower floer shows and charles stewart smith has been one of the most successful exhibitors this fall all sending beautiful specimens from his stamford Stam tord home among amateur growers none Is more successful than 13 D adams whose home Is at seabright the types represented in the pictures are of the show delilli calill I which Is the term used to describe all the self colored and shaded doL hItas and a nd the pompon which are the usual varieties of tho the flower flo ANer although professional growers recognize others fashions change in the dahlias kahlias just as they do in other flowers and it was the cactus dahlia that interested growers after the cult of the flower became a fad there has been a noticeable ten d dency ency this year to return to the older form of the flower as the favorite all al though it Is with the cactus dahlia that the novelties are pos possible bible the caca cactus u a dahlia has been known to growers much longer than amateurs suppose these dahlias kahlias were grown in eng land as early as 1880 and had been sent from mexico to holland eight years before the roots were named in honor of president juarez of mexico and these early plants were called after him it was from this mexican root that all the fancy dahlias kahlias grown today to day were developed the pompom pompon dahlia which Is the hind most ordinarily seen in gardens rame came first from germany where a baden flor florist Is t succeeded la in getting a double type from the ordinary red dahlia these are the smallest of the commercial dahlias kahlias they are most popular with those possessing gardens f 91 1 ir X of 4 i let who do not make a cult of the flower but grow it simply tor for decorative purposes the show dahlia Is the form of the flower that corresponds most closely to the ordinary conceptions of the dahlia new york sun |