Show WAY TO RAISE TH DAHLIAS plants G grow row stronger Strona cr from cutt and roots root mode of planting W 0 much importance dy by N A good da dahlia lilla must bloom fr july until frost and it it does iio not discard it I 1 saw some beautia lowers flowers on some plants in july eai august very double fine p rr tho the middle of october tile floneta w halt tho the size what were striped 4 b fore at that time were of 0 one color and nearly single wo we had keynes white tor for several Be eril years it grow grew four feet tall last lai year t grow grew eight and ten feet plant like that is no more goods good dahlias kahlias can bo be grown from seeds they grow stronger than fahm cuttings cutting and roots only it la is hard bard to find good seeds now we are in the cheap seed setd business but tile the man who has bas good article does not sell 26 25 cent packets tor for 10 cents it if you want dahlia roots tor for next nell year plant them in small pots an lui let them remain all summer kee them over winter like the old roots and start them again in the tha spring I 1 do not say this is absolute absolu to but it i is the best beet way to ralso raise dahlias kahlias so eo tar far the specialist does it and it is my experience since 1867 it I 1 la claimed by dahlia growers that dividing the roots will degenerate almost III all the varieties that ii is the reason we have such a few good flowers of course a good many will believe that a cutting will not flower and make roots to keep over winter but it is not true they were raised that way many years ago and that is the way they aro are raised today in england france germany and other coun tries except the united states it is the reason too that the americans do not caro much for kahlias dahlias dah lias litis they have been deceived too much they buy old roots and get an old degenerate plant sometimes six feet tall and more and not a blossom la in sight in october when the nights aro are cool the degenerate shows buds and it if the trost frost does not catch them they will flower maybe two weeks and the flower be clent in color and size they blame tho the weather etc it is not the weather altogether but the mode of planting |