Show THE THC MCW DAHLIA CULT CULTURE UPIE thru three of at ge log the single baal tia siona bro chinig batom dahlia dahlias aro most satisfactorily brown grown from roote roots which con can bu planted when the be danger of is over there are three distinct systems ot of growing the belt best of which in i tho the ingle single item stem branching system thin method doc does away with will the unsightly estalea and produces flue symmetrical plant plants of height lu in other words a plant growing 5 I 1 fee vot high under the old rye rya tern few of taking staking would grow grov but 3 1 3 to 4 feet high under the new system and produce many more flower flowers on longer it at mi to secure thil this result 00 oon soon as n be the hoot shoots appear lu in the pring spring all 11 II bat but the strongest ones should be removed and the cent r of thil this pinched out oak thui thus causing it to branch uy by a repetition of li pinching ai as the branches appear any number of branches bran chee can bo be recurt recur cd abil method of pinching back ii Is simply assisting nature by causing the plants to branch out at tho the surface of the ground instead of ono one or two fet feet above thus enabling them to withstand withE tand the severest without the assist in anco of stakes writes a contributor to tho the orange jadd partner and authority fr f r tho tile f oli u ing to accuro the best results in lit thorough ii is necessary tho surface soll about the plants bobi not only bo be kept scrupulously free from weed weeds but thoroughly stirred at nil all timm stirring of abe foil bo be to a doplh depth at birot whilo while the plant plants are small thus them to root deeply and preventing venting t too 00 so soft ft a growth As A soon own ai as they come I 1 into t 0 bloom however all deep cultivation should cease and the surface be only to a depth nf of but cue one to tw kucbel ai an soon as the flowers begin t crow erow smaller a top dressing of well to fed ted manure or any good fertilizer should bo be applied to the surface about the planta and carefully worked in another subject on which there ie is a difference of opinion anious dahlia growers is the proper timo time of planting to secure the finest blouins for exhibit ion HOD purpose ee it ie Is a well known fact that root or plants planted late eay amy during july will produce linger larger flowen flowers during september than those planted earlier in the season imanse u tho the first sowers produced by tho the plant r are ai ways aye the largest and perfect fram experience iu in how bow ever the writer has found that dahlia dahlias planted tho the last of april to first of hay may will bloom during doting jane june mid and continuous ly until killed by frost if properly property cared tor for it if exhibition flowers aro am des desired ireA however these plant plants may bo be cut d arfa a to the ground any time during july the roots will then at once send out strong elioutt eli outa and the same care should bo be given as if newly planted aad and the results will be equally satisfactory |