Show WAY TO RAISE THE DAHLIAS plants plant grow stronger from cuttings and roote Root Mode of planting of much importance by A good dahlia must bloom from july until frost froat and it if it does not discard it I 1 saw some beautiful flowers on some plants in july and august very double line fine striped by tho the middle of october the flowers were halt half the size what were striped before at that time were wera of one color and nearly single we had bad keynes white tor for several years it grew four feet tall last year it grew eight and ten feet A plant like that is ia no more good dahlias kahlias can be grown growa from seeds they grow stronger than from cuttings and roots only it Is hard bard to find good seeds now we are ara in the cheap bead business but the man maa who has baa good article does not sell bell 26 25 cent ceat packets for 10 cents it you want dahlia toots roots for next year plant them in small pots and nd let them remain all summer keep them over winter like ilka the old roots and start them again in tho the spring I 1 do not say this is absolute but it is tho the best way to raise kahlias dahlias dahl laa SO BO tar far the specialist does doea it and it is my experience since 1867 it is claimed by dahlia growers that dividing the roots will degenerate almost all ah the varieties that to Is the reason we have such a few good flowers bowers of course a good many will believe that a cutting will not flower and make roots to keep over winter but it la is not true they were raised that way many years ago and that is the way they are raised today in england france germany and oiher other countries except the united states it is the reason too that the americans do not care much tor for dahlias kahlias dah lias 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 in sight in october when the nights are cool the degenerate shows buds and it if the frost does not catch them they will flower maybo maybe two weeks and the flower be deficient in color and S size ize they blame the weather etc it Is not the weather altogether but zhe the me mode de of planting |