. The dahlia; a practical treatise on its habits, characteristics cultivation and history . es the possibility of raising a finer variety than was ever before pro-duced, they have the pleasure of watching each plant as it first unfolds its hidden secret. Sports have the same form and other characteristics of the variety from which they spring,and are simply a reproduction of the old variety in a different color or colors. In some instancesthey have simply a change in the ground color, as it seen in the Fawcett sports, while inothers there is a complete change of colors. They are seldom an impr
. The dahlia; a practical treatise on its habits, characteristics cultivation and history . es the possibility of raising a finer variety than was ever before pro-duced, they have the pleasure of watching each plant as it first unfolds its hidden secret. Sports have the same form and other characteristics of the variety from which they spring,and are simply a reproduction of the old variety in a different color or colors. In some instancesthey have simply a change in the ground color, as it seen in the Fawcett sports, while inothers there is a complete change of colors. They are seldom an improvement on the oldvariety, and are most frequent among the Fancy sections. Some varieties sport permanently,while others sport back and forth and cannot be depended on unless selected very example of the latter class can be found in the Fancy Dahlia Dandy, which is a redpink, striped and heavily penciled, black, and is so apt to sport that, unless care is exercised,nine-tenths of the flowers will be solid black. There is also a pink sport of this variety, but 38 THE NEW DECORATIVE DAHLIA, DR. TYRRELL THE DAHLIA. 39 if care is taken to throw out all but the striped type for a few years, but Httle tr(juble willbe experienced in keeping- it true. This pink sported pure white and while it was hard to keep the penciled form the PinkDandy and White Dandy have never reverted. Some of the new varieties recently introduced are marvels of entrancino- biveliness, beingof largest size, most beautiful form, and of exquisite finish. While there has not been a bluevariety produced as yet, many believe it is onl\- a question of a little time, for we alreadyhave several purples containing blue shades; all that is needed is to develop those shades, andwe have the greatest floral novelty of the century. A great deal has been said regarding the value of new varieties of flnwers, both pro andcon; but it is now generally conceded that new varieties of merit are not only benefic
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