. Dreer's garden calendar : 1883. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. 107 DAHLIA. The best time for planting is after the first of May for the tubers, and the plants may be set out as late as of June. They delight in a rich, sandy loam, highly manured with decomposed cow manure. To insure perfect flowers, mukn during the summer with short manure. Thin out superfluous branches, and keep them well tied up to strong stakes, firmly driven in the ground. The roots can be preserved during the winter in dry sand, free from frost
. Dreer's garden calendar : 1883. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. 107 DAHLIA. The best time for planting is after the first of May for the tubers, and the plants may be set out as late as of June. They delight in a rich, sandy loam, highly manured with decomposed cow manure. To insure perfect flowers, mukn during the summer with short manure. Thin out superfluous branches, and keep them well tied up to strong stakes, firmly driven in the ground. The roots can be preserved during the winter in dry sand, free from frost, damp, or fire-heat. New Large Flowering Varieties. The following collection has been selected from the latest introductions, excelling in color, form and habit, and can be highly recommended from trials on our own grounds. Plants only of the following ready April ist. 50 C- Biumenfalter. Pure rose, quilled like an Aster. Elegant. Y« - ••vith red ; fine form. Glorie de Guiscard. White, shaded and tipped with red. Mad. Anna. White, border of purplish rose. Negro Boy. Blackish purple, sh_ Parrot. Yellow, striped with orange. Queen's Messenger. Livelypurple, finefjrm. Rival. Rosy purple, round form. Rob Roy. Orange, shaded with yellow and Souv. de Mad. Moreau. Very large car- mine, , fine. I General Collection of Large Flowering Varieties. < Large ground roots or plants, 25 cents ; $ ~^~ per dozen; $20 Adeline. White, tipped with crimson. Amazement. Yellow, striped with crimson. Amazon. Primrose, full centre. Amorette. Light rose, edged with lilac. Autumn'Glow. Orange salmon, bun Beppo. Primrose, tipped with scarlet. Bicolor. Liiac striped, dotted with maroon. Bila Bila. Aurora, yellow base. Bird of Passage. White, tipped with carmine. California. Pure yellow. Canary Bird. Canary- yellow. Dandy. Maroon, striped with like. Defiance. Paie yellow, tipped with white. Donald Beaton. Purple. Elizabeth. Lilac, striped with purple. Emily. White, with lavender edge.
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