. The dahlia; a practical treatise on its habits, characteristics cultivation and history . As this strain developed it was divided, thebroad, reflex petaled sorts were called Decorative and those with pointed petals called Cactus. None of these first varieties would now be called a true cactus (see classification), butother classes came quickly. The Century, a race of giant single, developed from the giantDecorative types: the Duplex, a double or two-row Century: the P?eony flowered. Collarette,and Anemone. As soon as some of these finer varieties were introduced, interest was at once revived
. The dahlia; a practical treatise on its habits, characteristics cultivation and history . As this strain developed it was divided, thebroad, reflex petaled sorts were called Decorative and those with pointed petals called Cactus. None of these first varieties would now be called a true cactus (see classification), butother classes came quickly. The Century, a race of giant single, developed from the giantDecorative types: the Duplex, a double or two-row Century: the P?eony flowered. Collarette,and Anemone. As soon as some of these finer varieties were introduced, interest was at once revived, andas a result we now have specialists who equal, at least, the foreign growers in the productionof superior varieties. But owing to the decadence of the Dahlia trade, through multiplicityof names and inferiority of varieties, it soon became evident to these specialists that they mustwork together, shoulder to shoulder, if they wished to thoroughly popularize the Dahlia. Atthe suggestion of several amateur admirers of the Dahlia, one of these specialists undertook th( 10 THE DAHLIAMlM (CHRYSAXTHEMUM-SHAPED DAHLIA). THE DAHLIA ANOTHER NEW BREAK IN formation of a national society, and the American Dahlia Society, which is fully described ina succeeding: chapter, was the gratifying result. That the proper course was taken is conclusively proven from the fact that the demand hasincreased fully twenty-five per cent, each year, and that the demand was mainly for new anddistinct varieties, while the seedsman and florists at last awakened to the necessity of offeringonly the best varieties true to name. Dahlias now form the chief cut-flower stock of the floristduring their season in September and Octolier, when hundreds of thousands are used daily forall floral purposes, many times at a far higher price than for roses. There is really no other flower that will give so much pleasure for so little care and combines more good qualities than any other flower. It can b
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