. The dahlia; a practical treatise on its habits, characteristics cultivation and history . XEW WHITE SHOW D.\HLI.\, ETHEL MAULE This is a lield that otters great oiii)or-tunity. Twentieth Century and Fringed Twen-tieth Century are notalile examples, and thereare many other varieties that are more or lessfragrant. The great trouble is that breederslook for distinctive flowers of large size, fineform, etc., while as a matter of fact the onlyclove-scented Dahlias the writer has seen werenondescript blooms in the difterent ball andsingle classes. The .American Dahlia Society has donewonderfully w
. The dahlia; a practical treatise on its habits, characteristics cultivation and history . XEW WHITE SHOW D.\HLI.\, ETHEL MAULE This is a lield that otters great oiii)or-tunity. Twentieth Century and Fringed Twen-tieth Century are notalile examples, and thereare many other varieties that are more or lessfragrant. The great trouble is that breederslook for distinctive flowers of large size, fineform, etc., while as a matter of fact the onlyclove-scented Dahlias the writer has seen werenondescript blooms in the difterent ball andsingle classes. The .American Dahlia Society has donewonderfully well since its reorganization, andthe near future will undoubtedly see a vearh-])rice for the most distinctive new variety ofthe year as well a< the best, as within the~etwo lines depend the interest and future popu-larity of the DAHLEA. VIRGINLA . THE DAHLIA. 19 CHAPTER III PROPAGATION. THERE are four methods by which DahHas are propagated—Ijy cuttings, division of roots,and by grafting to perpetuate existing kinds, and by seeds to produce new of Roots.—This is the easiest and most satisfactory to amateurs, and is sosimple as to scarcely need description. As the eyes are not on the individual tubers, but on thecrown to which the tubers are attached, care mitst be taken that each division has at least one is, therefore, best to start the eyes by placing the roots in a warm, moist place a short timebefore dividing. The roots are sometimes placed in a hot-bed, and the shoots grown to consid-erable size, then divided and set out as plants; but as this plan has many drawbacks, I would notadvise it. By Cuttings.—This method is used mainly L)y commercial growers, and though the amateurmay easily propagate plants successfully, the attention a few cuttings would require would beso
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