. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. ON florists' flowers. 67 the surplus side-growths from the Dahlias in the summer; they are cut through just under a joint, and struck as cuttings in garden-frames. When well-rooted, they should be potted off into large "sixties" or small "; They will finish up their growth in the autumn. Such plants can be started in the spring, and when they have made some growth they should be transferred to larger-sized flower-pots. It is a. Fig. 36.—Cactus Dahlia Mrs. John Goddard. (Cheal.) .mista


. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. ON florists' flowers. 67 the surplus side-growths from the Dahlias in the summer; they are cut through just under a joint, and struck as cuttings in garden-frames. When well-rooted, they should be potted off into large "sixties" or small "; They will finish up their growth in the autumn. Such plants can be started in the spring, and when they have made some growth they should be transferred to larger-sized flower-pots. It is a. Fig. 36.—Cactus Dahlia Mrs. John Goddard. (Cheal.) .mistake to plant out too early. The first week in June is a good time. I would rather transfer the plants to larger flower- pots than turn them out, if there is any danger of frost. The plants are usually kept in ordinary garden-frames, and before planting out they should be thoroughly inured to the open air by the lights being removed by day, and also at night if there is no probability of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Drury, William D. , 1857-1928, ed. London, Eng. , L. U. Gill; New York, U. S. A. , C. Scribner's sons


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