. Dreer's 1913 garden book. adelphia may be done atany time between the end of April and themiddle of June. Green or growing plantsnui-t not be set out until all danger of frostis over, say May ]0th or 15th. Do notcrowd your plants, but plant at a distanceol not less than 21 or 3 feet, and, as soonas the shoots appear, remove all but two orthree of the strongest, and these, whenabout a foot high, should be secured tostout stakes. Field-grown Roots. With the exception of the six varieties oflered on the opposite page, which will be supplied in green or growing plants, we elieve we have sufficie
. Dreer's 1913 garden book. adelphia may be done atany time between the end of April and themiddle of June. Green or growing plantsnui-t not be set out until all danger of frostis over, say May ]0th or 15th. Do notcrowd your plants, but plant at a distanceol not less than 21 or 3 feet, and, as soonas the shoots appear, remove all but two orthree of the strongest, and these, whenabout a foot high, should be secured tostout stakes. Field-grown Roots. With the exception of the six varieties oflered on the opposite page, which will be supplied in green or growing plants, we elieve we have sufficient stock of field-grown roots of all the other varieties offered in this catalogue to meet all demands; but should our supply of roots of some sorts become exhausted we will in such cases send green or growing plants which will equally as good results as dormant roots (many experienced planters prefer them), by the time they are cut by frost they will have produced strong roots, which can be ed over winter in the usual Giant Cactus Dahlia, Wodan giveand GERMAN GIANT CACTUS DAHLIAS. This splendid type arrests the attention of nearly every visitor. Not only are the flowers of very large size, most of them distinctand unique in form, but the habit of the plants is also very vigorous, growing with us about 5 feet high and free-flowering. Allwill be found desirable additions to any collection. Nerthus. The centre of the flower is a rich, glowing, bronzy,orange-yellow, passing to a carmine-rose at the tips, the wholesuffused with a glowing golden color, which gives it aniridescence which it is not possible to describe. Rheingau. A large, bold and most effective brilliant scarletvariety, raised well above the foliage on strong, stiff stein-;splendid for cutting and for garden decoration. While it fre-quently shows an open centre, this rather adds to its attract-iveness, and in this form it might correctly be classed as ahybrid Paeony-flowered type. Rheinkonig. Pure snow-white fl
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