. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. ing the Showtype of B. variabilis. The reverse process is also saidto have taken place, but full, authoritative and convinc-ing statements are laiiientaMv wanting. In the gardenI). Juarezii is exceeilin-ly distinct from the floristsforms of D. varialni;.-<. It is usually a slenderer, tallerand longer jointed plant, wi
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. ing the Showtype of B. variabilis. The reverse process is also saidto have taken place, but full, authoritative and convinc-ing statements are laiiientaMv wanting. In the gardenI). Juarezii is exceeilin-ly distinct from the floristsforms of D. varialni;.-<. It is usually a slenderer, tallerand longer jointed plant, with much handsomer andmore delicate foliage, the leaves being narrower thanin the coarse and almost ugly foliage of the old has another peculiarity of growth, which is still one DAHLIA 445 of the most serious defects in the pure Cactus plants tend to hide some of their flowers beneaththeir foliage. This comes about in a curious way. Ata node between 2 young leaves there commonly appear,at about the same time, 3 new growths. The middleone develops into a flower with a naked stalk only 2 or3 inches long, whUe the side shoots quickly overtop itand repeat the same 3-fold story indefinitely. The othermost serious objection to the pure Cactus type is that it. does not stand shipment well, and does not last as longas a cut-flower as the Show Dahlias. The Decorative or Cactus Hybrid types are numerous,and their popularity comparatively recent. They havebeen largely seedlings from Show fls. Their rays arerarely, if ever, recurved at the margins. All the othertypes of Dahlias are well defined, and a single picture ofeach one will represent its type with sufficient one picture, however, can give any cnncrption of thegreat variety of forms includfl in tliis Ijnrticnltural sec-tion. The name Cactus Hybrids inartirally mis-cellaneous,and is analogous to apajus. section ofChrysanthemums, which is purpusely left Ity the NationalChrysanthemum Society
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