. The dahlia; a practical treatise on its habits, characteristics, cultivation and history . e. Youcan see the lower branches, but theyare not ready yet. When thesebranches develop buds, repeat theoperation, treating each branch asyou did the main stem. By thistime you will be more interested asthe terminal bud of the main stemwill by this time be developing intojust the kind of flower you have al-ways wished for. The third cut on page 32 showsyou the plant when four of thebranches after having been disbud-ded in the same way have devel-oped their terminal buds into superbexhibition quality bl
. The dahlia; a practical treatise on its habits, characteristics, cultivation and history . e. Youcan see the lower branches, but theyare not ready yet. When thesebranches develop buds, repeat theoperation, treating each branch asyou did the main stem. By thistime you will be more interested asthe terminal bud of the main stemwill by this time be developing intojust the kind of flower you have al-ways wished for. The third cut on page 32 showsyou the plant when four of thebranches after having been disbud-ded in the same way have devel-oped their terminal buds into superbexhibition quality blooms, and acareful inspection will show severalother branches, sevefal of whichhave also been disbudded in thesame way. No. 4, page 33, shows vou the flower-the ideal flower that SAME PLANT OF JOHN WANAMAKER WITH TWOyou tne iiowci i c PAIRS OF SHOOTS REMOVED, WHICH IS THE can be grown by any one, by follow- proper WAY TO HANDLE DAHLIAS ing these simple mstructions, the en- ^^ ^^^ ^.^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^.^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ ^.^^ tire season. stemmed beauty for your trouble (Pleasure). THE DAHLIA. This disbudding will be themore interesting, as it carries with itthe knowledge that the finest flowersare assured. We know how manydislike to remove the buds andyoung shoots, but you must remem-ber you cannot get those large flow-ers otherwise. Again this insures acontinuous supply until frost. Ifyou think this too much trouble,consider that all carnations, chrys-anthemums, etc., are disbudded withgreater attendance of time and labor,Yes you can get fine, largeflowers without disbudding underfavorable circumstances and condi-tions, but they will grow smaller, asthe quantity increases until they arevery small, or under hot dry weatheryou will get finally a few one-sidedflowers and immense bushes. Thisdisbudding is so simple if started atthe beginning and the results sogreatly beyond the proportion oftime involved that it will becomeuniversal. Hoiv about a succession offloivers? is
Size: 1305px × 1914px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookpublishe, booksubjectdahlias
