. The Dahlia : a practical treatise on its habits, characteristics, cultivation and history. Dahlias; Compositae. 'I'lIK CHAPTER II. CLASSIFICATION. T is doubtful if two persons would classify Dahlias exactly alike. Some would make .so many sections as to be , while others would fail to give a sufficient number to demonstrate marked distinctions. As the latter is the evil of the two I .shall, if I err at all, err on that side. Many, speaking on the subject, the forming of so many classes in any flower as confusing to the amateur, and perhaps, to a certain
. The Dahlia : a practical treatise on its habits, characteristics, cultivation and history. Dahlias; Compositae. 'I'lIK CHAPTER II. CLASSIFICATION. T is doubtful if two persons would classify Dahlias exactly alike. Some would make .so many sections as to be , while others would fail to give a sufficient number to demonstrate marked distinctions. As the latter is the evil of the two I .shall, if I err at all, err on that side. Many, speaking on the subject, the forming of so many classes in any flower as confusing to the amateur, and perhaps, to a certain extend, they are right ; but it is more to offer five yellow^ Dahlias, in one section, than it is to offer the same number in five different sections. Amateurs w^ould not want to buy two or more varieties that are exactly alike, or even .similar, and in the former case would hesitate, not knowing which to .select, ])Ut when offered in distinct sections they would know at once which the}- wanted from the characteristics of the section to which it belonged. Dahlias are divided into two parts or general divisions, double and single, while each of these divisions are again divided into .sections, according to habit of plant and type of flower. Part I. Double Dahlias.—Double Dahlias are divided into the following classes, or, more properly speaking, .sections :—Cactus, Decorative, Show, Fancy, Pompon or Bouquet, Dwarf and Double Tom Thumb. These sec- tions are again sub-divided by some, but the practice is to be deprecated as it onl}' leads to confusion ; and instead of making more classes or .sections, an}- distinctive features should be placed in the description of the individual variety. Cactus Dahlias.—This .section is of recent introduction and is among the most useful and beautiful of the entire family. Juarezzi was the first Cactus Dahlia, and is .still cpiite popular, though it would not now be considered an ideal type. The flowers are very large, flat and o
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