. Dreer's garden calendar : 1879. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. Drcer 's Garden Calendar. 93 DAHLiA. The best time for planting is after the first of Mav for the tubers, and the plants can be set out as hite as the tenth of June. They delight in a rich, sandy loam, highly m'anured with decomposed cow manure. To insure perfect flowers, mulch during the summer with short manure. Thin out superfluous branches, and keep them well tied up to strong stakes, firmly driven in the ground. The roots can be preserved during the winter in dry sand, fre
. Dreer's garden calendar : 1879. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. Drcer 's Garden Calendar. 93 DAHLiA. The best time for planting is after the first of Mav for the tubers, and the plants can be set out as hite as the tenth of June. They delight in a rich, sandy loam, highly m'anured with decomposed cow manure. To insure perfect flowers, mulch during the summer with short manure. Thin out superfluous branches, and keep them well tied up to strong stakes, firmly driven in the ground. The roots can be preserved during the winter in dry sand, free from frost, damp, or fire-heat! 30 cts.; $3 per doz.; $20 per 100. General Collection of Large Flow- ering Varieties. ACIS. Lilac, shaded. Adah. Purple, golden tip. Adeline. White, tipped with crimson. Alice. White, laced with pure rose. Amazement. Yellow, striped with crimson. Amazon. Primrose, full centre. Amorette. Light rose, edged with lilac. Andre Thouin. Crimson scarlet. Attraction. Lilac, heavily striped with maroon. Autumn' Glow. Orange salmon, with buff edge. Beatrice. Blush, full centre. Bkppo. Primrose, tipjiei with scarlet. iiicOLOR. Lilac striped, and dotted with ma- roon. Bila Bila. Aurora, yellow base. Bird of Passage. \Vhite, tipped with car- mine. Bob Ridley. Ruby crimson. California. Pure yellow. Canary Bfrd. Canary yellow. Charles Turner. Dark scarlet. Dandy. Maroon, striped with lilac. Defiance. Pale yellow, tipped with white; extra. DoDAS. Beautiful yellow. Donald Beaton. 'Purple. Elizabeth. Lilac, striped with purple. Emily. White, with lavender edge. Estella. Creamy white, perfect form. Fanny Lewald. ' Blush, tipped with crimson. Fanny Purchase. Bright yellow. Fascination. Deep rosy lilkc. Favorite. Pure white, dotted with purple. Fecerblick. Crimson scarlet. Fire Fly. Bright scarlet. Flora. Deep purplish lilac. Frank Smith. Maroon, tipped with white. 50 CIS. George Wheeler. Crimson. Gladiator. White, with broad maroon mar- gin. Hebe. White, edged vell
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