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June. The large number of varieties may be classed as under the following heads: (I) Single dahlias. These have been derived from D. coccinea; they have a disk of tubular florets surrounded by the large showy See also:

ray florets. (2) Show dahlias, large and See also:

double with flowers self-coloured or See also:

PALE (through Fr. pal, from Lat. palms, a stake, for paglus, from the stem pag- of pangere, to fix; " pole " is from the same original source)

pale-coloured and edged or tipped with a darker See also:

COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour.

(3) See also:

FANCY (a shortened form, dating from the 15th century, of " fantasy," which is derived through the O. Fr. fantasie, modern fantaisie. from the Latinized form of the Gr. cbavraoia, Oavrai'ecv, Oat Pais, to show)

Fancy dahlias, resembling the show but having the florets striped or tipped with a second tint. (4) Bouquet or Pompon dahlias, with much smaller double flowers of various See also:

COLOURS, MILITARY

colours. (5) See also:

CACTUS

Cactus dahlias, derived from D. Juarezi, a See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form which has given rise to a beautiful See also:

RACE

race with pointed starry flowers. (6) See also:

PAEONY (botanically Paeonia; Nat. ord. Ranunculaceae q.v.)

Paeony flowered dahlias, a new but not See also:

PRETTY

pretty race, with large floppy heads, broad florets and several disk florets in centre. New varieties are procured from seed, which should be sown in pots or pans towards the end of See also:

March, and placed in a hotbed or propagating See also:

PIT (O. E. pytt, cognate with Du. put, Ger. Pfutze, &c., all ultimately adaptations of Lat. puteus, well, formed from root pu-, to cleanse, whence gurus, clean, pure)

pit, the See also:

young plants being pricked off into pots or boxes, and gradually hardened off for planting out in June; they will flower the same See also:

SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season if the summer is a genial one. The older varieties are propagated by dividing the large tuberous roots, in doing which care must be taken to leave an See also:

eye to each portion of tuber, otherwise it will not grow. Rare varieties are sometimes grafted on the roots of others. The best and most See also:

general mode of See also:

PROPAGATION

propagation is by cuttings, to obtain which, the old tubers are placed in See also:

HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat in See also:

FEBRUARY

February, and as the young shoots, which rise freely from them, attain the height of 3 in., they are taken off with a See also:

HEEL

heel, and planted singly in small pots filled with See also:

FINE

fine sandy See also:

SOIL

soil, and plunged in a moderate heat: They See also:

root speedily, and are then transferred to larger pots in See also:

LIGHT

light See also:

rich soil, and their growth encouraged until the planting-out season arrives, about the middle of June See also:

north of the See also:

THAMES

Thames: Dahlias succeed best in an open situation, and in rich deep See also:

LOAM (O.E. lam; the word appears in Dut. leem and Ger. Lehm; the ultimate origin is the root lai-, meaning " to be sticky," which is seen in the cognate " lime," Lat. limus, mud, clay)

loam, but there is scarcely any See also:

GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden soil in which they will not thrive, if it is manured. For the See also:

PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of fine show flowers the ground must be deeply trenched, and well manured annually. The branches as well as the blossoms require a considerable but judicious amount of thinning; they also need shading in some cases. The plants should be protected from See also:

COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold winds, and when watered the whole of the foliage should be wetted.

They may stand singly like common border flowers, but have the most imposing See also:

APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance when seen in masses arranged according to their height. Florists usually devote a See also:

plot of ground to them, and plant them in lines 5 to 10 ft. apart. This is done about the beginning of June, sheltering them if necessary from See also:

LATE

late frosts by inverted pots or in some other convenient way. Old roots often throw up a multitude of stems, which render thinning necessary. As the plants increase in height, they are furnished with strong stakes, to secure them from high winds. Dahlias flower on till they are interrupted by See also:

frost in autumn. The roots are then taken up, dried, and stored in a cellar, or some other See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place where they may be secure from frost and moisture. See also:

EAR (common Teut.; O.E. are, Ger. Ohr, Du. oor, akin to Lat. auris, Gr. ovs)

Ear-wigs are very destructive, eating out the young buds and florets. Small flower-pots See also:

HALF

half filled with dry See also:

MOSS

moss and inverted on stakes placed among the branches, form a useful See also:

TRAP (0. Eng. treppe or traepee, properly a step, as that or which an animal places its foot and is caught, cf. Ger. Treppe flight of stairs)

trap.

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