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(cont'd) Summer Flower-Roots for Present Planting    G.W. Kerr  Pennsylvania

Provide now for the great displays of late summer and fall—how to manage for successions of bloom till the time of frost—practical combinations

Type of single Dahlia. Very useful for interior decoration and cut flowers

PEONY-FLOWERED DAHLIAS

Hortulanus Budde, coppery red.
Baron G. de Grancy, pure white.
Glory of Baarn, soft pink.
King Leopold, lemon-yellow.
Miss G. Keeling, light rose.
Mrs. Hugh Dickson, rich salmon.
Mrs. W.E. Whinery, rich rose.
Single Century in variety. These are particularly showy and have flowers of great size.

DECORATIVE DAHLIAS

Delice, lovely rose-pink, one of the best.
Jack Rose, rich deep crimson.
Lyndgurst, scarlet, an old favorite.
Minnie Burgle, the finest red decorative.
Perle du Parc, pure white.
Bertha von Suttner, mauve-pink.

CACTUS-FLOWERED DAHLIAS

Countess of Londsdale, salmon-pink.
Marjorie Castleton, rosy-pink.
Miss Willmott, orange and yellow.

Floradora, rich crimson.
Morning Glow, yellow and amber.
T.G. Baker, yellow.
The foregoing are what might be termed "garden varieties," where plenty of flowers are the first consideration. From May or June planting they will bloom late August and early September.

Among the modern Gladiolus types none are more distinct nor more useful as all around flowers than the "primulinus hybrids" in shades of yellow flushed rose and pink

The Pompon is a diminutive replica of the old fashioned Show type; flowers are here shown about natural size

   HARDY GARDEN JAPANESE CHRYSANTHEMUMS

   Chrysanthemums as charming as the indoor varieties, perfectly hardy, and flowering for at least six weeks in this section, are now available. They are indeed the glory of the autumn garden.
   Set out the young plants in rich, good ground during May. Give them ample room to develop, say two feet apart, and pinch out the leading growths to encourage a bushy habit. They require little attention beyond cultivating and watering during periods of drought. The varieties vary a little in earliness, some beginning to bloom in late August; but all are seen at their best from mid-September until frost. Last fall they flowered until the middle of November. A little frost may mark the expanded flowers but does not spoil the buds which, if the weather becomes mild again, develop perfectly.
   Reliable varieties in this remarkable family are:
Cranfordia, bronzy yellow.
Cranford White, pure white, sometimes tinged pink.
Carrie, deep yellow.
Chas. Jolly, rosy pink.
Dorothy, large pure white.
Evelyn, crimson-bronze.
Harvest Home, bronze.
Le Pactole, bronzy yellow.
Miss B. Hamilton, rich deep yellow.
Nellie Blake, crimson.
Normandie, cream white.
Petite Louis, light mauve.
By disbudding flowers may be had four inches, and even more, in diamter.

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