This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 Excerpt: ... it cannot hold up its head. Is King of the Autumn more beautiful when twice the size? The evolution of the modern chrysanthemum shows us what goes on in the minds of flower lovers. A few years ago the 'mum shows were filled with the gigantic blooms at which we always marvelled, but which down deep in our. hearts we ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 Excerpt: ... it cannot hold up its head. Is King of the Autumn more beautiful when twice the size? The evolution of the modern chrysanthemum shows us what goes on in the minds of flower lovers. A few years ago the 'mum shows were filled with the gigantic blooms at which we always marvelled, but which down deep in our. hearts we did not covet--and never loved. Now the small-flowering varieties of branching habit predominate. They are human and lovable and appeal to everyone. So it will be with the dahlia. At present the points in competition at the shows give a large percentage to size, but it will not be long before we in America appreciate that the dahlia as a garden and a cut flower cannot be surpassed; that extra size only tends toward coarseness and insolence in a flower which is really the aristocrat among all others, and where refinement should predominate. Such disbudding as is here described should be applied to the heavier types of cactus, hybrid cactus, decorative, and some varieties of peonyflowered dahlias. There are others, like the pompon, most singles, and anemone-flowered, the "star" types and some of the smaller cactus which are just as well left alone. Disbranching these varieties, however, is all the more important, for the flower stalks will crowd if too many branches are left. Dahlias, like people, sometimes get cranky. They will grow almost out of hand, luscious in leaf and stem, refusing to flower; or they stand still and refuse to grow at all, stolidly remaining the same height all summer. The treatment for both is the same--cut them back. In July they may be cut almost to the ground, leaving only a shoot or two to develop. In some cases the tall plant may be pruned out, like a rose, leaving only a few branches, and these severely disb...
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