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New Chum.—Dig the ground in the ordinary way, working in any vegetable matter which will rot readily. Horse, cow, and sheep manures are best avoided as. likely to introduce disease to the bulbs. A dressing of four ounces per square yard of bonedust worked into the top soil would be an advantage. The bulbs may be planted at any time now, but the narcissi especially are best planted early. It is not necessary to lift every year, but hyacinths are best taken up, the others being allowed to remain so long as they, are giving good results. B.S.—The trouble comes from the tuber and nothing can be done about it. You had better dig it up and burn it, and do not plant another dahlia in I the same place for a year or two.
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DeW Pill
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 33, 8 February 1940, Page 17
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