DAHLIAS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 118, 21 May 1932, Page 7 (Supplement)

DAHLIAS

DECORATIVE SECTION. The varieties belonging to the decorative dahlias sections are similar to the giant decorat in shape, with full double flowers but. very much smaller. Thev are ideal for garden decoration and for cutting. The flowers are earned rm stiff, erect stems. The foliow--1 ing comprise a choice colllection: j Golden Rose, gold shaded rose, free flowering; Aliss Bert White, bright, I clear rose with guidon glow at the i base; Millieent, white at centre to deep rose-pink, with white at tips; Pinkie, ‘ose-pink flushed salmon, bushy habit; Summer Dawn, clear pink with central ridge of gold; Hail Columbia, dark lilac rose; Murillo, flesh-pink with rosy salmon shading; John .Maxwell Reid, vieux rose heavily suffused amber; Lady Somers, soft rosy salmon, deepening in the centre, very long stiff stems; .Margaret Audrey Browne, back of curled petals red gold; Mrs. ( arl Stephens, deep soft shell-pink suffuse gold dwarf; Airs. W. Brady, silvery mauve-pink, splendid tall stems; (;range King, brilliant deep orange floriferous; Raxillo, deep maroon crimsoifl edged gold dwarf; Myfawny, a < harming shade of fawn, long stems. Charir Dahlias. Charm dahlias, a new and delightful type. all of dwarf habit and very free flowering; promises tn become one of the most popular of the modern types. Mowers arc carried 011 long, stiff stems, well above the foliage. The following arc all reliable varieties of proved merit: Aglaid, orange fawn, overlaid .‘•almon; Barbara, deep, clear, saffron yellow, changing to topaz at the base; Barry Went worth, cerise edged, deep wine-purple with pointed petals; Dazzle, glowing acarlet, dark foliage, splendid; Kathleen, delightfully clear rosy-mauve, with silvery base; Ladybird, bright, rosy, .salmon pink, yellow at the base; Mrs. F. Sage, deep scarlet, very free flowering; Pink Pearl, a lovely shade of bright rose pink; Miriannc, apricot-shaded, orange bronze, distinct; Ormond Pink, a lovely shade of peach-pink, constant; Morning Glow, rich glowing satin on old gold, with yellow ring, splendid, new. Dwarf Bedding Class. Dwarf bedding dahlias is a class containing dwarf compact, free flowering types that grow only from 15in. to 24 inches high and produce an abundance of showy flowers throughout the season. They arc ideal subjects for bedding in separate colours or for bordering dahlia or other beds. They require but little attention, excepting for cutting off the dead flowers to prevent the strength of the plants from .being absorbed in the production of seed heads. The following varieties are good examples of this type: —Bishop of I. landass, crimson with fern-like foliage; Le Congo Beige, double scarlet flowers with dark bronze foliage; Princess Elizabeth, a valuable dwarf cactus variety with full scarlet flowers ami bushy habit; Thomas Moore, terracotta, very pretty; Zinnia, flowers the same size and shape as a zinnia, colour, bright rosy carmine.