The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-05-10
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CULTIVATION OF THE DAHLIA

CULTIVATION OF The DAHLlA.
As we have been successful cultiva-
tor of this splendid flower, and the time
has now arrived for setting out the roots,
we will state how we succeeded in OBJ
tanning good blooms. We selected
good loamy soil with an open exposure,
which we MANFRED with a compost for
med of parts well rotted dung, 3 parts
woods mould, or marsh mud, part ash
es, dug this in spade deep. In preparing
the holes for the tubers, we mixed the
excavated earth with an equal quantity
of the compost. After inserting the tu-
bers, so as that their tops would be two
inches lower than the surface, we filled
in the compost. If the weather was
dry, we watered them freely at the time
of planting; and took pains that they
did not suffer, in times of drought,
throughout the entire season; giving
them, upon such occasions, full water
ings; and, at least once a week, or once
fortnight, treating them to dose Of soap
suds, or of SCOT tea. 6 or 8 quarts OF
SCOT will make hogshead Of tea of suf-
ficient strength for the purpose.
Ten pounds Of guano and hogshead
of water, we'll stirred, would form an
excellent liquid for manuring the Dahlia
with, twice in the course of the season.
When the Dahlia was first introdu-
ced into our country, il came accompa-
MED by the sage advice of British flor
lists, to grow them in poor sandy soils
without manure, Or, if any were used,
that it should be very, very mild, and
doled out in lnfinitisimal quantities.
Having bough roots to an amount, which,
to us, formed heavy outlay, and beng
determined that our floral taste should
have its full measure of qualification, we
examined the bulbs, read the description
Of their foliage, and at once concluded,
that the directions which cnjoined poor
soil, no diet, or meagre one, was the
opposite of what it ought to be. We Sc
lected fertile soil, MANFRED, as we now
recommend, with free hand, and were
rewarded with as rich, as brilliant, a
bloom as the eyes the lover of flowers
ever rested on. Having marked out our
course, despite the grahamite prescrip-
tons which came 10 our shores with the
matchless Mexican, We followed it out
/ to the end Of the chapter, and never
were disappointed. We have no faith
in starvation, whether the subject be
man, beast, or plant-our doctrine is
give to each something to eat, digest,
and grow strong and fat upon.
Lamartine, in the preface os his Gee
nevie," says:-"At the IRE ent time,
more labor aud more literary talent are
expended every morning in France and
Europe, on the fragments which in the
evening litter the floor of a coliee-house
or reading-room, than would be neces-
sary to compose an excellent book, and
to lay the foundation for the renown Of
great writer. |, myself, who now
speak to you, receive every week, more
poetry, more politics, and more philoso-
ply, confdentiallv through the post,
than could be contained i'll thick vol
ume.
Keep out of bad company. "The
companion of fools shall be destroyed"
If others waste their time in folly and
in sin avoid them,-They may be smart,
but they will do you no good, and they
may do you much harm. Bad company
is the ruin of many, even of those who
are older than you. Keep away from
idlers, swearers, and liars and sabbath
breakers. Even zone sinner destroyed
much good. "Keep away-"touch not
the unclean thing"
Tvs Own. rvnrD,-,oN Mr. Cbor1oe