New-York tribune., 1904-09-22
1T is NOW THE DAHLIA.
The Large Maroon Variety BeIoUed
bv Ner rport-4utumn Shoe.

E D. Adams. q Wall Street and Seabright. y. J.
had il al his own way among The amateur eI-
hibitors at the dahia show and autumn exhibition
OF the American Institute which opened yesterday
Nos. 1871 West Forry-fourth-st- IN al the am
ateur classes he LED, outdisl2ncing such conpert-
Tors ". F. Eaveneye-. Charles Stewart Smith.
OF Stanford. Conn. and The Rev. c. ". Bolton. Of
Pelham. and capturing pretty nearly every first
prize for which he was eligible
Not many department store features. but
more Gahias and better chance 10 see them,
the way man expressed his estimate OF the show.
Al up and down the hall are ranged small vases
Of the handsome flowers Z The greatest imaginable
variety OF foIn and co.or. though which OF them
ere new cannot be known III the committee mas
passed on them and weeded out the older species
when pUr forth as novelties. Blunders and
hoazes occur 4 dzhltas as elsewhere ana the
judges have 10 be cautious how they accept the
s0-cal-ed novelties THAI are presented
Besides the 6ahIlas there is 4 new fern and
new rose both OF which are counted on 70 create
q sensation this season when the pubic catches
70 them. The fern IS variation OF that faithful
Old family friend. the Boston fern. bur II Is said 70
excel IT. the trends resembling rich waving
plumes, n comparison with which the Bostonian
looks raeagre and thin indeed The new rose halls
from Ireland. where il published year TWO
ago by great rose grower Of Belfast, and not
only its delicate pink petals ana its exquisite fra
grance. but its very naEas is TedOlent OF romance
an6-uOney.
From q simple old fashioned flower which
graced country yards with It's prirD maroon and
yellow pincushions the dahIa has become the fad
tall flower. This week sees dahlia shows al
Wappinger's Falls. Newport and Boston-in fact. IN
al the chief towns north or New-York dahlia
shows are part Of the autunnal programme
They elicit more enthusiasm from society
distinguished from the public. than any other
flower. Lhe chrysanthenu1n. perhaps. excepted
People who co not know anything about Covers
End 90 not care especially for them hock 20 the
aahla shows.
The truth IS. as Leonard Barron. secretary OF
me institute. pat IL. the dahlta Is the one
4oglca- aOwer OF this tine OF the year. The sum
Hef noWeFs are done. Il isn't time yet for the
eaEysan 1eInuna. The daaia Ills IN the chink LETT
u ne moral procession
y Is largely q matter Of country life and the
es'-ag interests OF the country gentleman PeO-
- q earlier 10 the country and stay later Many
~ mem stay there al The year round The
esnia IS pre-eminentIy a flower for country places
= ieaos itself al kinds OF decoration It's
Tbs IS one reason WY Newport Is the great
Gqsa--a q growing Town Of the country. Newport
eaal.s, the Katherine Duer which was hrBt raised
~ q Newport gardener. Dahllas are. Ia short.
Visitors q the dahlia show OF the American In
.ltale VIII note several leading species There is
lle cactus, with its long, narrow petals curled
There IS he cecoratiVe whose petals are broad
ana tat making fattened out rosette. There
efs the show and fancy, the former being self-
eolored, with tips TO ts petals darker than the
soay while the fancy dahlia reverses this order.
arc then there are the little pompons. which
looh Ike pocket editions OF the show and fancy
dshlias
ee--ng among cahlia growers is all away from
ne single cahlas and the priul, formal pincushion
atgle toward The free, irregular petalled blooms.
= ls the cactus dahlia that has done H. Twenty
iH-Ss go ne cahlla was IN dlsrepute Those VINO
.4ea y knew II only IN the angular, formal form
men the JuareZ d. hlia-named after the man who
az thar tine presided over the Mexican Republic
gEas lnlrocuced. II revolutionized dahlia culture
y &C Tor the Gahlia what the Introduction OF the
Sepanese chrysa hemum did for chrysanthenurns
5ot the JuareZ had failng-the flowers grew
"
--e-t was gone. SO growers set themselves 10
---seise this arrangement OF nature. II took them
! seod many years 10 DO this, but they have ac-
s sSsApished H. And IN doing IL they have produced
eh the tremendous color scheme Of the modern
teur florist
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