Most of the other sections of dahlias, the collerettes, tall growing singles, anemone flowered, small orchid flowered and so on, require very similar treatment to that recommended for the small decoratives, and will give most excellent results if so treated.

If disbudded the shoots lower down will be stimulated into growth earlier, and will very quickly replace the flowers which have been removed, as the strength of the plant has not been wasted in producing growth which is removed when cutting.

The miniature cactus and decorative varieties should be very lightly disbudded, rather more leniently than small decorative or cactus, as it is undesirable to grow these little beauties oversize.

The first crop of blooms are not disbudded at all; not even the side buds taken out. It is undesirable to cut these blooms, unless this is done above the first pair of leaves, so that no side shoots are removed.

For commercial cut flowers, where long stems are an asset, it is usual to take out the two side buds and the side shoots from the top two pairs of leaves, and this might well be borne in mind if flowers are grown for cut flowers for house decoration.

It must be quite clear that if all three buds on each stem are allowed to develop the resulting flowers will be forced out of shape by pressure against each other. Removal of the side buds will allow the blooms to develop naturally to their correct formation, the loss of numbers will have no apparent effect on the colour display, due to the more even spacing of the somewhat larger blooms; and every bloom will be seen as opposed to naturally grown plants in which some blooms become hidden by the fast developing side branches.