THE 



FLORICULTURAL CABINET, 



NOVEMBER, 1st, 1838. 



PART I. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



ARTICLE I. 

 ON THE CULTURE OF THE DAHLIA. 



BY A DAHLIA GROWER. 



No flower is in so universal estimation as the Dahlia, and whether 

 we view its pure masses of varied foliage, the majestic mien of 

 the plant, the size and symmetry of its flowers, or the brilliant and 

 infinite variety of its splendid colours, as exemplified in the mul- 

 tudinous varieties of it in cultivation, we cannot but acknowledge 

 that it is richly worthy the esteem it has so fairly won from the 

 British Floriculturist. In the neat little garden of the peasant or 

 the gay parterre of the rich it finds a hearty welcome. Even the 

 stupid inattentive mortals that walk on mother earth unmindful of 

 her beauties and unmoved by all her rich garniture, tell us the 

 Dahlia is a beautiful flower. Never for any other plant have we 

 heard of £100 being subscribed for distribution of prizes as at 

 Birmingham this season, to reward the best cultivators of this 

 star of the earth. Who that can look with complacency on the 

 Sun-flower, the Marigold, or China-aster, the favourites of our 

 ancestors, will not rise into raptures at the sight of the best varie- 

 ties of the Dahlia 



But the object of this lucubration is not merely to laud the 

 flower I so much admire, or sing its praises however justly they 



Vor,. VI. No. 69. cc 



