64 VLpRA's INTERPRETER. 



DAHLIA. C7o**19. Order 2. A genus only indigenou* 



Dalilia ' ^ oul ' 1 America, but culliuttccl in I.urope. 



Flowers nearly a* large an the China u^tcr. 



ELEGANCE A.ND DIGNITY. 



In queenly elegance the Dahlia stands, 

 And waves her coronet. 



Anon, 



SENTIMENT. 



Thy beauty is as undenied 



As the beauty of a star; 

 And thy heart beats just as equally, 



Whale 'er thy praises are; 

 And so long without a parallel 



Thy loveliness hath shone, 

 That, followed like the tided moon, 



Thou movest as calmly on. 



