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Dal)lia mviabilcs. Natural Order: Compositce — Aster Family. 



%DREW DAHL, a native of Sweden, the friend and pupil of 

 Linnt-eus, was honored by having this magnificent flower 

 named for him. It was introduced into Spain by the Span- 

 nids about the year 1789, from the sandy plains of South 

 ^ Ameiica, and Humboldt, one of the world's most-observing, 

 (^enthusiastic and scientific discoverers, found it growincj on 



the elevated plateaux of Mexico. Under cultivation it sports into a 

 variety of hues, blooming freely from midsummer until late in fall. 

 The blossom is very symmetrical in shape, and each petal is arranged 

 in the most exquisite order, one layer above another, forming a most 

 beautiful rosette. The roots are removed from the ground as soon as 

 the foliage is destroyed by frost, and kept in a dry, warm cellar until 

 spring. 



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HERE ambition of place goes before fitness 

 Of birth, contempt and disgrace Ibllow. 



— Chapmn, 



IT ERE the supercilious dahlia 

 In imperial splendor shone, 

 While, beneath, the white-crowned daisy, 

 Unobtrusive, bloomed alone; 



I, stooping, kissed the blossom 



The proud dahlia seemed to scorn, 



Feeling that within my bosom 

 A new impulse had been born. 



—Lucy .V. Sauford. 



T KNOW' myself now, and I feel within me 



A peace above all earthly dignities; 

 A still and quiet conscience. The king has cur'd me, 

 I humble thank his grace; and from these shoulders. 

 These ruin'd pillars, out of pity taken 

 A load would sink a navy ; too much honor : 

 O 'tis a burden, Cromwell, 'tis a burden, 

 Too heavv for a man that hopes for heaven. 



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