Dahlia, 
Dahlia vartabiles, Narurat OrverR: Composite —Aster Family. 
=NDREW DAHL, a native of Sweden, the friend and pupil of 
Linnzus, was honored by having this magnificent flower 
named for him. It was introduced into Spain by the Span- 
iards about the year 1789, from the sandy plains of South 
Les America, and Humboldt, one of the world’s most-observing, 
enthusiastic and scientific discoverers, found it growing 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. 
Dignity. 
HERE ambition of place goes before fitness 
Of birth, contempt and disgrace follow. 
—Chapman. 
ERE the supercilious dahlia I, stooping, kissed the blossom 
In imperial splendor shone, The proud dahlia seemed to scorn, 
While, beneath, the white-crowned daisy, Feeling that within my bosom 
Unobtrusive, bloomed alone; A new impulse had been born. 
—Lucy M. Sanford, 
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 heavy for a man that hopes for heaven. 
—Shakespeare. 
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