DAH'LIA SUPERTLUA. 
DAHLIA. 
Painted Lady, Anemone-flowered variety. 
Class. Order. 
SVNOENESIA. POLYGAMIA SUPERFI-l'A. 
Natural Order. 
CORYMBIFERyE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Mexico. 
4 feet. 
Aug. Oct. 
Perennial. 
in 1789. 
No. 329. 
As the Dahlia is now become so prominent an ob- 
ject in every flower garden, eiwiching autumn with 
a splendour which rivals even June, with its pyramids 
of roses and midsummer gaieties, we presume that 
our readers will be gratified by an introduction to so 
characteristic an individual of that family, as the 
Painted Lady. 
In former notices of the Dahlia, we have endea- 
voured to give such information as may be most 
likely to be acceptable to its admirers. Practice, 
however, yields knowledge, and the dissemination 
of knowledge, yields pleasure; we shall, therefore, 
not fail to commimicate accounts of any experiments 
or facts, that may be worthy the notice of those, who 
are interested in floriculture. 
It is thought, by several cultivators, who have paid 
close attention to the growth of the double dahlia, that 
some of those of good quality, which were first in- 
troduced, are beginning to “ wear out,” as it is 
termed. The plants are less luxuriant, and their 
flowers less perfect. At present we think this a mat- 
ter of uncertainty ; still we wish to call the attention 
of our friends to the subject, that they may be pre- 
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