DAH LIA GLABRA'TA. 
SMOOTH DWARF DAHLIA. 
Class. 
SYNGENESIA . 
Order. 
SUPEnFI.UA. 
Natural Order. 
COMPOSITE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration 
Introduced 
Mexico. 
3 feet. 
September. 
Perennial. 
in 1840. 
No. 837. 
Derived as the word Dahlia is, from the name of 
a Swede — Dahl, in which the letter a must be pro- 
nounced as in father, we again mention the impro- 
priety of a prevailing pronunciation, as if the word 
were derived from Dale. 
So popular as is the Dahlia, that it cannot be 
doubted but the appearance of any new species will 
be interesting to the Dahlia-growing public. The 
species now figured may, perhaps, be thought an 
insignificant competitor with the splendid varieties 
of that so common in all gardens — the Dahlia 
variabilis ; but it should be remembered that this 
last-mentioned species was scarcely more important 
in appearance when first brought to this country. 
Its splendour has arisen out of attentive culture, a 
circumstance which holds out perpetual encourage- 
ment to the cultivator of every sort of flower. 
“There can be little doubt,” says Dr. Lindley,“that 
this, and Dahlia Scapigera will give birth to quite 
a new race of Garden Dahlias, in which dwarfness, 
so much to be desired, will not be an accidental devi- 
ation from a natural tendency to acquire a lofty 
stature, but will be a fixed habit, which may possi- 
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