Plate 467 . 
DAHLIA— FANNY GAIR. 
In according a place to the Dahlia in the first part of a new 
volume, we are giving expression to our belief that it is still 
one of the noblest and grandest of our autumnal flowers, and 
deserving of far more extended favour than it at present enjoys ; 
but when every part of the garden is filled up with bedding 
plants, no place is found for it ; and yet at a time of the year 
when Calceolarias are things of the past, when Geraniums are 
all leaves, and Verbenas completely draggled, the Dahlia stands 
forth full of beautiful and varied colours, not so elegant as the 
Gladiolus, but more enduring. We conceive that no garden 
ought to be without them. 
It is much to be regretted that the discontinuance of the 
Crystal Palace autumnal show has deprived the lovers of 
autumnal flowers of almost the only opportunity of seeing them 
in or about London, and we fear that it will still further tend 
to the depreciation of the flower ; for, strange as it may appear, 
it is nevertheless true, that no sooner does a flower cease to 
come before the public, than it ceases to enjoy its popularity. 
Mr. Charles Turner, of Slough, and Mr. John Keynes, of 
Salisbury, are still the two chief purveyors of new varieties, and 
to the former of these gentlemen we are indebted for the flower 
from which our drawing was taken. Fanny Gair is one of those 
beautiful tipped varieties of which Mr. Turner has already given 
us some fine examples ; the ground colour is pure white, and 
