DAH'LIA BARKER!^. 
MISS barker’s dahlia. 
Class. 
8YNGENESIA. 
Natural Order. 
COMPOSlTiE. 
Order. 
SUPERFLUA. 
Native of 
Height 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Mexico. 
2 feet. 
Sept, Oct. 
Perennial. 
in 1837. 
No. 725. 
For the derivation of the word Dahlia, see No. 
115. The writing was engraved on our plate previ- 
ously to our being informed regarding the gender of 
the specific name of this plant. We would not wil- 
lingly omit doing honour to the name of a lady — 
particularly a patron of botany. 
Our readers will be glad to meet a new and dis- 
tinct species of Dahlia, one of low and slender 
habit of growth — qualities somewhat desirable, inas- 
much as they stand opposed to those possessed by 
the better-known species. On this new plant cul- 
tivators will have to try their ability and good for- 
tune in rendering it more beautiful ; for although 
at present it displays but a single ray, and that not 
speciously tinted, there is hope, almost amounting 
to certainty, that its little florets may all be forced 
into exuberance and splendour, like those of Dahlia 
superflua (now called variabilis). Indeed, there 
is the more reason why we may expect this, because 
the great splendour of our Dahlias, hitherto cultiva- 
ted, has arisen out of the mingling together of mere 
varieties, whilst it would seem that in many instances 
the prominent melioration of flowers is produced 
^82 . FI. Cab. 127. 
