£)al)lia nanctbilcs. Natural Order: Comfiositce — Aster Family , 
^NDREW DAHL, a native of Sweden, the friend and pupil of 
Linngeus, 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 
America, and Humboldt, one of the world’s most-observing, 
enthusiastic and scientific discoverers, found it growing on 
Mtiy e l evate d plateaux of Mexico. Under cultivation it sports into a 
variety of hues, blooming freely from midsummer until late in fall. 
5 |p£ 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 
^e foliage is destroyed by frost, and kept in a dry, warm cellar until 
spring. 
TTTHERE ambition of place goes before fitness 
* * Of birth, contempt and disgrace follow. 
— Chapman. 
I, stooping, kissed the blossom 
The proud dahlia seemed to scorn, 
Feeling that within mv bosom 
A new impulse had heen born. 
—Lucy M. Sanford. 
T 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. 
HERE the supercilious dahlia 
A A In imperial splendor shone, 
While, beneath, the white-crowned daisy, 
Unobtrusive, bloomed alone; 
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