THE DAHLIA.
A RIVAL TO THE POTATO The dahlia has achieved a‘remarkable rise in estimation since its first introduction into England a century ago. Dr. Dahl, a pupil of Linnaeus, who discovered the plant in Mexico and first brought it to Europe, priced it not for the flower but the tuber, in which he saw a substitute for the potato.' As a flower it found favour in some Continental countries, especially France, where it was at one time extensively cultivated for the table, but the tubers have a bitter flavour which prevented them becoming widely -and permanently popular. -It was only when the decorative value of the flowers began to be appreciated that the plant really came into its kingdom, and it has since been so improved that Dr. Dahl would hardly recognise one, of our garden varieties.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4932, 29 January 1926, Page 4
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138THE DAHLIA. Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4932, 29 January 1926, Page 4
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