Helena Rutherfurd Ely - The many varieties and wonderful colors of the modern dahlia make it a tota

The many varieties and wonderful colors of the modern dahlia make it a totally different flower from the one our grandmothers knew. The names are descriptive of the different varieties, and as there are so many of them, and they bloom from early in June or July until frost, a garden of dahlias might be very interesting.

- Helena Rutherfurd Ely

source: Helena Rutherfurd Ely (1911). “The Practical Flower Garden”

topic: Flower, Grandmother, Garden, Dahlias