Davis County Clipper | 1938-02-18 | Page 3 | Mexicans Grew Dahlias

Mexicans Grew Dahlias The Mexicans had cultivated the dahlia before the Spaniards arrived in fn 1519 but It was about years later in in 1791 that at t the plants ap- ap app appeared p ared in Europe at the Botanic gardens In Madrid Spain The new new- newer newer forms have all been brought er about out since 1800 says the Ule Rocky Mountain Herald The native Mex- Mex Mexican name of the dahlia dal ia was ican water pipe and j which means II 11 r the of Is in honor its to present name botanist Dr An- An AnI Andreas amous Spanish I dreas DahL J