This neglected garden was a mere tangle of untrimmed shrub and luxuriant weed, with just a few Dahlias and hollyhocks fighting through the ruin of what had been pretty flower borders; and she thought how nice it would all look again when sufficient work had been put into it.
"The Devil's Garden"
W. B. Maxwell
He gives up much of his time to the culture of flowers, and is more interested in the success of his Dahlias than in those scenes of courtly circles in which he is called to fill so distinguished a part.
"The Idler in France"
Marguerite Gardiner
There was no lack, heaven knows, of Dahlias of the desired colour.
"The Lost Dahlia"
Mary Russell Mitford