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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

Helena Rutherfurd Ely

Helena Rutherfurd Ely

Born: September 28, 1858

Died: May 18, 1920 (aged 61)

Bio: Helena Rutherfurd Ely was an American author, amateur gardener and founding member of the Garden Club of America whose three books influenced American and British gardeners to avoid Victorian formal gardens in favor of plantings that embodied an "informal and sensual style.

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