History of the National Dahlia Society
Jen P.Hjerting, Paul Sørensen & Dayle Saar jointly travel through Mexico collecting species Dahlias and add six more species to the list, Dahlia campanulata, Dahlia neglecta, Dahlia hjertingii, Dahlia cuspidata, Dahlia spectabillis, Dahlia parvibracteata. See Species Dahlias.
Paul D Sørensen, published in Rhodora, “Revision of the Genus Dahlia Asteraceae: Heliantheae-Coreopsidinae”.
Van der Berg catalogued a new dahlia for sale, calling it Dahlia juarezii to honor Mexican President Benito Pablo Juarez, who had died the year before.
First recorded exhibiting of dahlias in Scotland, receiving Silver Medal.
Richard Salisbury writes for the Horticultural Society (Later the Royal Horticultural Society) on the different species of Dahlia and the best method of cultivation in Great Britain. John Wedgewood, founder of the R.H.S, writes about his achievements at growing Dahlias in Staffordshire for the Horticultural Society (Later the R.H.S).
Richard Salisbury (1761 – 1829) receives Dahlia seed from Lady Holland’s garden. John Wedgewood (1766 – 1844) founder of the Royal Horticultural Society, grows Dahlia plants for the first time.
Lady Holland ‘s Librarian raises two seedlings from Lady Holland’s Dahlia pinnata purpurea No 1. Alexander Humboldt sends to Wildenow (Berlin Botanical Garden, Germany) seed of Dahlia coccinea, that is germinated and flowered in 1805. Richard Salisbury (1761 – 1829) grows Dahlia plants for the first time.
Abbe Cavanilles dies in May 1804. Alexander Humboldt & Bonpland return home to France, from their voyage of exploration of South and Central America. They bring back seed of Dahlia coccinea. Lady Holland sends seed to Britain and this is the main bases for the beginning of garden Dahlias in…Read More
John Frasier introduces Dahlia coccinea from France, John Woodford grows what is claimed to be Dahlia rosea from France which is the first Garden Dahlia to be grown in Britain.
Abbe Cavanilles becomes Director of Real Madrid Botanical Garden.
Abbe Cavanilles published “Icones et Descriptiones Plantarum, Vol 3” in October, that adds two more Dahlia species, Dahlia coccinea & Dahlia rosea.