DAHLIA: DIGNITY The symbolism of dahlias may have subconsciously increased my love for them. Once upon a time I was reading a book and the main character was leaving a halfway house in the early morning, having not gotten along well with the other girls in her time there. At the foot of every door on her way out she left a single dahlia, explaining to us, the readers, the symbolism in this behavior: she was leaving with dignity. I love it. ​ ​The first record of Dahlias that