. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. GlIAPE HYACINTH. OHN PARKINSON, her- balist and gardener to their dread Majesties James I. and Charles I.—I))' the latter, indeed, prnnouneed Botauicus Regius Priniarius—hath, in his immortal presentment o£ "The Paradisus Terrestris" (l6:^9), set forth for our edification five distinct kinds of grape-Hower. They are severally the "darke blew,^^ the " skie-coloured," the "branched," the "white," and the " blush/' These are now grouped under two species, whereof we have one l)
. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. GlIAPE HYACINTH. OHN PARKINSON, her- balist and gardener to their dread Majesties James I. and Charles I.—I))' the latter, indeed, prnnouneed Botauicus Regius Priniarius—hath, in his immortal presentment o£ "The Paradisus Terrestris" (l6:^9), set forth for our edification five distinct kinds of grape-Hower. They are severally the "darke blew,^^ the " skie-coloured," the "branched," the "white," and the " blush/' These are now grouped under two species, whereof we have one l)efore us, and the other is the branched or stareh- g-rape hyacinth [Mmcari riicemosiiiii), a re])uted British plant, but undoubtedly, when found wild, a. mere escape from a garden. Another of the family, M. vomoHum, the feather hyacinth, was known to 3U. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hibberd, Shirley, 1825-1890; Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909. London : Cassell
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