. The naturalist in Australia. Natural history. VEGETABLE VAGARIES. 287 coign of vantage " over the garden wall," relentingly unbent to her constant wooer, and furnished the subject of our picture. The photographic replica forming the lower of the two floral subjects included in Plate L. is a highly interesting instance of feli- citous acclimatisation somewhat accidentally brought about. The location, as in the case of two of the Cacti previously referred to, is the Botanical Gardens, Adelaide, and the aquatic plant figured is a Brazilian species, Pontidena cras- sipes, locally terme
. The naturalist in Australia. Natural history. VEGETABLE VAGARIES. 287 coign of vantage " over the garden wall," relentingly unbent to her constant wooer, and furnished the subject of our picture. The photographic replica forming the lower of the two floral subjects included in Plate L. is a highly interesting instance of feli- citous acclimatisation somewhat accidentally brought about. The location, as in the case of two of the Cacti previously referred to, is the Botanical Gardens, Adelaide, and the aquatic plant figured is a Brazilian species, Pontidena cras- sipes, locally termed the " Water ; For many years this Pontideria was tenderly nursed and coddled in the warm water, Victoria regia, tanks of the adja- cent hothouses, but without its condes- cending to pro- duce a sin- gle bloom. The decree at length went forth from the long - suf- fering but patience- exhausted Curator to. W. SiiviUe-Ke-nt, Photo. TREE-FKRNS, p. 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 Kent, W. Saville (William Saville), d. 1908. London, Chapman & Hall
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