Popular field botany; containing a familiar and technical description of the plants most common to the various localities of the British Isles, adapted to the study of either the artificial or natural systems . ^. I- ,v.,1 asiia. C3Trii)esuis. wwA J, n ..srastium seTniaccaTiiriiTi-L ,juivii. Heevelt til .c c init MARCH. 43 This well-known flower appears in our gardens very early,even amid the snobs of January and February. It is afavourite visitor, as it gives us hope of spring; and thoughits appearances is, on the whole, stiff and formal, it isuniversally admired. The petals expand during the
Popular field botany; containing a familiar and technical description of the plants most common to the various localities of the British Isles, adapted to the study of either the artificial or natural systems . ^. I- ,v.,1 asiia. C3Trii)esuis. wwA J, n ..srastium seTniaccaTiiriiTi-L ,juivii. Heevelt til .c c init MARCH. 43 This well-known flower appears in our gardens very early,even amid the snobs of January and February. It is afavourite visitor, as it gives us hope of spring; and thoughits appearances is, on the whole, stiff and formal, it isuniversally admired. The petals expand during the day,and close at night. No flower is more sensible to the effectsof light and heat, for it will open even if exposed to thelight of a lamp; and the heat of a fire will have a sensibleeffect upon it. We have six species growing wild inEngland, but most of them are supposed to be naturalizedhere (that is introduced from other countries); as they arenow, however, frequently observed in several parts of thecountry, the most common must be mentioned. Cuocus VERNUS. Purple Spring Crocus is distinguishedby its stigma (the upper part of the pistil) being divided intothree short, jagged, whedge-shaped lobes; th
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