. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. T IT R B IN A T E B E li L - F L 0 W E li. Canijxinith:! Iurh'nuita. HIS pretty bell-flower illus- 'I trates in a pleasing' manner the prevailing difference between the flowers of the uiountain and of the jJain. The bling botanist of lai-ye experi- ence eau tell us in a moment the kind of country whence a ])lant has been derived, oven if he Jannot name the country or the jilantolf-hand. AVhen he linds the leaves small and in a eom- ]iact tuft, and the flnwers 'g;o and somewhat prominently dis- played, he
. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. T IT R B IN A T E B E li L - F L 0 W E li. Canijxinith:! Iurh'nuita. HIS pretty bell-flower illus- 'I trates in a pleasing' manner the prevailing difference between the flowers of the uiountain and of the jJain. The bling botanist of lai-ye experi- ence eau tell us in a moment the kind of country whence a ])lant has been derived, oven if he Jannot name the country or the jilantolf-hand. AVhen he linds the leaves small and in a eom- ]iact tuft, and the flnwers 'g;o and somewhat prominently dis- played, he will declare it to be a plant cd' the mountains, ac- customed to a strong light, and to frost and sndw and keen breezes. The ])lants of the valley are by comparison larye and lesifv, with thnvers less coiispieuiins ; and however beautiful, as m;\ny of them are, thev lack thetuft\', closel v-jiaeked, jiin-cushion gi'owth and brilliant colours of the true mountain flowers. Thisliell-. 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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