. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. 156 FAMILIAR nARDEK FimrETtS. BeprcHna, AvRlituinui, and Tortilijioni, for the niitumii. They do not flower at the same time from ;\'env to year; they observe what may l)e called o-eneral rather than particular seasons, and hence where there is anything like a collection spring-flowering- kinds will he found to flower in antumn, and some few will h<? nearly always in bloom. The splendour of the Cape heaths does not diminish our regard for those beauties of the moorland that our native ericas so bravely represent. As the
. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. 156 FAMILIAR nARDEK FimrETtS. BeprcHna, AvRlituinui, and Tortilijioni, for the niitumii. They do not flower at the same time from ;\'env to year; they observe what may l)e called o-eneral rather than particular seasons, and hence where there is anything like a collection spring-flowering- kinds will he found to flower in antumn, and some few will h<? nearly always in bloom. The splendour of the Cape heaths does not diminish our regard for those beauties of the moorland that our native ericas so bravely represent. As the poet writes :— " Tho erica here, That o'er the Caledonian hills sublime Spreads its dark mantle, where the bees delight To seek their purest honey, Sometimes with bells like amethysts, and then Paler, and shaded like the maiden's rheek With E-radual ;. 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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