. An encyclopædia of gardening; . 6286. All the sorts of crocus have been, time out of mind, and still are, great ornamentsto the garden; the spring sorts coming into flower in February and March, and theautumn sorts in September and October. The color of the spring crocus in its wildstate, in Switzerland, is white with a purple base; it is considered as naturalised in Eng-land, but, when found wild, is almost always of a yellow color. The autumn crocus,or saffron, is also found wild in some places, and considered as naturalised ; but it ap-pears to be an African plant, which its Arabic name,
. An encyclopædia of gardening; . 6286. All the sorts of crocus have been, time out of mind, and still are, great ornamentsto the garden; the spring sorts coming into flower in February and March, and theautumn sorts in September and October. The color of the spring crocus in its wildstate, in Switzerland, is white with a purple base; it is considered as naturalised in Eng-land, but, when found wild, is almost always of a yellow color. The autumn crocus,or saffron, is also found wild in some places, and considered as naturalised ; but it ap-pears to be an African plant, which its Arabic name, sahafaran, seems to justify, andintroduced originally in Edward the Thirds time. Its color is generally purple or blue,as is that of most of the autumn varieties in cultivation at present. 6287. Varieties. None of these are double. Of the spring crocus, Parkinson hasenumerated twenty-seven varieties; the fundamental colors of which are blue, purple,yellow, and white. Miller recites twelve as leading sorts. Masons catalogue for 18
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