. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. PHEASANT'S EYE HAT shall we say of names now ? The sneer at those 'â ' who allium call tlieii- onions and their leeks " nmst be C(.)ncealed for the present. Here is a precious old garden friend, the colours of which remind us of the eye of the pheasant, the most beautiful of our poultr)-, which becomes game in the kill- ing, and the scientific name of which takes us right away into the heart of legeudar)- lore. It is the flower of Adonis, too, the Adovi-'i (I IIIII III nails, and it is the " rose - a - rubie "
. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. PHEASANT'S EYE HAT shall we say of names now ? The sneer at those 'â ' who allium call tlieii- onions and their leeks " nmst be C(.)ncealed for the present. Here is a precious old garden friend, the colours of which remind us of the eye of the pheasant, the most beautiful of our poultr)-, which becomes game in the kill- ing, and the scientific name of which takes us right away into the heart of legeudar)- lore. It is the flower of Adonis, too, the Adovi-'i (I IIIII III nails, and it is the " rose - a - rubie " and t he " red maythes^' of the lierb women, " by which uame,''^ says Gerardcj " it is called of them that dw ell where it growctli natural!}^, and generall}' red ; But what of all this? Why should we masticate (he dry husks of Iiistory when we maj' drink the wine of leifeudarv loiv ever fresh from the eternal fountains? " llcnrc, jj.'igi'iint history ! hence, gilJud cheat 1 .Swdvt jibinct in the universe of deeds .' AV'ide sea, tliat one continuous unirinur breeds i\ lolly the pebbled shore of ;. 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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