. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. THE COMMELINA. C'lDntiiliji" Cfch'stiK. IKES and dislikes, as reo-irds flowers and plants, are not very easy to explain, and we shall not now at- tempt to say why it is that man}' people dislike the C'onniielina and the Tradcscantia and the rest of the " ; However, it may not be improper to remark that in j^roportion as taste is in- tlaenced by knowledge it becomes nniversal. Larg-e-minded and gene- rous-hearted people discover beau- ties and points of peculiar interest in all the works of nature,
. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. THE COMMELINA. C'lDntiiliji" Cfch'stiK. IKES and dislikes, as reo-irds flowers and plants, are not very easy to explain, and we shall not now at- tempt to say why it is that man}' people dislike the C'onniielina and the Tradcscantia and the rest of the " ; However, it may not be improper to remark that in j^roportion as taste is in- tlaenced by knowledge it becomes nniversal. Larg-e-minded and gene- rous-hearted people discover beau- ties and points of peculiar interest in all the works of nature, and we may reasonably expect to find the wise ones of this generation unen- cumbered with prejudices in their observation of the wonders that spring up around them. The Commelina takes its name from the Dutch Ijota- nists^ J. and G. Commelin, whom it thus keeps in remem- brance, just as its near ally, the Tradescantia, is named after John Tradescant, gardener to Charles I., a man who contributed in an eminent degree to advance the botany. 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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