. Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants ... Based on the French work of Messrs. Decaisne and Naudin ...entitled 'Manuel de l'amateur des jardins,' and including the original woodcuts by Riocreux and Leblanc. Plants, Ornamental. 478 Iridacecs—Afo}i tbretia. flowers, makes a beautiful bed treated in the same way as Gladkolua. M. fucata is yellow and scarlet, and M. rdsea is rose and white. There are several other South African genera which contri- bute a few handsome species, such as Babiana, Watsonia, and Witsenla; but they are strictly speaking greenhouse plants. U. CROCUS. It
. Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants ... Based on the French work of Messrs. Decaisne and Naudin ...entitled 'Manuel de l'amateur des jardins,' and including the original woodcuts by Riocreux and Leblanc. Plants, Ornamental. 478 Iridacecs—Afo}i tbretia. flowers, makes a beautiful bed treated in the same way as Gladkolua. M. fucata is yellow and scarlet, and M. rdsea is rose and white. There are several other South African genera which contri- bute a few handsome species, such as Babiana, Watsonia, and Witsenla; but they are strictly speaking greenhouse plants. U. CROCUS. It is unnecessary to go into the details of the technical characters of this familiar genus, farther than to enable the beginner to distinguish it from Bulhocbdium and Colchicum, two genera very similar in habit though belong- ing to a different family with 6 stamens and a free ovary. The bulbsorcorms are more or less densely clothed with fibrous coats. Leaves all radical, linear, enveloped in a scarious sheath at the base. Flowers solitary or fascicled,almost ses- sile on the bulb. Peri- anth - tube long and very narrow. Stamens on the bases of the outer segments. Ovary underground. Stigmas more or less cleft or fringed. Confined to Crocus vernus. (i nut. ) ^.j^^ northern hemi- sphere in the Old World and particularly abundant in Asia Minor and the Mediterranean region. The old Grreek name. The spe- cies and varieties in cultivation are exceedingly numerous and difficult of discrimination. We can only afford space for short descriptions of the commoner species.' For convenience ' Chiefly takoB from an outline key, kindly communicated by Mr. J. G. 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 Hemsley, W. Botting (William Botting), 1843-1924; Decaisne, J. (Joseph) Manuel de l'amateur
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