. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. THE CUPHEA. Caphea platycentra. UPHEAS restore to us the light of other days. Time was when all the lovers of gardens, and more especially the practitioners of chro- , matic colouring, were at fever heat P in discussing the relative merits .,. of Cuphea platycentra and Cuphea v eminens and Cuphea miniata, and all other cupheas, known or un- known, that might be located in the parterre to the advantage of its systematic artistic colouring. " But now'''—the scene is changed; the men are changed; the fashion is changed; c
. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. THE CUPHEA. Caphea platycentra. UPHEAS restore to us the light of other days. Time was when all the lovers of gardens, and more especially the practitioners of chro- , matic colouring, were at fever heat P in discussing the relative merits .,. of Cuphea platycentra and Cuphea v eminens and Cuphea miniata, and all other cupheas, known or un- known, that might be located in the parterre to the advantage of its systematic artistic colouring. " But now'''—the scene is changed; the men are changed; the fashion is changed; cupheas &re unknown— " The light of other days is faded. And all their glory ; But who shall say triey are less beautiful than they were ? who shall appraise a plant in the way of a broker, and value it by what it may fetch in the money market? "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever; its loveliness increases" where there are souls to appreciate it, and therefore we shall claim the cuphea as a "familiar garden flower," and in the fervour 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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