. The American botanist : a monthly journal for the plant lover. Botany. The American Botanist VOL. XX JOLIET, ILL., FEBRUARY, 1914 No. 1 St suffices, What suffices? suffices, reckoned rie^ht/y. Spring shall bloom where now the ice is, ^oses ma/ce the bramble siyhtlt/, J^nd the quickening sun shine briyhtli/, ytnd the latter wind blow liyhtlj/, y(nd my yarden teem with spices, — Rosetti. THE AMERICAN LOTUS By Chas. O. Chambers. TO plant in history, perhaps, has been invested with a larger ^ meed of mysticism and romance than that accorded to the lotus (Nelumbium). Other genera than Nelumbium h
. The American botanist : a monthly journal for the plant lover. Botany. The American Botanist VOL. XX JOLIET, ILL., FEBRUARY, 1914 No. 1 St suffices, What suffices? suffices, reckoned rie^ht/y. Spring shall bloom where now the ice is, ^oses ma/ce the bramble siyhtlt/, J^nd the quickening sun shine briyhtli/, ytnd the latter wind blow liyhtlj/, y(nd my yarden teem with spices, — Rosetti. THE AMERICAN LOTUS By Chas. O. Chambers. TO plant in history, perhaps, has been invested with a larger ^ meed of mysticism and romance than that accorded to the lotus (Nelumbium). Other genera than Nelumbium have shared the effulgence of myth and poetry associated with this name but they are not included here. Whether the sacred bean or lotus of the Nile was truly a Nchnnhium or not it is difficult to say, now, but it seems certain that Nelumbium specio'suin, a native of India and cultivated in the old world from time im- memorial, was brought to the Nile and, under cultivation, was highly prized as food at first but later also for its beauty; that it flourished for a time and eventually disappeared from that region, leaving only its name and memory. With the exception of its color and the shape of the anther the sacred lotus of the Orient (A^. spcciosuin ), is identical with our American lotus (A^. tut cum), which is yellow in place 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 Binghamton, N. Y. : Willard N. Clute & Co.
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