. The American flora : or history of plants and wild flowers : containing their scientific and general description, natural history, chemical and medical properties, mode of culture, propagation , &c., designed as a book of reference for botanists, physicians, florists, gardeners, students, small and nume-rous, are attaclied to the inner angle of the cell, and sometimes to acentral column, which afterwards becomes loose. Genus Crocus. This is an ancient name, being derived from theyouth Crocus, who as the heathen poets feigned, was turned info thisflower. This genus has a large number of
. The American flora : or history of plants and wild flowers : containing their scientific and general description, natural history, chemical and medical properties, mode of culture, propagation , &c., designed as a book of reference for botanists, physicians, florists, gardeners, students, small and nume-rous, are attaclied to the inner angle of the cell, and sometimes to acentral column, which afterwards becomes loose. Genus Crocus. This is an ancient name, being derived from theyouth Crocus, who as the heathen poets feigned, was turned info thisflower. This genus has a large number of species, growing from sixinches to several feet in height, many of which rank among the most 156. / (^^C^t€:^^c^^.€^ C2^-c. ^^^Zy. ^, T^^#^-,,.<;?i»^^<e;sz:^(2^;i!^<2^ NAT. ORDER. 157 ornamcnlal of garden flowers, and from their beautiful appearance andvariety of colors luive become particular favorites, on account of theirearly flowering as well as their beauty. Nearly all tlie varieties ofthis class and order are propagated by their bulbous roots, and canbe cultivated to almost any extent by sowing the seeds. Another very important species of the Ixia Tricolor, is one sofrequently spoken oi by the ancients. The top spreads itself into akind of umbel, composed of many long, narrow leaves. The lowerpart of tile stalk is surrounded with long sword-shaped leaves. Thisis the plant from which the celebrtited jMjJijrus of the Egyptians andother ancient nations was obtained. Between the flesh and bark oftlie thick part of the stalk there grows a membrane, which beingstripped ofT in the form of narrow pieces or ribbons, was united intoslieets by p
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