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stem protected by the scaly remains of the bases of last season's leaves (known botanically as a "corm"). At the beginning of the new season of growth, new See also:

flower- and See also:

LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

leaf-bearing shoots are developed from the corm at the expense of the See also:

food-stuff stored within it. New corms are produced at the end of the season, and by these the plant is multiplied. These crocuses of the flower See also:

GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden are mostly horticultural varieties of C. vernus, C. versicolor and C. aureus (Dutch crocus), the two former yielding the See also:

white, See also:

PURPLE

purple and striped, and the latter the yellow varieties. The crocus succeeds in any fairly See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good garden See also:

SOIL

soil, and is usually planted near the edges of beds or See also:

BORDERS, THE

borders in the flower garden, or in broadish patches at intervals along the mixed borders. The corms should be planted 3 in. below the See also:

SURFACE

surface, and as they become crowded they should be taken up and replanted with a refreshment of the soil, at least every five or six years. Crocuses have also a pleasing effect when dotted about on the lawns and grassy See also:

banks of the See also:

PLEASURE (through Fr. plaisir from Lat. placere, to please; Gr. rlbovii)

pleasure ground. Some of the best of the varieties are:—Purple: See also:

David See also:

RIZZIO

Rizzio, See also:

Sir J. See also:

Franklin, purpureus grandiflorus. Striped: See also:

Albion, La Majestueuse, Sir See also:

Walter See also:

Scott, See also:

CLOTH

Cloth of See also:

SILVER

Silver, Mme See also:

MINA, FRANCISCO ESPOZ Y (1781-1836)

Mina. White: See also:

Caroline Chisholm, Mont See also:

Blanc.

Yellow: Large Dutch. The species of crocus are not very readily obtainable, bud' those who make a specialty of See also:

hardy bulbs ought certainly to See also:

SEARCH, or VISIT AND SEARCH

search them out and grow them. They require the same culture as the more See also:

FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar garden varieties; but, as some of them are See also:

apt to suffer from excess of moisture, it is advisable to plant them in prepared soil in a raised See also:

PIT (O. E. pytt, cognate with Du. put, Ger. Pfutze, &c., all ultimately adaptations of Lat. puteus, well, formed from root pu-, to cleanse, whence gurus, clean, pure)

pit, where they are brought nearer to the See also:

eye, and where they can be sheltered when necessary by glazed sashes, which, however, should not be closed except when the plants are at See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest, or during inclement See also:

WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather in order to protect the blossoms, especially in the See also:

case of See also:

winter flowering species. The autumn blooming kinds include many plants of very See also:

GREAT

great beauty. The following species are recommended: See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

Spring flowering:— Yellow: C. aureus, aureus See also:

var. sulphureus, chrysanthus, Olivieri, Korolkowi, Balansae, ancyrensis, Susianus, stellaris. See also:

LILAC

Lilac: C. Imperati, Sieberi, etruscus, vernus, Tomasinianus, banaticus. White: C. biflorus and vars., candidus, vernus vars. Striped: C. versicolor, reticulates. Autumn flowering:— Yellow: C. Scharojani. Lilac: C. asturicus, cancellatus var., cilicicus, byzantinus (iridiflorus), longiflorus, medius, nudifforus, pulchellus, Salzmanni, sativus vars. speciosus, zonatus.

White: caspius, cancellatus, hadriaticus, marathonisius. Winter flowering:—C. hyemaeis, laevigatus, vitellinus.

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