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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1796 Excerpt: ...with the leaves. Tram, tf Sac. of Arts, ii. p. 157. Both this and the Garden Polyanthus have roots which bear what the florists call pin eyed flower and other roots bearing only rose-eyed flowers. In the pin-eyed flower tlae pistil and its summit reach nearly to the mouth of the tube, -so that the anthers which are placed lower down arc invisible, whilst in the rofc-eyed tie anthers are uppermost. f The blofsoms are used for making cowslip wine. The leaves are sometimes eaten as a pot herb, and in sallads. The root has a floe scent, lite anise.--Silk worms are fond of the leaves and flowers. Trans, of Sx. J tirti, ii. f. 157. P. Leaves scolloped, smooth: border of the blofsom flat, farino'sa. Dicks, h. t.-E. hot. 6-Fl. dan. 2 -Walc.-Gmel. iv. 44. 2 and 3 Knipb. g-Ger. 639. 2 and i-Clus. i. 300. i-Loi. obs. 307. 2-Ger. em. 783. i-H. ox. v. 24. row 2. 5 oid6-Clus. 300. 3-Loi. oi/. 307. l-Ger. rw.783. 2-. 2?. iii. 498. 3. ib. 3.6-H. ox. ib. j-J. B. ib. i-Swert. ii. 4. g-Park. par. 243. 10. Fruit-stalks znd calyx a if dusted with flour. Likn. Leaves mealy underneath. B/o/x. bluish red. Birds-eye, Birds-eyn. Birds-eye Primrose. Marshes and bogs on mountains in the north. Ray. Woodward. Meadows near Kendall in the richest profusion. St. Wet places near Darlington. Mr. Robson. Covering whole meadows with a fine pinky colour, about Connistone, and other parts of Craven, Yorkshire. Mr.CALEv. P.May. CYCLAMEN. Blofs. wheel-shaped, reflected; tube very short; mouth projecting: rccept. fleshy, supporting a berry inclosed in a case. C. Blofsom bent back as if broken: -leaves circular, scol-europse'um. loped. Jacq. atistr. 401-Black. ij-Fuchs. 451-Miller. 115-Ger. 694Dod. QSJ-Lob. ic. 605-Ger. em. 843-Caw. efit. 357-Par. t-Knipi. 3. Leaves greatly varying from round to...

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