Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed: In which the Most Ornamental Foreign Plants, Cultivated in the Open Ground, the Green-house, and the Stove, are Accurately Represented in Their Natural Colours ...1834 |
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Side 40 - A common plant in north California and along the coast of New Georgia, in dry soils or open parts of woods, flowering in April and May.
Side 40 - This truly splendid plant, worthy of bearing the name of his late Excellency Sir CHARLES COLVILLE, Governor of the Mauritius, to whom it was dedicated by its discoverer, is probably a native of the east coast of Africa : but was only seen by Professor BOJER in 1824, in the Bay of Bombatoe, on the western coast of Madagascar, where a single tree was cultivated by the inhabitants. That indefatigable naturalist raised it from seeds which he took to the Mauritius, where it has perfectly succeeded : and...
Side 40 - I am indebted to Mrs. C. HORSFALL, of Everton, Liverpool, was given to Mr. HORSFALL by Mr. HENRY HARRISON, who imported it from the Brazils. It has, as Mr. EVANS (the able gardener) observes, an aromatic smell, and differs from my original C. tridentatum in the larger flowers, and much broader sepals...
Side 40 - ... branches ; but though one or two may be eaten with some relish, the overpowering perfume and taste of rose-water, together with the want of juice or dryness, render it generally unpalatable ; and it is entirely excluded, except to satisfy occasional curiosity, from the table or dessert.
Side 40 - The present species, though it cannot vie with the E. splendens, or punicea, both of which bear such rich scarlet bracteas, is yet well deserving a place in every greenhouse, from the deep blood-colour of its bracteas and floral leaves, which present a strong contrast to the pale glaucous hue of the rest of the foliage. It is a native of Tenerifie, discovered by M.
Side 3 - Though the colour of the flowers is rather singular than brilliant, this is a very striking plant, with its curious candelabrum-like flower-spike and handsome foliage.
Side 40 - ... involute at the apex, imbricated, the inner segments the narrowest. Stamens six, of unequal length, adhering to the tube to unequal heights, subcompressed ; anthers yellow, oblong bifid at both ends, lobes acute ; pollen yellow, granules minute. Stigma capitate, small, white, pubescent. Style...
Side 9 - ... high, and with a trunk not exceeding 1 ft. in diameter. All parts of the tree are, while young, milky, as is shown when they are cut or broken. The leaves (oval ) are smooth and shining above ; beneath beautifully satiny, with pale rust-coloured close-pressed silky hairs. The leaves, before they fall, turn to a beautiful deep rich red, variously marbled or mottled with yellow or white ..... Flowers very small, scentless.