Amaryllidaceæ: Preceded by an Attempt to Arrange the Monocotyledonous Orders, and Followed by a Treatise on Cross-Bred Vegetables and Supplement (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from Amaryllidaceæ: Preceded by an Attempt to Arrange the Monocotyledonous Orders, and Followed by a Treatise on Cross-Bred Vegetables and Supplement

Tm; receipt of a fresh supply of valuable specimens, for which I am indebted to Sir W. Hooker, after the printing of the body of this work had been completed, has enabled me to add amongst the supplemental observations the description of several fine plants before unknown. This supplemental articles have been arranged in alphabetical order, as the most conve nient for reference, and it will be apparent what place each ad ditional plant should occupy in the consecutive arrangement. The reader is particularly requested to refer from Alstrcnmeria, Bomarea, Crinum, Habranthus, Haemanthus, Hermione, Hip peastrum, Oporanthus, and Sternebergia to the Supplement. From each of the magnificent umbels of additional species of Bomarea, I could only afford space to represent a single flower and leaf, which will be sufficient to facilitate their identification. The publisher having been desirous of offering some copies to the public with coloured plates, it must be understood that, where no live specimen has been seen in this country, and no precise memorandum of the colours has been given by the collector, the plates could only be made to represent the existing tints of the dry specimens, which are in many cases very fallacious. Those who have been accus tomed to examine dry specimens, will however be able to form a better judgment by seeing what the existing colours are.

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