Bowles, Edward Augustus, 1865-1954 · London, T. C. & E. C. Jack · leaf 113
i, suaveolens, dalmaticus, etruscus, versicolor, andvernus.The two last are seldom seen with any yellow aboutthem, but I have some versicolor collected near Mentonethat in some forms have straw-coloured outer segments,and a seedling I got here from vernus Mme. Mina has quitea Nankeen tint outside… … o Spring Crocuses It may be more conspicuous to insect visitors amongwithered grass and stones or bare earth, while the lilac andwhite of autumnal species form a greater contrast with thebrowns and tawny reds of fallen or dead leaves. I have before alluded to the way external stripes, afterthe…
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