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Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Banta, Nathaniel Moore, 1867- Schneider, Albert, 1863- Higley, William Kerr, 1860-1908 Abbott, Gerard Alan
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: Chicago, American Audobon association
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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ted for producing freely. It is said tliat the original of the cultivated hyacinth(Hi/acinthus orieritalis) is by comparison an insignificantplant, bearing on a spike only a few small, narrow-lobed,wash-blue flowers. So great has been the improvementeffected by the florists tliat the modern hyacinth wouldhardly be recognized as the descendant of the tj-pe abovereferred to, the spikes being long and dense, composed ofa large number of flowers: tlie spikes not infrequentlymeasure six or seven inches in length and from seven tonine inches in circumference, i^itli the flowers closely set onfrom bottom to top. Of late years much improvement hasbeen effected in the size of the indi\idual flowers and tliebreadth of tlieir recur\-ing lobes, as well as in securingincreased brilliancy and depth of color. The names ofhyacinths are now almost legion, and of all colors — car-mine red, dark blue, lilac-pink, bluish-white, indigo blue,silvery-pink, rose, yellow, snow white, azure blue. C. C. MARBm
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FLOWERS 79 THE SCARLET PAINTED CUP The Scarlet Painted Cup belongs to a large and inter-esting group of plants, known as the figwort family. Thisfamily includes about one hundred and sixty-five generaand over twenty-five hundred species. They are commonall over the world, reaching from the equator into theregions of constant frosts. It is claimed by some authori-ties that fully one thirtj^-fifth of all the flowering plantsof North America are classed in this family. Besides the painted cup, there are classed in this groupthe mullein, the common toad-flax, the foxglove, the gerar-dias, and the calceolarias. The scarlet painted cup of our illustration is a native ofthe eastern half of the United States and the southern por-tion of Canada. It prefers the soil of meadows and moistwoods, and has been found growing abundantly at an ele-vation of from three to four thousand feet. The flowers are dull yellow in color and are obscured bythe rather large floral leaves or bracts, which are brigh

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