The Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-Garden Displayed 9-10
The Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-Garden Displayed 9-10
Curtis William
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figured in the HorL Malab. ?) all thefe varieties growing in feparate pots, they place in certain quarters which they par- ticulvly wifli to decorate, and the efFeft they produce is highly pleafing: in the cultivation of this plant they fpare no pains, the fhorter it is and the larger its flowers, the ii^ore it is elleemed; to make it dwarfiih, and at the fame time pro- duSive of flowers, they check its growth ; for, if fuffered to grow rude^ it affumes a wild nature, and produces little but le...aves; when it is coming into flower, of the three bloflbms ybich ufually terminate each branch, they pluck off two, and thus the remaining flower grows larger ; by this, and other management, they caufe the flowers to grow to the breadth of one's hand : he enumerates ftill a fifth fort with white flowers, which is extremely rare, and fmaller than the others, called Xfcbuy/ayJI, that is the drunken woman ; its flowers morning and evening flag, and hang down as if debilitated by intoxi- cation, in the middle of the day they become ereft, and follow the courfe of the fun ; but this (moft probably adiftinft fpecies) is not exported from China.
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