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Title: Birds and nature
Year: 1900 (1900s)
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Subjects: Birds Natural history
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : A.W. Mumford, Publisher
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hile in the dandelion they are all strap-shaped, and in some other species all are tubular. The cineraria is an excellent illustration of the composite form, which bears both kinds of flowers. The name cineraria (Latin, cmerarius, from cinis, ashes) was given to these plants because of the grayish down that covers the surface of the leaves. The cinerarias form a large genus of practically herbaceous plants, and are chiefly natives of southern Africa and southern and eastern Europe. The varieties vary greatly from white to pinkish-purple and through various shades to dark, bluish-purple. They are quite easily cultivated, but are house plants in temperate latitudes. They are peculiarly liable to attacks of insects, plant-lice (Aphides)being especially an enemy. The florists varieties are chiefly produced from the species Cineraria ctuenta. Beautiful hybrids have been developed from this and other species, and the flower certainly deserves the popularity it has attained through sterling merit. 236
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iNoex. VOLUME V.-JANUARY, 1899, TO MAY, 1899, INCLUSIVE. ^CORNS, Two 210 Animals, Among 185 Animals, Hibernation of 84 Arbutus, The Trailing 229 Athena, The Birth of 29 Azalea, The 143 BABOON (Cynocephalus babuin) 217 Bat, The Hoary (Atalapha cinerea) 166 Bees, About 17 Birds, Defense of Some 211 Birds, Migratory 37 Birds that Do Not Sing 188 Bird Life, Destruction of 109 Birds as Shepherds 20 Bluebird, The 181 Boarder, A Transient 101 Bread Crumbs, The Charity of 115 Busy bodies. Little 113 Butternut, The (Juglans cinerea) 96 CINERARIA 236 Cloves (Eugenia caryophyllata Thunberg) 121 Cocoa-nut (Cocos nucifera) 95 Coffee 197 Cony, The (Hyrax) 203 Crusade, The Feather 221 DESERT, The Ship of the 37 EAGLE, The 24 and 36 Egg Collecting 216 FASHIONS, Spring 186 Feathers 161 February 73 Flowers, The Language of 74 Fox, The Kit (Vulpes velox) 182 QINGER (Zingiber Officinale Roscoe) 49 Gods Silence and His Voices Also 222 Grape, The 178 Gull, Bonapartes (Larus Philadelphia) 215 H ARE, Epitaph

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