Study the Flowers
I T is strange how unobservant the average gardener is. considering that he handles plants so frequently. Seeds, shoots, flowers and leaves have an individuality all their own and a great field of interest is opened up by examining them through even a low power pocket lens:
P'or example, the red fringed, orange centre of a Pheasant Eye Narcissus is, to the unobservant, the centre of the bloom and nothing more. Under a lens this centre becomes beautiful in itself and makes one wonder how Nature manages to colour solely the edge of that tiny cup.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23809, 9 November 1940, Page 8 (Supplement)
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