Autumn Crocus.
A Garden Corner.
rpilE AUTUMN CROCUS, a hardy British woodland bulbous plant, is flowering just now in early districts. Easy to grow and a great favourite of past years, it is like many more of grandmother’s choice, rather relegated to the waste garden because of its old-fashioned nature. There is no justification for this seeming contempt, because its beautiful lavender-pink shade tones in so beautifully wnth most other shades, and, in a Victorian posy or wide, low vase, it is very attractive, lasting well in water. It is from the roots of this Colchicum that a very useful medicinal agent is secured, one of value in the relief of gout and diuretic troubles. The root is highly poisonous and should be handled with care. Like the belladonna lily, the flowers appear without any foliage. The foliage shows in the spring and dies away before summer, leaving the flowers to appear in February-March from the bare ground; therefore the site of these bulbs should be marked. There are some newer sorts, bearing very large mauve or white flowers, that are much more ornamental. T. D. LENNIE.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20543, 19 February 1935, Page 11
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187Autumn Crocus. Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20543, 19 February 1935, Page 11
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