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Definition of Colchicums
1. colchicum [n] - See also: colchicum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Colchicums
Literary usage of Colchicums
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British Flower Garden, (series the Second): Containing Coloured Figures by Robert Sweet (1833)
"... from abroad, as colchicums ; which, on Mr. Anderson's planting them in their
Garden at Chelsea, produced the flowers of several species of Tulipa. ..."
2. The English Flower Garden: Design, Arrangement and Plans Followed by a by William Robinson (1895)
"By and by the leaves of the colchicums and Daffodils are dry enough to pull away,
and then the Campanula, be it pusilla, pusilla alba, or turbinata alba, ..."
3. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson (1907)
"By and by the leaves of the colchicums and Daffodils are dry enough to pull away,
... THE DAFFODILS and colchicums root deeply and grow mostly in winter, ..."
4. The English Flower Garden and Pleasure Ground: Design and Arrangement Shown by William Robinson (1899)
"Before the bloom has passed away the Colchicum blooms begin to push up, and as
some of my colchicums are 5 inches across, of the richest rose colour, ..."
5. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"(ХИ) colchicums are most charming and interesting plants of easy culture. ...
colchicums are most effective in masses, which can be established by thick ..."
6. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"They are narcotic poisons, colchicums are natives of Europe and the ...
colchicums are most effective in masses, which can lie established by thick planting ..."
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