C03DI0N GARDEN FLOWERS. 



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IiTCEMlS CHALCEDONICA. 



flower-stems surmounted -with a corymb of bright 

 scarlet flowers that are very showj-. One of the com- 

 mon names of this plant is the Cross of Jerusalem, 

 from the resemblance of its scarlet petals, both in 

 shape and colour, to the arms of a Jlaltese or Jerusa- 



lem cross. It is also known as the Flower of Bristol, 

 or in all probability, more properly Flower of Bristow, 

 and also Flower of Constantinople — the latter name 

 from its growing wild near the Turkish capital, the 

 former from its colour being " Bristol red," as in 



