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Definition of Ixias
1. ixia [n] - See also: ixia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ixias
Literary usage of Ixias
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1856)
"... of as the "ixias," by some authors. There are two species of this plant; the
white kind has a rougher leaf than the other, and creeps along the ground, ..."
2. A Hand-book to the Order Lepidoptera by William Forsell Kirby (1896)
"... and an incomplete double row of marginal spots, sometimes forming a border ;
there are also traces of marginal spots on the hind-wings. GENUS ixias. ..."
3. The Floricultural Cabinet, and Florists Magazine by Joseph Harrison (1848)
"We have seen the ixias in pit frames, and along the front of a greenhouse, brick
wall, &c., bloom most charmingly; and this fine Tritonia, no doubt, ..."
4. Home Life on an Ostrich Farm by Annie Martin (1891)
"... —Wax-creeper—ixias — Scarlet heath — Natal lilies — "Upholstery flower"—Ticks—Commence
ostrich-farming—Counting the birds—A ride after an ostrich. ..."
5. The Gardeners' Dictionary: Describing the Plants, Fruits and Vegetables by George W. Johnson (1877)
"A pretty Mexican «nail bulb, requiring »light protection in winter, or the
greenhouse-culture of ixias. Offsets ; light, rich loam. ..."
6. Round the round world on a Church mission by George Edward Mason (1892)
"... be seen a white fountain splashing, and a tree-fern, and masses of banished
arums in the field beyond, growing six feet high. The ixias were specially ..."
7. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"ixias are delightful tender bulbs originally from the Cape of Good Hope, with
attractive grass-like foliage and spikes of flowers borne in early spring, ..."
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