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the hill of a sunflower a park cosmos field (Ono-shi, Hyogo)
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Cosmos is a therophyte of the department cosmos of a
chrysanthemum, and makes beautiful flowers, such as pink, red, deep purple, and white, bloom.
Generally it is also a classic case of the flower of autumn, and is also called a cherry tree from the
form similar to a cherry tree in autumn.
since cosmos is too much often seen here and there -- Japan -- although it tends to be hallucinated like
a flower from ancient times
It seems that in practice, the countries of origin of cosmos are highlands in Mexico, Columbus discovered
the U.S. continent after that at Great Navigation Age, the flower found there was brought back to Spain,
and the beginning was named cosmos in the botanical garden in Spain Madrid in 1791. It is said that having
gone into Japan spread all over the country at moment at the Edo period terminal time since the lovely
flower suited the air of autumn of Japan very much after going into Meiji Era after that. It is said that
the character of the flower of cosmos showing a spread as national every place this much, it being very
strong in fact and being prolific although it seems that it is lovely, and having about the same strength
as weeds, and the climate of autumn of Japan may be suitable for cosmos. It is said that natural cosmos
attaches a flower bud only after it has the character of short-day and the length of night becomes in 10
hours or more. moreover, a basis -- since a basis is in tropical highlands, it is also a plant which likes
sunny very much. Therefore, the season of autumn will be most suitable for the bloom in Japan. It is said
that the kind of the early sensation which scatters a seed and buds in about two months is seemingly the
present mainstream, and a flower may merely be seen around from June by an early thing these days since
improvement of a species is progressing. The cosmos of the ancient kind of the pink of a classic case was
called Cosmos bipinnatus, and the cosmos of various colors or a form has been made by mating from there.
It seems that it is appearing in what is often seen to yellow cosmos the chocolate cosmos and white of
plum, red, and these days.
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