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AFRICAN LILY (Agapanthus umbellatus)

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 361 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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AFRICAN

AFRICAN See also:
LILY
LILY (Agapanthus umbellatus) , a member of the natural See also:

order See also:

LILIACEAE

Liliaceae, a native of the Cape of See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

Good See also:

Hope, whence it was introduced at the See also:

close of the 17th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century. It is a handsome greenhouse plant, which is See also:

hardy in the See also:

south of See also:

England and See also:

Ireland if protected from severe frosts. It has a See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

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STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem bearing a tuft of See also:

long, narrow, arching leaves, z to 2 ft. long, and a central See also:

flower-stalk, 2 to 3 ft. high, ending in an umbel of See also:

bright See also:

BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue, See also:

FUNNEL (through an O. Fr. founil, found in Breton, from Lat. infundibulum, that through which anything is poured, from fundere, to pour)

funnel-shaped See also:

FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers. The See also:

PLANTS

plants are easy to cultivate, and are generally grown in large pots or tubs which can be protected from See also:

frost in See also:

winter. During the summer they require plenty of See also:

WATER

water, and are very effective on the margins of lakes or See also:

RUNNING

running streams, where they thrive admirably. They increase by offsets, or may be propagated by dividing the See also:

root-stock in See also:

early See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring or autumn. A number of forms are known in cultivation; such are albidus, with See also:

white flowers, aureus, with leaves striped with yellow, and variegatus, with leaves almost entirely white with a few See also:

green bands.

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