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CRINUM , a genus (nat. ord. Amaryllidaceae) of bulbous See also:plants with rather broad leaves and a solid leafless See also:stem, bearing a cluster of handsome See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white or red See also:funnel-shaped See also:regular See also:flowers. They are well known in cultivation, and owing to the wide See also:distribution of the genus different methods are adopted with different See also:species. Some require the hot, moist temperature of a See also:stove; such are C. amabile, a native of See also:Sumatra, C. amoenum (See also:India), C. Balfourii (Socotra), C. giganteum (See also:West tropical See also:Africa), C. Kirkii (See also:Zanzibar), C. latifolium (India), C. zeylanicum (tropical See also:Asia and Africa), and others. Others thrive in a See also:green-See also:house; such are C. asiaticum, a widely distributed plant on the See also:sea-See also:coast of tropical Asia, C. capense and C. longiflorum, from the Cape, and C. Macowani and C. Moorei from See also:Natal. C. asiaticum, C. capense and C. Macowani will also thrive in sheltered positions in the See also:garden.
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