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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 87 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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FREESIA , in See also:

BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany, a genus of See also:

PLANTS

plants belonging to the See also:

IRIS

Iris See also:

FAMILY

family (See also:

IRIDACEAE (the iris family)

Iridaceae), and containing a single See also:

SPECIES

species, F. refracta, native at the Cape of See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

Good See also:

Hope. The plants grow from a corm (a solid bulb, as in See also:

GLADIOLUS

Gladiolus) which sends up a tuft of See also:

long narrow leaves and a slightly branched See also:

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

stem bearing a few leaves and loose one-sided spikes of fragrant narrowly 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. Several varieties are known in cultivation, differing in the See also:

COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour of the See also:

flower, which is See also:

white, cream or yellow. They See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form See also:

PRETTY

pretty greenhouse plants which are readily increased from See also:

SEED (from the root seen in Lat. serere, to sow)

seed. They are extensively grown for the See also:

MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market in See also:

GUERNSEY (Fr. Guernesey)

Guernsey, See also:

England and See also:

AMERICA

America. By potting successively throughout the autumn a See also:

SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply of flowers is obtained through See also:

winter and 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. Some very See also:

FINE

fine large-flowered varieties, including See also:

rose-coloured ones, are now being raised by various growers in England, and are a See also:

GREAT

great improvement on the older forms.

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