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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 346 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FUNKIA , in See also:

botany, a genus of rather handsome, See also:hardy, herbaceous See also:plants belonging to the natural See also:order See also:Liliaceae, and natives of See also:China and See also:Japan. They are tuberous, with broadly ovate or See also:heart-shaped leaves and racemes of See also:white or See also:pale See also:lilac, drooping, See also:funnel-shaped See also:flowers. They are useful for the See also:borders of a shrubbery, the See also:lawn or See also:rock-See also:work, or may be grown in pots for the greenhouse. The plants are propagated by dividing the crowns in autumn or when growth begins in See also:spring.

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