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TUBEROSE . The cultivated tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa) is a plant allied to the Mexican agaves, and is a native of the same See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country. The tuberous See also:

root-stock sends up a See also:

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

stem 3 ft. in height, with numerous lanceolate leaves and terminal racemes of waxy See also:

white 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 very fragrant See also:

FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers. Each See also:

flower is about r i in. See also:

long, with a long See also:

TUBE (Lat. tuba)

tube and a six-parted See also:

LIMB

limb. The stamens are six in number, emerging from the upper See also:

PART

part of the tube, and See also:

bear linear anthers. The ovary is three-celled, and the ovoid See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit is crowned by the persistent flower. The plant is largely grown in the See also:

UNITED

United States and at the Cape of See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

Good See also:

Hope for export to See also:

England, as it is found that imported bulbs succeed better than those grown in the United See also:

KINGDOM

Kingdom. The See also:

double-flowered See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form is that principally grown. Cultivated See also:

PLANTS

plants require a See also:

rich See also:

SOIL

soil, considerable See also:

HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat, and, at first, abundance of See also:

WATER

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