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BANKSIA

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 353 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BANKSIA  , an Australian genus of shrubs and trees (natural

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order Proteaceae), with leathery leaves often deeply cut and handsome dense spikes of
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flowers . It is named after
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Sir
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Joseph
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Banks (q.v.) . The
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plants are grown in
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England for their handsome foliage as
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evergreen greenhouse shrubs .

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