CRINUM  , a genus (nat. ord . Amaryllidaceae) of bulbous See also:

• PLANTS

plants with rather broad leaves and a solid leafless See also:

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

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 (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:

• REGULAR

regular See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers . They are well known in cultivation, and owing to the wide See also:

• DISTRIBUTION (Lat. distribuere, to deal out)

distribution of the genus different methods are adopted with different See also:

• SPECIES

species . Some require the hot, moist temperature of a See also:

• STOVE

stove; such are C. amabile, a native of See also:

• SUMATRA

Sumatra, C. amoenum (See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India), C . Balfourii (Socotra), C. giganteum (See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West tropical See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa), C . Kirkii (See also:

• ZANZIBAR

Zanzibar), C. latifolium (India), C. zeylanicum (tropical See also:

• ASIA

Asia and Africa), and others . Others thrive in a See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

green-See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house; such are C. asiaticum, a widely distributed plant on the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of tropical Asia, C. capense and C. longiflorum, from the Cape, and C . Macowani and C . Moorei from See also:

• NATAL

Natal . C. asiaticum, C. capense and C . Macowani will also thrive in sheltered positions in the See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden .