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, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

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, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

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 (Lat. flos, floris; Fr. fleur)
• FLOWER, SIB

flower, which is 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, 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
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

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, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

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
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

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

• GREAT

great improvement on the older forms .