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FUNKIA

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

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botany, a genus of rather handsome,
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hardy, herbaceous
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plants belonging to the natural
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order
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Liliaceae, and natives of
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China and
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Japan . They are tuberous, with broadly ovate or
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heart-shaped leaves and racemes of
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white or
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pale
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lilac, drooping,
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funnel-shaped
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flowers . They are useful for the
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borders of a shrubbery, the
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lawn or
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rock-
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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
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spring .

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