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FREESIA

This article appears in Volume V11, Page 87 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: FRA-GAE
FREESIA , in botany, a genus of plants belonging to the Iris family (
Iridaceae
 ), and containing a single species, F. refracta, native at the Cape of Good
Hope
 . The plants grow from a corm (a solid bulb, as in Gladiolus) which sends up a tuft of
long
  narrow leaves and a slightly branched
stem
  bearing a few leaves and loose one-sided spikes of fragrant narrowly funnel-shaped
flowers
 . Several varieties are known in cultivation, differing in the colour of the flower, which is white, cream or yellow. They form pretty greenhouse plants which are readily increased from seed. They are extensively grown for the market in
Guernsey
 , England and America. By potting successively throughout the autumn a
supply
  of
flowers
  is obtained through winter and
spring
 . Some very fine large-flowered varieties, including rose-coloured ones, are now being raised by various growers in England, and are a
great
  improvement on the older forms.


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