FUNKIA

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FUNKIA , in botany, a genus of rather handsome,

hardy

, herbaceous plants belonging to the natural order Liliaceae, and natives of China and Japan. They are tuberous, with broadly ovate or heart-shaped leaves and racemes of white or

pale

PALE (through Fr. pal, from Lat. palms, a stake, for paglus, from the
stem
- STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")
pag- of pangere, to fix; "
pole
" is from the same original source)

lilac

LILAC

, drooping, funnel-shaped

flowers

FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

. They are useful for the borders of a shrubbery, the lawn or

rock

work

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

spring

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)

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