. Our garden flowers; a popular study of their native lands, their life histories, and their structural affiliations. Flowers. TUBEROSE TUBEROSE Polidntlies tuberdsa. Greek, polios white or brilliant, anlhos flower. Rootstock.—Tuberous. Stem.—Tvio to three feet high with eight to twelve reduced leaves; basic leaves six to nine to a stem, linear. Perianth.—White, waxen in texture; tube long, narrowly funnel- shaped, curved. Segments.—Short, unequal. Stamens.—Six inserted on the middle of the tube. Ovary.—Three-celled, free at apex; stigmas three. The Tuberose is a flower that may be said to hav
. Our garden flowers; a popular study of their native lands, their life histories, and their structural affiliations. Flowers. TUBEROSE TUBEROSE Polidntlies tuberdsa. Greek, polios white or brilliant, anlhos flower. Rootstock.—Tuberous. Stem.—Tvio to three feet high with eight to twelve reduced leaves; basic leaves six to nine to a stem, linear. Perianth.—White, waxen in texture; tube long, narrowly funnel- shaped, curved. Segments.—Short, unequal. Stamens.—Six inserted on the middle of the tube. Ovary.—Three-celled, free at apex; stigmas three. The Tuberose is a flower that may be said to have experienced in its many changes "the slings and arrows of outrageous fort- ; Once borne upon the very crest of fashion, associated with the camellia in the most aristo- cratic period of that flower's social reign, it has so fallen that there are few to do it honor, either in house or garden. Two causes have contrib- uted to bring about this change in its social status: its heavy odor and its funereal associations. Then, too, gar- den ideals have changed, and the stiff, clumsy stalk laden with stiff, heavy blossoms, does not and cannot harmonize with the tousled beauties whose sway is now unquestioned. As a matter of fact the double Tuberose never did harmonize with any other flower; it never was anything but a , , , . ^ Tuberose. PoUdnlhes luberbsa lump of cldymg sweetness. The English name of the plant gives us an interesting example of the ease with which a word may be turned from its real meaning and be made to express something quite different. To most of 77. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Keeler, Harriet L. (Harriet Louise), 1846-1921. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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