The new international encyclopaedia . ssrailroads (Map: Texas, F 5). It is the seat ofSt. Josephs College (Eoman Catludic), and hasthe Xazareth Seminary, an attractive court-house, and a handsome city hall. Victoria is ofconsiderable importance as a shi])ping pointfor farm and dairy produce, and as the centreof large stock-raising interests. The industrialestablishments include a large planing mill, cot-ton gins, an oil mill, etc. The water works arethe property of the municipality. Population, in1890, 304(1; in 1900, 4010. VICTORIA (Xeo-Lat., named in honor ofVictoria, Queen of England). A ge
The new international encyclopaedia . ssrailroads (Map: Texas, F 5). It is the seat ofSt. Josephs College (Eoman Catludic), and hasthe Xazareth Seminary, an attractive court-house, and a handsome city hall. Victoria is ofconsiderable importance as a shi])ping pointfor farm and dairy produce, and as the centreof large stock-raising interests. The industrialestablishments include a large planing mill, cot-ton gins, an oil mill, etc. The water works arethe property of the municipality. Population, in1890, 304(1; in 1900, 4010. VICTORIA (Xeo-Lat., named in honor ofVictoria, Queen of England). A genus of plantsof the natural order Nymphoeaccf, resemblingthe common water-lily. Only one species isknown, Victoria regia. This is said to have beenfirst observed by Hiinke. about 1801. but was notdescribed until 1832, when Piippig found it inthe river Amazon. It is foinid in other waters ofXorthern South America. Its floating leaves areorbicular and attain a diameter of 5 to 6 feet; havethe margin turned up about two inches, are pur-. VICTOBIA BEGIA. plish beneath, and exhibit prominent veins, fur-nished with prickles. The flowers rise among theleaves upon prickly stalks. They are more thana foot in diameter, white, internally rose-colored,and are very fragrant. The fruit is a capsule,almost globose, with a depression on the top,about half the size of a mans head, fleshywithin, and divided into numerous cells, full ofround farinaceous seeds, which are an agreeablearticle of food. The plant is called mais delagua, or water maize, in some parts of SouthAmerica. To the cultivation of the plant specialhot-houses have been devoted in some places inthe United States and in Europe. It has been introduced into India from seeds produced inEngland. VICTORIA, Cr DAD. The capital of the Stateof Tamanlipas, Mexico. See CiLDAD VICTORIA. VICTORIA (1819-1901). Queen of theUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,Empress of India. She was the daugliter andonly cjiild of Edward, Duke of Kent,
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