TUBEROSE
Polianthes tuberosa
This bulb is extensively grown in the South of France for the delicious
perfume obtainable from its numerous pure white flowers. In this country
it is widely known, but considering the beauty and exceeding fragrance
of the blossoms it is astonishing that
a greater number are not planted
every season. Perhaps the fact that the bulbs are valueless after the
first year may in a measure account for the comparatively limited
culture. They are easily flowered as pot plants in a mixture of loam and
leaf-mould, plunged in a bottom heat ranging between 60 deg. and 70 deg.. The
growth is rather tall, and unless kept near the glass the stems become
unsightly in length.
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