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.