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Definition of Freesias
1. freesia [n] - See also: freesia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Freesias
Literary usage of Freesias
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"Low plants, of easy culture if treated like freesias or hyacinths. Three or 4
corms in a 4-in. pot give attractive bloom in March or later. ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"The garden evolution of the freesias has proceeded along two lines. ... One of
the strong points of freesias is that planting may be delayed longer than ..."
3. The Principles of Floriculture by Edward Albert White (1915)
"freesias 460. Botanical classification. — Order, Iridaceae; genus, Freesia ...
freesias are much forced for cut- flowers, and they are also excellent for ..."
4. The Garden: An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Gardening in All Its Branches by William Robinson (1903)
"To mix both large and small bulbs together is the surest way to spoil a potful
of freesias, whereas when bulbs of uniform size are planted together the ..."
5. Bulb Gardening by Mary Hampden (1922)
"There must be no attempt to force on freesias until the buds are forming, ...
Modern freesias are immensely superior in texture, stability, size and colour ..."
6. Putnam's Garden Handbook by Mae Savell Croy (1917)
"freesias The best fertilizer for freesias is composed of loam, sand, and leaf-mold.
A little well-rotted stable manure may be added but it should first be ..."
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