ABNORMAL LILIES
This is the season of the year when these abnormal blooms are likely to appear. It is due to a freak growth brought about by extra rich soil and moisture, and becomes hereditary. It is known in botanical circles as “fasiation” and it is notable for the larger, flattened stem upon which the huge flower head is poised. The reason for this unusual stem flattening is that a number of ordinary stems rise together enclosed in one outer sheath.
This abnormally broad and flattened stem is clearly seen in the accompanying illustration below the flowers. The lily illustrated was grown by Mrs E. A. Stead at Orehua a few years ago and produced a mass of 200 blooms. This kind of lily is very prone to “fasciate” when well established. So is the daphne, celosia, cauliflower and foxglove The result in each case is an enlarged flower head in which the beauty of the individual flowers is lost in an extraordinary mass.
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28783, 2 January 1959, Page 12
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164ABNORMAL LILIES Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28783, 2 January 1959, Page 12
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