Tubers and Rhizomes.
A Garden Corner.
definitions of bulbs and corms were dealt with in Tuesday's note. Covering the subject of allied plants there remains two leading sections —tubers and rhizomes, which can be defined thus: Tubers are roots which are solid but can be divided according to the number of eyes each contains. Outstanding examples that will occur are potatoes, artichokes, dahlia, canna, arum, anemone, ranunculus, agapanthus and begonia. All these can be cut into as many pieces as there are visible eyes, and each will make a serviceable plant. Rhizomes are swollen roots just under the ground which can also be divided from the parent plant in much the same way. The rhubarb and bearded iris are typical rhizomes, and others in the class are aspidistras, funkia, pseony, lily of the valley, seakale and horseradish. The four classes mentioned cover the root system of all so-called bulbous plants. T. D. LENNIE.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 932, 30 November 1933, Page 8
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