Tuberose

Tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa), a liliaceous plant of the East Indies, largely cultivated, in Southern Europe and in our conservatories, for the sake of its fragrant white flowers, Its tuberous stem sends up an aerial shoot three feet high, with lanceolate leaves and a raceme of funnel-shaped blossoms, each about 1-1/2 inches long, with a long perianth-tube. In cultivation the flowers are mostly double. It is much grown at Cannes, Grasse, etc., for perfumery.