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glory-of-the-sun
[ glawr-ee-uhv-thuh-suhn, -suhn, glohr- ]
noun
plural glory-of-the-suns.
- a bulbous, Chilean plant, Leucocoryne ixioides, of the amaryllis family, having fragrant, white or blue flowers.
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Glory-of-the-Sun—Leucocoryne ixioides odorata to botanists—is an entirely new species of bulbous plant discovered high in the Andes two years ago in the course of an expedition conducted by British Botanist Clarence Elliott.
Mr. Scheepers believes Glory-of-the-Sun will grow in California, the South, anywhere that freesias can be grown.
From his greenhouses came two new flowers never before exhibited in the U. S., the Sweet Glad and the Glory-of-the-Sun.
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