Search Results for: Cordage of textile fibres of the genus agave
---description--- the normal life of a foxglove plant is two seasons, but sometimes the roots, which are formed of numerous, long, thick fibres, persist and throw up flowers for several seasons. in the first year a rosette of leaves, but no stem, is sent up. in the second year, one or more flowering
, regular, cup-shaped flower, through the centre of which the upper extremity of the stem is more or less prolonged. the foxglove is a favourite flower of the honey-bee, and is entirely developed by the visits of this insect. for that reason, its tall and stately spikes of flowers are at their best in...
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