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From the introductory to Asparagus Culture. The Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) belongs to the Lily family, and is a member of a large genus of plants, mostly natives of Africa, distinguished by fine small leaves, which make some of the kinds very graceful and elegant. The common kind is a native of sandy shores all round the basin of the Mediterranean, and grows along those of western Europe, till it reaches the western and south-western shores of England. It also grows on sandy plains in South Europe and North Africa. The flowers, which are small, are greenish-white, borne in twos or threes, and are succeeded by small, round, red berries, and the plant has a very elegant and feathery habit.

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