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Hoyt & Roberts, comps.  Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations.  1922.
 
Tuberose (Polianthes Tuberosa)
 
The tuberose, with her silvery light,
  That in the gardens of Malay
Is call’d the Mistress of the Night,
So like a bride, scented and bright;
  She comes out when the sun’s away.
        Moore—Lalla Rookh. Light of the Harem.
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