Two hundred garden flowers, each with F. Edward Hulme's hand-drawn colour plate and Shirley Hibberd's essay — five series of the best-loved flower book of the Victorian garden, complete.

Gentianella

2 pages in this part of Familiar Garden Flowers.

Gentianella (ERYNGIUM from a name adopted)

ERYNGIUM, from a name adopted by Pliny. N.O., Apiaceoe, or Umbellifers. LINNAEAN:5, Pentandria; 2, Digynia.--Between an eryngo and a…

Gentianella (Gentiana acaulis BLUE flowers)

Gentiana acaulis BLUE flowers are the least plentiful, and the philosophers tell us the reason why. All flowers, they say, were at first…

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