The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening

Every genus a Victorian gardener could grow — Abelia to Zygopetalum across four volumes, with each plant's history, species, and culture, by the Curator of Kew.

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Aconitum (According to Bentham)

According to Bentham and Hooker, the number of distinct species is only about eighteen, many of the plants described on pp. 15-17, Vol. I., being mere varieties. They are chiefly mountain plants, spread over the greater part of Europe and Central Asia, very few species being found in North America. A. dissectum is the only addition calling for mention.

A. dissectum (dissected). This plant has much in common with A. Napellus, but it is more hairy; the principal difference is exhibited in the narrower helmet of the flowers. Himalayas, 1885. (R. G. 1886, p. 226, f. 16.)

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