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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Anchietea

(named after P. Anchietea, a Brazilian writer on plants). ORD. Violarieae. An ornamental, stove, evergreen climber. Petals five, very unequal, two upper ones smallest, two intermediate ones longer, lowest one largest, with a spur at the base. The species thrives in a mixture of loam, sand, and peat. Young cuttings root freely under a bell glass if planted in sand, and placed in a moderate heat.

A. pyrifolia (pear-leaved). fl. whitish, veined with red at the base, in axillary fascicles; lower petal obovate. July. l. alternate, stalked, stipulate, ovate, acute, crenated. Brazil, 1826.

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