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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August (L ovate-globose gibbous)

l. ovate-globose, gibbous on both sides, and cobwebbed, rather rugged above. h. 6in. to 1ft. 1795.

A. intermedia (intermediate). Very like A. filamentosa, but has broader and more numerous leaves.

A. rubens (reddish).* fl. red; racemes simple. July. l. ovate, difformed, shining, dark green, somewhat reflexed at the apex. h. 6in. to 9in. 1796. A. rufescens (rusty-coloured). fl. reddish, similarly disposed to A. varians. July. l. crowded, expanded and recurved, ovate, acute, thick, green, usually dark purple beneath. h. 6in. 1818.

A. Telephiastrum (Telephium-like). Synonymous with A. varians. A. varians (varying).* fl. reddish; racemes few-flowered, sub-panicled. July. l. ovate, difformed, glabrous. h. 3in. 1813. SYN. A. Telephiastrum.

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