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 sessile feather-nerved h ft)

l. sessile, feather-nerved. h. 1ft. Georgia, 1820.

A. grandiflora (large-flowered).* fl. white, with yellow anthers, large, panicled. July. l. sinuate, smooth, glaucous, spiny-toothed; nerves unarmed. h. 2ft. to 3ft. Mexico, 1827.

A. hirsuta (hairy).* fl. pure white, 3in. to 5in. in diameter. September. l. pinnatifid, bristly. h. 2ft. California, 1879. A very beautiful plant. A. mexicana (Mexican). Devil's Fig. fl. solitary, yellow; petals four to six. June. l. profoundly repand-sinuated, spiny, blotched with white. h. 2ft. Mexico, 1592.

A. ochroleuca (yellowish-white).* fl. pale yellow, solitary; petals six.

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