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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Aulax

(from aulax, a furrow; the under surface of the leaves of the original species being furrowed). ORD. Proteaceae. Greenhouse evergreen shrubs, from the Cape of Good Hope, thriving best in a compost of fibrous loam, leaf soil, and sharp sand, with thorough drainage. Ripened cuttings, taken off at a joint, and inserted in pots of sandy soil, will root readily under a hand glass, in a cool house.

A. pinifolia (Pine-leaved). fl. yellow, racemose. July. l. filiform, channelled. h. 2ft. 1780.

A. umbellata (umbelled). fl. yellow. June. l. flat, spathulate-linear. h. 2ft. 1774. (B. R. 12, 1015.)

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