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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Campanumaea

(altered from Campanula). ORD. Campanulaceoe. A genus of greenhouse herbaceous, tuberous-rooted, twining perennials. Flowers involucrated, solitary, on axillary and terminal peduncles. Leaves opposite, petiolate, glaucescent beneath. Stems and branches terete. They thrive best in a rich sandy loam, with a little peat. Propagated by seeds and divisions. C. gracilis (graceful). fl. pale blue; corolla membranous, with a tubular base, dilated throat, and slightly expanded, truncated limb. l. on long petioles, ovate, blunt. Himalayas. SYN. Codonopsis gracilis. (C. H. P. t. xvi. A.) C. inflata (inflated.) fl. yellowish, with brownish veins; corolla herbaceous, ventricose; peduncles opposite the leaves, one-flowered. l. alternate, ovate-cordate, acute. Himalayas. (C. H. P. t. xvi. c.) C. javanica (Javan). fl. yellowish, with brownish veins; corolla herbaceous, very broadly campanulate, with five spreading lobes. l. variable, opposite and alternate, ovate-cordate, crenate. Himalayas. (C. H. P. t. xvi. B.)

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