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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Camphora

(Camphor, commercial name of its chief product). Camphor-tree. ORD. Laurineoe. Cool stove evergreen trees, now referred to Cinnamomum. The true Camphor of commerce is a product of the oil procured from the wood, branches, and leaves of this tree, by means of dry distillation. The species thrives in a compost of peat and loam, and may be propagated by cuttings. C. officinalis (officinal). fl. greenish-white. March to June. l. triple-nerved, lanceolate, ovate. h. 20ft. Japan, 1727. SYN. Cinnamomum Camphora.

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