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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Caryota (About a dozen species)

About a dozen species are included here; they inhabit tropical Asia, the Malayan Archipelago, New Guinea, and tropical Australia. To those described on pp. 274-5, Vol. I., the following should now be added: C. plumosa (feathery). A species supposed to be newly introduced, and distributed by a Belgian firm without description or information as to origin.

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