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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Costus (All the species of this genus)

All the species of this genus are tropical; they are found in America, Africa, Asia, and Australia. To those described on p. 387, Vol. I., the following should now be added:

C. musaicus (mosaic-marked). l. obliquely-lanceolate, 3in. to 4in. long, the centre dark green, the rest tessellated with silvery. grey. Congo, 1887.

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