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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Doodia (Five species included in this)

The five species included in this genus are confined to the islands from Ceylon eastward to Fiji, New Zealand, and Australia. To those described on p. 486, Vol. I., the following varieties should now be added: D. aspera multifida (many-cleft). fronds arched, with a dense tassel at the apex; when young, tinted pink. Dwarf evergreen.

D. Harryana (Harry Veitch's). This differs from D. caudata (of which it is apparently a form ) in being stouter, of firmer texture, and larger. 1884. Garden variety.

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