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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Eremurus (To the species described on p)

To the species described on p. 519, Vol. 1., the following should now be added:

E. aurantiacus (orange). fl., perianth yellow, five to six lines long; raceme dense, 6in. long, when expanded 1 1/2in. to 1 3/4in. in diameter; scape 1 1/2ft. high, terete, puberulous. l. five or six, narrow-linear, erect, persistent, 1ft. long, two to three lines broad. Afghanistan, 1885. (R. G. 1168, b, g, h.) E. Bungei (Bunge's). fl., perianth bright yellow, 1/3in. long; pedicels erecto-patent; raceme oblong, dense, 4in. to 5in. long; scape terete. 1ft. long, glabrous. l. linear, 1ft. long, less than 1/2in. broad, firm, glabrous, the edges minutely ciliated. Persia, 1885. (R. G. 1168, a.)

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