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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Erianthus

(from erion, wool, and anthos, a flower; referring to the tuft of hairs at the base of each spikelet). SYN. Ripidium. ORD. Gramineae. This genus comprises about a dozen species of hardy and half-hardy grasses, found in most warm regions.

E. Ravennae (Ravenna)* is a very handsome and stately hardy grass, from South

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