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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Furcraea (To the species described on pp)

To the species described on pp. 37-8, Vol. II., the following should now be added:

F. Roezlii (Roezl's). fl. pale yellowish, 1 3/4in. in diameter, in clusters of three or four; scape 10ft. to 12ft. high, paniculate above, the unbranched part clothed with long, sheathing bracts. l. 4 1/2ft. long, 4in. broad, narrowed towards the base, lanceolate, acuminate. Mexico, 1887. Greenhouse. (R. H. 1887, p. 353.) SYN. Roezlia regia (of gardens).

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