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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Guttiferae

A natural order of trees or shrubs, with a resinous juice, natives of humid and hot places in tropical regions, chiefly in South America or Asia, while a few are found in Africa. Flowers white, yellow, or pink, often incomplete; sepals and petals two to six, rarely eight. Leaves opposite, leathery, entire. The plants are generally acrid, and yield a yellow gum-resin. There are about twenty-four genera and 230 species. Illustrative genera are: Calophyllum, Clusia, Garcinia, and Mammea.

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