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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Hakea (To the species described on p)

To the species described on p. 109, Vol. II., the following should now be added:

H. laurina (Laurel-like). fl. rosy-lilac, in dense, globular, sessile, axillary clusters; pedicels about 1/6in. long. Summer. l. narrowly elliptic-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, long-petiolate, 4in. to 6in. long, and (as well as the branches) hoary-tomentose or glabrous h. 10ft. to 30ft. 1830. (G. C. n. s., xxv., p. 149.)

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