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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Haronga

(the native name in Madagascar). ORD. Hypericineae. A monotypic genus. The species is an evergreen stove shrub. It thrives in a compost of sandy loam and peat. Propagated by cuttings, made of young shoots, and inserted in sand, under a glass, in heat.

H. madagascariensis (Madagascar). fl. yellow; corymbs terminal, very large and branchy. l. elliptic-lanceolate, entire Stem round, branching. h. 10ft. Tropical Africa and Madagascar, 1822.

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