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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Hartogia

(named in honour of J. Hartog, an early Dutch traveller in South Africa and Ceylon). SYN. Schrebera. ORD. Celastrineae. A monotypic genus. The species is an ornamental greenhouse evergreen shrub, allied to Cassine. It proves hardy in sheltered spots. For culture, see Cassine. H. capensis (Cape). fl. yellow; pedicels few-flowered, axillary, drooping. June. l. opposite, oblong, crenated, smooth, hardy, stalked. Cape of Good Hope, 1800. A small tree.

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