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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Heliconia

To the species described on pp. 128-30, Vol. II., the following should now be added:

H. nitens (shining). l. obliquely oblong-ovate, bright satiny. green. Mexico, 1883. A small, neat species.

H. viride (green). l. 1 1/2ft. to 2ft. long, 6in. broad, pale green. Polynesia, 1883. A fine plant, of graceful habit.

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