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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Helmia

(named after C. Helm, a German ecclesiastic). ORD. Dioscoreacae. A stove evergreen climber, now included under Dioscorea (which see for culture). H. racemosa (raceme-flowered). fl. yellow, purple; male raceme axillary, solitary. l. scattered, cordate-ovate, acuminate, nine-nerved, glandular at base. Roots tuberous. h. 8ft. Central America, 1850.

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