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Queen of England
Perianth white, large; cup canary, large, expanded, style of Minnie Hume. Superbus. Perianth white, large, and dog-eared; cup passing from…
Queen
A small and very early variety of the Silver-skinned section, which forms bulbs very quickly, perhaps quicker than any other. Sown early in…
Qualea
(the native name in Guiana). ORD. Vochysiaceae. A genus comprising about twenty-five species of curious, stove, resinous trees, natives of…
Quaqua
(name given to the plant by the Hottentots, who eat the stems raw). ORD. Asclepiadeae. A monotypic genus. The species is an erect, dwarf…
Quassia
(a name applied by Linnaeus to a tree of Surinam, in honour of a negro, Quassi or Coissi, who employed its bark as a remedy for fever)…
Quercus (Latin name Oak ORD Cupuliferae)
(the Latin name). Oak. ORD. Cupuliferae. A well-known genus, comprising nearly 300 species, of mostly hardy trees, rarely shrubs. Flowers…
Quesnelia
(named in honour of M. Quesnel, a French Consul at Cayenne, who was the means of introducing the genus to Europe). SYN. Lievena. ORD…
Quillaja
(from the Chilian name, Quillai or Cullay). SYN. Smegmadermos. ORD. Rosaceae. A small genus (three or four species) of very glabrous…
Quince
(Cydonia vulgaris). The Quince is a native of Northern Persia, but naturalised throughout the Mediterranean region, &c., whence it was long…
Quisqualis
(from quis, who, and qualis, what kind; it was uncertain, when the name was given, to what class or order the genus belonged). ORD…
Quivisia
(Bois de Quivi is the name given in the Isle of France). ORD. Meliaceae. A genus comprising five species of stove trees and shrubs, natives…
Quercus (To the species and varieties)
To the species and varieties described on pp. 263-6, Vol. III., the following should now be added: Q. sessiliflora pendula (hanging). A…