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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Lanaria

(from lana, wool; perianth velvety on the outside). SYNS. Argolasia, Augea. ORD. Haemodoraceae. A monotypic genus. The species is a very pretty little greenhouse herbaceous perennial, of easy culture in a compost of sandy loam and peat. It should be allowed an abundance of water. Propagated by divisions of the root.

L. plumosa (feathery). fl. white, woolly; perianth six-parted, spreading; scape angular, corymbose. May. l. few, linear, keeled smooth. h. 1 1/2ft. Cape of Good Hope, 1787.

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