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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Lindenia (To the species described on p)

To the species described on p. 280, Vol. II., the following should now be added; L. vitiensis (Fiji). fl., corolla cream-coloured, silky-tomentose, the tube very long and slender, the segments ovate-oblong, obtuse; anthers and pistil projecting. l. oblong-lanceolate, glabrous, 4in. to 6in. long, 1in. to 1 1/2in. broad; petioles and lower part of the midrib purplish. h. 3ft. to 4ft. Fiji, 1884. A highly ornamental shrub.

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