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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Phoenix (To the species described on pp)

To the species described on pp. 104-5, Vol. III., the following hybrid and variety should now be added:

P. hybrida (hybrid). A hybrid between P. dactylifera and P. farinifera. The stem is short and stout, while the leaves resemble those of P. farinifera. The fruits, when mature, are of a glaucous-red. Greenhouse. P. rupicola foliis argenteo-variegata (silvery-variegated leaved). A beautiful variety, having leaves variegated with green and white. 1887. (I. H. ser. v. 3.)

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