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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Populus (To the species and varieties)

Portulaca
Portulaca

To the species and varieties described on pp. 200-1, Vol. III., the following should now be added:

P. Eugenii (Eugene Simon's). A garden variety of P. monilifera. P. monilifera Eugenii (Eugene Simon's). A tree of giant size. It "carries its limbs and shoots perpendicularly, forming a columnar head. It grows faster than other varieties, and is well adapted for planting as a solitary tree in parks or in groups, but not by roads or streets" (C. Mathieu, in R. G., Dec. 1, 1887).

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