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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Silphium (Supplement)

Solanum
Solanum

To the species described on p. 435, Vol. III., the following should now be added:

S. albiflorum (white-flowered). fl.-heads sessile in the axils or stoutly pedunculate, 3 1/2in. across; involucre sub-globose; ray florets pale straw-coloured or creamy-white, narrowly oblong, bifid. September. l. ovate, pinnatifid or bipinnatitid, coriaceous, the uppermost ones linear; lobes linear, 2in. to 5in. long. Stem simple, 2ft. to 4ft. high. Texas. Plant clothed with short prickles. (B. M. 6918.)

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