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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Tournefortia (To the species described on p)

To the species described on p. 62, the following should now be added:

T. cordifolia (cordate-leaved). fl. white, small, in large, terminal, corymbose cymes. l. opposite, 1ft. long, cordate, acute; petioles 3in. to 4in. long. Tropical America, 1887. A greenhouse or half-hardy shrub, of bold habit, clothed with short hairs. (R. H. 1887, p. 128, f. 26-7.)

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