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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Vanilla (To the species described on p)

To the species described on p. 137, the following should now be added: V. Humblotii (Humblot's). fl. very large; sepals ligulate, acute; petals rhombic, broad, acuminate; lip rhombic, blunt-angled, undulated in front, with a dark, ribbon-like zone over the front part of the disk, and numerous strong, twisted hairs scattered from base to disk; raceme many-flowered. Africa (more definite information as to country not known), 1885. A leafless species.

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