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Dictionary of American Food and Drink, "watermelon" made its first appearance in an English dictionary in 1615. Museums Online South Africa list watermelons...

intermediate house. For culture, see Cattleya. Chysis. Culture as for Vanda. Cirrhopetalum. For culture, see Cirrhopetalum. Cleisostoma. Culture as for Aerides...

Horticulture (Latin: hortus (garden plant) + cultura (culture)) is classically defined as the culture or growing of garden plants. Horticulturists work in...

sub-Saharan Africa, mostly South Africa. About 10 species are native to Eurasia. There are 160 species of Gladiolus endemic in southern Africa and 76 in...

The genus Ixia consists of a number of cormous plants native to South Africa. Some of them are known as the corn lily. Some distinctive traits include:...

Nicotiana suaveolens – Australian Tobacco Nicotiana sylvestris – South American Tobacco, Woodland Tobacco Nicotiana tabacum – Cultivated Tobacco, Common...

Wild Hyacinth. Bluebell. Perennial bulbous plants remarkable for easy culture, quick growth and beautiful blue, rose, or white flowers, blooming early...

These plants are popularly but erroneously known as Amaryllis, a monotypic African genus in the same family. Hippeastrum is a popular bulb flower for indoor...

bulbs only after 15+ hours of daylight occur. Southern European and North African varieties are often known as "intermediate day" types, requiring only 12–13...

unknown; and A. africana, an obscure species based by Linnaeus upon an American specimen with lanceolate, pubescent leaves. A. trilobata and A. obovala...

commonly cultivated. The Dutch, or Common Hyacinth of house and garden culture (H. orientalis, native to southwest Asia) was so popular in the 18th century...

(Size 50, 100, 200, 500) African Violet Society of America website African Violet Society of Canada website Swedish African Violet Society website Finnish...

on humans. The genus is native to Europe, Asia, and Africa. It is now also common in North America. Most of the species are herbaceous perennial plants...

with each other, and this has led to an enormous number of cultivars. The American Begonia Society classifies begonias into several major groups: cane-like...

warm-temperate regions of both hemispheres, including Europe, Africa, southern Asia, and the Americas. However, the genus was then divided into five, with the...

Urtica Flora of North America: Urtica Flora of China: Urtica Plants for a Future database search for Nettle HerbalGram and American Botanical Council website...

Google Books Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or Naturalization By Ferdinand von Mueller...

"California okra." The luffas have come into more or less prominence in American gardens, being an importation from the tropics, and China and Japan. In...

superiority of the American-grown tuberoses and the low price at which they are produced, they have driven the Italian-grown bulbs out of the American market. About...

superficially resembles. Closely related genera include the Nuttallanthus (American toadflaxes, recently split from Linaria), Antirrhinum (snapdragons) and...