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Excerpt from Edward's Botanical Register, or Ornamental Flower-Garden and Shrubbery, Vol. 18: Consisting of Coloured Figures of Plants and Shrubs, Cultivated in British Gardens; Accompanied by Their History, Best Method of Treatment in Cultivation, Propagation, &C
This beautiful plant is a native of the West Indies, and of the American continent near the line. It has been almost a century in our Gardens, and yet is now scarcely ever seen in any but Botanical collections, Where, if it ?owers, it generally produces its blossoms so sparingly.
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