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• René Louiche Desfontaines
  ...ier. He excelled in his new interest and was elected to the French Academy of Sciences in 1783. ...as one of the founders of the Institut de France, president of the Academy of Sciences, and elected to the Légion d’honneur.
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• Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis
  ...s 1840, by Pepin, who says that, while the plant had been known in botanic gardens for 20 years, it was brought to notice as a culinary vegetable only 3 years *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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• Endive
  ...more likely to produce seed-stalks than good solid heads, endive, although of somewhat bitter flavor when unbleached, makes a good and acceptable substit ...ucculent growth by high feeding and the free use of the hoe. It is a waste of effort to plant endive on poor land that is deficient in humus, or naturall
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• Rosmarinus
  ...us (Latin, sea-dew; the plant is common on the chalk hills of the south of France and near the seacoast). Labiatae. Rosemary. Hardy evergreen shrub; a well-k ...yx being only shortly 2-lipped, not hairy in the throat and the connective of the anthers continuous with the filament and indicated only by a slender re
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• Narcissus juncifolius
  ...reaching the throat of the tube; segms. about twice as long as corona. S. France and south.—A choice fancier's plant. ...ker (N. gaditanus, Boiss.). Fls. 4 or 5, with rather long pedicels; segms. of perianth 1/6in. or less long, broadly ovate; corona truncate, nearly equali
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• Diervilla
  ...rate: fls. in 1- to several-fld. axillary cymes, often panicled at the end of the branches, yellowish white, pink or crimson, epigynous; calyx 5-toothed ...dry air; D. florida also is rather hardy and one of the handsomest species of the genus. The other Asiatic species require protection during the winter o
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• Greyia
  '''''Greyia''''' is a genus of [[plant]] in family [[Melianthaceae]]. ...ced in a separate family '''Greyiaceae''', but under the [[APG II system]] of classification, it is included in the Melianthaceae.
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• Gardening
  '''Gardening''' is the practice of growing flowering [[plant]]s, [[List_of_vegetables|vegetable]]s, and [[frui ...e situations, a staff of [[gardener]]s or [[groundskeeper]]s maintains the gardens.
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• Acer monspessulanum
  ...me="gelderen">van Gelderen, C.J. & van Gelderen, D.M. (1999). ''Maples for Gardens: A Color Encyclopedia''.</ref> ....dronnet.free.fr/belles_fleurs_de_france/acer_monspessulanum.htm Fleurs de France: ''Acer monspessulanum'']</ref>. The trunk is up to 75 cm diameter, with sm
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• Euphorbia lathyris
  ...and naturalized in E. U. S. Rept. Mo. Bot. Gard. 11, pl. 11.—Cult. in old gardens. Caps, sometimes pickled, seeds used as a purgative. Said to drive away mol ...is'']</ref><ref name="blamey">Blamey, M. & Grey-Wilson, C. (1989). ''Flora of Britain and Northern Europe''. ISBN 0-340-40170-2</ref>
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• Matthiola
  ...thickened on the outside, the silique not 4-sided (terete or compressed). Of Matthiolas there are probably 50 species, widely distributed in the Old Wor ...-colored. The flowers are fragrant. For culture and for further discussion of the plant, see Stock.
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• Lycopersicum esculentum
  ...hundred years ago red and yellow varieties were known. The great evolution of the tomato did not take place until last century, giving rise to the garden ...s multiplied the locules; it has also modified the foliage and the stature of the plant.
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• Vachellia farnesiana
  ...nches. The native range of ''V. farnesiana'' is uncertain. While the point of origin is [[Mexico]] and [[Central America]] the species has a pantropical ...energy/Acacia_farnesiana.html Purdue University]</ref> and has a life span of about 25–50 years.<ref name="www">[http://www.worldwidewattle.com/infogal
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• List of botanical gardens
  ...w about a Botanic Garden? Make sure it's on our list! Just find the name of the garden below and add information and photos about it so others can enjo ...nical gardens in the United Kingdom|United Kingdom]] - [[List of botanical gardens in the United States|United States]]
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• Red Horsechestnut
  ...honor Pierre Louis Briot, the nurseryman at Trianon-Versailles near Paris, France), which has 10-inch tall, deep rosy flowers and matures as a smaller tree. ...ter. Many garden forms, according to the different shades in coloring; one of the best is var. Briotii, Nichols. (AE. rubicunda var. Briotii, Carr.), wit
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• Gaillardia
  | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ...Showy annual and perennial herbs largely cultivated in borders and flower- gardens.
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• Hazel Nut
  ...the present article, the term hazel nut is used generically for the fruits of all the species. Fig. 1788. ...e in the eastern United States have hitherto failed, probably from attacks of a fungous disease, Cryptosporella anomala, common on C. americana, but not
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• Guerrilla gardening
  ...ther person's land without permission. It encompases a very diverse range of people and motivations, from the enthusiastic gardener who spills over thei ...more visible hours to be seen by their community. It has grown into a form of proactive activism or pro-activism.
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• Alpine plants
  ...ns approaching those of mountains; in practice, alpine-gardening is a form of rock-gardening. ...e summers are long, dry and hot, it is almost impossible to cultivate many of the most desirable alpines.
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• Yam
  ...name as applied to the sweet potato is thought by some to be a corruption of an African word pronounced "nyam," brought by the negroes who were transpor ...account of its deep-growing habit is very difficult to dig. Several kinds of yam are grown scatteringly in Florida. For further discussion, see Dioscore
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