GARDENIA
, in See also:botany, a genus of the natural See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order See also:Rubiaceae, containing about sixty See also:species of See also:evergreen trees and shrubs, natives of the warmer parts of the old See also:world
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Several are grown in stoves or greenhouses for their handsome, sweet-scented See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white See also:flowers
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Thh flowers are See also:developed singly at the end of a See also:branch or in the See also:leaf-axils, and are See also:funnel- or See also:salver-shaped with a See also:long See also:tube
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The See also:double forms of Gardenia See also:florida (a native of See also:China) and G. radicans (a native of See also:Japan) are amongst the most beautiful and highly perfumed of any in cultivation
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Gardenias are grown chiefly for cut flowers, and are readily propagated by cuttings
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They require plenty of See also:heat and moisture in the growing See also:season, and must be kept See also:free from See also:insects such as the mealy See also:bug, See also:green See also:fly, red spider and See also:scale-See also:insect
.
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