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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. 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. 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. 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. Gardenias are grown chiefly for cut flowers, and are readily propagated by cuttings. 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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