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Definition of Abelias
1. abelia [n] - See also: abelia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abelias
Literary usage of Abelias
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ornamental Shrubs of the United States (hardy, Cultivated) by Austin Craig Apgar (1910)
"The abelias have peculiarly irregular sepals, often leaf-like and spreading ...
Many of the abelias are evergreen, all are fitted for outdoor cultivation in ..."
2. Travels to and from Constantinople in the Years 1827 and 1828 by Charles Colville Frankland (1829)
"... with its woods of walnuts, distantly seen on the right; the villages of abelias
and Mar abelias on the right and left front, at the foot of Lebanon, ..."
3. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1874)
"The abelias are named in honour of Dr. Abel, a physician who accompanied Lord
Amherst on his memorable embassy to China.—(W. Thompson'» English Flower ..."
4. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1888)
"... from Hindoostan, a handsome shrub with clusters of pale pink, delicately
fragrant flowers. Other abelias have also been planted. ..."
5. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson (1901)
"In mild districts in the southern parts of England and Ireland abelias sometimes
do well in the open air. ABIES (Silver Fir).—Beautiful evergreen trees of ..."
6. Alpines and Bog-plants by Reginald John Farrer (1908)
"The abelias, chinensis and floribunda, are pretty, graceful rock-garden shrubs,
swaying heads of pink trumpets, undeniably delicate, though, ..."
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