The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement (1826)
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843, A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner DSI · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green · leaf 454
It flowered for the first time this seaso i 452 Notices. —^England. the height of the plant, from the ground to the summit, is twelve feet six iuches ;the fower stalk is nine feet six inches. About forty-seven panicles grow out of … the stalk, each of which is eighteen inches or upwards in length; with betweentwenty and thirty flowers on each panicle. The flowers are bell-shaped, white,with purplish stripes on each petal; they hang downwards, have a little odour,but not very pleasant, and remain in bloom about three weeks.…
