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Its stem, when young, is very similar to that of other dwarfer species, whilst, so far as is known, its flowers have not been produced under cultivation.
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I. grandiflora, a dwarfer species, with much shorter, shining leaves; both are very desirable plants either for rockery or flower border work.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 Various
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Plants of the dwarfer varieties may also be used with very decorative effect in conservatories and greenhouses during the summer and autumn months.
The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition Sutton and Sons
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The taller varieties, of which the Stock-flowered strain is the most popular, are best grown in large beds, borders and shrubberies, and the dwarfer kinds in small beds.
The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition Sutton and Sons
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-- Closely allied to the Ixias, equally beautiful and varied in colour, but rather dwarfer and compact in growth.
Gardening for the Million Alfred Pink
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English osier, but dwarfer -- extremely pliant and tougher than the tendrils of the clematis; so, that, having stripped it of half a dozen twigs, I went back to work more blithely than ever.
Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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Pears, the dwarfer-growing cherries, plums, etc., can be grown in the intervening spaces.
The Home Acre Edward Payson Roe 1863
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