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AN 



INDEX 



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FLOWERING 



PERIODS 



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q^HE object of this, section of tlie Supplement is to euaLle tlie gardener to ascertain at 



a 'glance the most desirable Shrubs and Herbaceous Plants that are m blossom at 

 any given period of the year, so that suitable subjects for successive 

 expeditiously selected, whether for outdoors or for culture under glass. 

 of the Dictionary op Gardening the flowering periods are given as 



flowering may be 



Wher 



Spring, 



W: 



are understood to 



Mar 



Summer, 



Summer, 



from June to August; Autumn, from September to November; and Winter, from 



December to February. 



The following are the abbreviations used ; 



h, blue; bt, black; 

 mr, mauve ; o, 

 y, yellow. 



hr, brown; c, cream; c-h, cool-house; <?, green; i-h, intermediate-house; I, lilac; m, magenta; 

 orange; p, purple; pi, pink; r, red; sc, scented; si, silvery; st, stove; v, violet; w, white; 



The heights are given in feet and fractions of a foot. 



JANTJART. — Hardy. — Perennials.— Acis tricho- 



phyllua {w; i) ; Arabis albida (lo ; i-f ) ; Eranthis hyemalis 

 (y; i-f); Helleborus niger (ic ; i-li). 



Shrubs.— Abutilon striatum (o-i/; 10); Chimonanthus 

 fragrans (w or y, and p, sc) ; Daphne Laureola (y-g ; 3-4) ; 

 Erica carnea (r; i) ; Hamamelis arborea {y and p; 15-20) ; 

 H. virginica {y) ; Jasminum nudiflorum (y) ; Kerria 

 japonica {o-y ; 3-4) ; Rosa indica (r ; 4-20) ; Viburnum Tinus 

 (uf or pi; 8-10). 



Half-hardy.— Perennials. — Calceolaria Burbidgei {y; 

 2-4); Caliphruria subedentata (lo ; 1^), 



Shrubs.— Grindelia glutinosa [y; 2) ; Plagianthus Lam- 



penii (y ; 6-8). 



Tender. — Annuals, — Acroclinium roseum (c-li, pi; 



1-2) ; Whitfieldia lateritia (st, r and o; 3). 



Perennials. — .^chmea coelestis {st, h); Angrfficum 

 sesquipedale {st, lu ?► 1) ; Arpophyllum spicatum (c-hy r) ; 

 Barkeria elegans (c-7i, pi and r, spotted ; 2) ; Begonia 

 Berkeley! (t-7i, pi) ; B. Froebeli (i-?i, r) ; B. manicata (s^ 

 pi; 2); B. megaphylla (i-?i, -it;) ; B. natalensia (c-7i, 3:)i ; 11); 

 B. nelumbiifolia (i-h, w or pi; 1-2) ; B. pruinata (i-h, w) ; 

 B. ricinifolia (i-h) ; B. Schmidtiana {i-hj w; 1); B. sem- 

 perflorens (i-Tij w or pi) ; B. soeotrana (st, pi) ; IB. 

 Vers chaff el ti ana (i-li, pi) ; Billbergia Liboniana (st, r, w, 

 and p; 1); B. rosea-marginata (sf, h and pi; 1 J) ; Bletia 

 Shepherdii (st, p and y ; 2) ; Brassavola Digbyana 

 {i-h, c-w, streaked p; J) ; Brassia Lanceana (i-h, y and 

 hr, sc ; f) and var. ; Bnrlingtonia decora {sty w or pi, 

 spotted r) ; Calanthe Veitchii (sf, p and w; d) ; Camellia 



Vol IV, 



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January (Tender Perennials) — continued. 



japonica (c-7t, variable; 20) and vars. ; Canarina Cam- 

 panula (c-ifi, y-p or o; 3-4); Cattleya maxima {i-h, px, 

 w, p-r, &c. ; 1-li) ; C. Trianae {i-h, pi-w, o or y, and p) and 

 vars.; C. Warscewiczii (x-/i, pi-rv and r; 1); Centropogon 

 Lucyanus {st, pi); Cephaelis Ipecacuanha (st,w; i)', 

 Coelogyne cristata (i-h, w and y, sc; i) ; C flaccida {i-h, 

 i(j, y, and r, sc ; 1); C. Gardneriana {st, w and g-y) ; C. 

 Gowerii {i-h, iv and g-Tf) ; C. media {i-h, c-w, y, and hr; 1) ; 

 C. odoratissima {i-h, iv and y, sc) ; C. speciosa (t-/i, w, br 

 or g, y, and r; 1^) ; Oyanotis Kewensis {st, pi) ; Cymbidium 

 giganteum {st, br, y, and p) ; C. Mastersii {i-h, w and pi, 

 sc); Cypripedium Haynaldianum {st, g, pi, w, and br) ; 



C. insigne {i-h, y-g, w, y, and r^hr) and var. ; C. venustum 

 {c-h, g-iv or pi, and y-g); Cyrtochilum maculatum {st, 

 g and p) ; Dendrobium cndocharis {st, w and br) ; D. 

 Fytchianum {st, iv) ; D. Linawianum {c-h, pi-l and r); 



D. nobilo {c-h, u% pi, and r, sc) ; D. Pierardii {c-h, c-w or 

 pi, y, and p); Eulophia macrostachya (st, y and r-p); 

 Gesnera exoniensis {st, o-r) ; G. pyramidalia {st, o-r and r); 

 Goodyera discolor {c-h, w and g-y) ; Grammatophyllum 

 speciosum {st, o-y, p, and r ; 10) ; Gymnostachyum cey- 

 lanicum {st, w, g, and y) ; Imantophyllum cyrtanthiflorum 

 c-h, pi or y) ; I. Gardeni {c-h, r-o or y) ; Impatiens Hooker- 

 iana {st, w and r; 2i) ; I. Sultani {st, r) ; 1) ; I. Walkeri 

 {st, r; 1-li); Ipomoea Horsfallise {st, pi); Lselia albida 

 {i-h, w, pi, and y, sc); L. anceps (c^h, pi-l, p. and 

 I, sc) ; L. autumnalis {i-h, pi, pi-w, and y, sc) ; ^ L. bu- 

 perbiens {i-h, pi, r, and y) ; Lycaste aromatica (i-?i, y) ; 

 L. Deppei (t-?i, y, br, w, and r) ; L. Skinneri {i-h, w, pi-l, 



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