ABBREVIATIONS. 



XV 



MiU Miller, an English Gardener and Bo- 

 tanist, 



M. N. Martius. Flora of BraziK 



M, P» Martius. Genera et Species Palmarum. 



N. Nuttairs Genera of North American 

 Plants. 



N. A. Nee's Asters- 



N. L. F. News of Literature and Fashion. 



N. P. Nestler's PotentillaB. 



Ot. Otto, Curator of the Botanic Garden at 

 Berlin, 



P. B. Pohl's Flora Brasiliana. 



Ph, Pursh. Flora Americana Septentrionalis. 



P. L. Salisbury in Paradisus Londinensis. 



Poir. Poiret, a French Botanist. 



Pr. Presl, a Bohemian Botanist, 



P. 8. Persoon's Synopsis Plantarum. 



R»(Rox.) Roxburgh. 



R,A. Reichenbacli. Monographie Geneiis 



Aconiti et Delphinii, 

 Raf. Rafinesque Schmalz. 

 R.B. Roth's neue Beitrage zur Botanik. 



R. C. Roxburgh's Plants of the Coast of Co- 



romandel. 

 R.O. Richard's Orchideae. 

 R. P. Ruiz et Pavon. Flora Peruviana. 

 R. S. Roemer et Schultes Systema Vegetabi- 



lium. 



R. U, (Rch.) Reichenbach Ubersicht der gat- 



. tung Aconitum. 

 S. Schulte's Systema Vegetabilium. 

 S, C. Sweet's Cistineae. 

 Sell. (Schl.) Schleicher, a Swiss Collector. 

 Sck. Schrank, a Bavarian Botanist. 

 Scop. Scopoli, an Italian Botanist. 

 Scr. Schrader, a German Botanist. 

 Set. Schott, a Traveller in Brazil. 

 S. F, A, Sweet's Flora Australasica. 

 S. F. G. Sweet's Florist's Guide. 

 S. G. Sweet's Geraniaceae. 

 Sie. Sieber, a Botanical Collector. 

 S.M, Sole's Mints. 

 S.O. SeidletOpiz. 

 S.P. Salisbury's Prodromns. 

 ^S. Sprengel's Systema Vegetabilium. 

 2*'l. Savi, Observationes ia varias Trifolio- 



rum Species. 

 Sw, Swartz, a Swedish Botanist. 

 *-t. Tenore. Catalogus Plantarum Horti 



Kegu Neapolitan!. 



*' P. Idem 



Florae Neapolitanae Prodromi. 



^*p J*|®™> Ijoj^a Neapolitana. 



S. ] 



. Tl 

 • Tl 



*• Ventenat, a FrencirBotenrst! 



• S. Idem Synopsis Flora Neapolitana;. 

 Tv. Treviranus, a German Botanist. 



Til Tu oyuopsis rioriE iseapoutana;. 

 !-„ i,"'^."^i'g> a Swedish Botanical Traveller. 



viv ^7. f "tenat's Jardin de Malmaison. 

 W J.]'!^^^'' ^o Italian Botanist. 

 ^•."^^Vaenow. Species Plantarum. 

 •A. Idem, Historia Amaranthorum. 



p /^^"'» Enumeratio Plantarum Horti 

 Bot. Berolinensis. 



^' Wallich, Curator oi the Botanic Car- 

 ^ flen at Calcutta. 



Vn S®°^'''nd. Collcctio Plantarum. 

 W' H iIm^""'® Dendrologia Rritannica. 

 •«• Wilham Herbert. Observations on 



'^' ^^'Jstein and Kitaibcl. Dcscrip- 

 «^jes et icones plantiuum rarionmi Hun- 





1.2. 



Flowering the first and second month 

 of the year. 



3- C. Flowering from the third to the sixth 



month, and so on according to the dif-, 



ferent figures. 

 1.12. Flowering all the year round, or at 



various seasons of the year, not having 



any settled period. 

 Denotes the same as the line above it. 



.... Uncertain, or not properly knoMTi. 

 H.5. Hardy large tree. 

 H. ^ . Hardy Shrub, or small tree. 

 H, ^ . Hardy Evergreen Shrub. 



F. f;). Frame Shnib, or requiring the protec- 



tion of a Frame or Mats in severe frosty 

 weather, but to be exposed when the 

 weather is mild. 



G. Ij. Greenhouse Shruby requiring the pro- 



tection of a Greenhouse in Winter. 



S.^. Shrubs requiring to be kept in the 

 Stove or Hothouse in Winter, but may be 

 removed to the Greenhouse in Summer- 



D.S. f^ . Dry Stove Shrub, a plant requiring 

 very little water. 



D. G. ^j. Dry Greenhouse Shrub, or a plant 



that requires but little water in Winter; 



many of which will succeed well in a good 



frame or pit, with tlie covering of a mat or 



two on the lights in severe frost, but to be 



continually exposed to the air in mild 

 weather. 



fiy Suffruticose, a dwarf Shrub, or a soft 

 wooded Shrub. 



If.* Herbaceous, perennial, dying down in 

 Winter, and shooting up afresh the fol- 

 lowing Spring. 



l2.^->'. Climbing Shrub, a Shnib that rcr 

 quires support, either with a trellis, stick, 

 or line, or any other convenient support, 



11 *^^, Climbing, perennial, herbaceous plant, 

 requiring the same sort of support as the 

 last. 



w, ^2 ' Water Shrub, or one that prefers grow- 

 ing in water, or in moist situations. 



w, 1). . Perennial herbaceous plant, requiring 

 to be grown in water, or in a moist situ- 

 ation. 



<J . Biennial, seldom surviving more than two 



0. 

 b. 



H, 

 F. 



G. 



I. 



years. 

 Ariilual, requiring to be sown yearly. 



Bulbous-rooted. 

 Hardy, surviving through the Winter 



without protection. 



Frame, not quite hardy, but requiring the 



protecuon of a frame or mats in severe 



weather. 



Greenhouse, requiring the protection of a 



Greenhouse in Winter, but to be well 



supplied with air in mild weather. 



Intermediate between Stove and Green- 



house. 



S. Stove, those require the protection of a 

 Stove or Hothouse in Winter; the tem- 

 perature should never be allowed to get 

 below CO degrees of Fahrenheit's Ther- 

 mometer. 



C. B. S. Cape of Good Hope. 



N.S. W. New South Wales. 



N. Holl. New Holland. 



V. Diem.Isl. Van Dieman's Island. 



