AN INDEX TO FLOWERING PERIODS. 
‘a object of this section of the Supplement is to enable the gardener to ascertain at 
a glance the most desirable Shrubs and Herbaceous Plants that are im blossom at 
any given period of the year, so that suitable subjects for successive flowering may be 
expeditiously selected, whether for outdoors or for culture under glass. Where in the body 
of the Dictronary or Garpenine the flowering periods are given as Spring, Summer, 
Autumn, or Winter, they are understood to be: Spring, from March to May; Summer, 
from June to August; Autumn, from September to November; and Winter, from 
December to February. 
The following are the abbreviations used :— 
b, blue; bk, black; br, brown; c, cream; c-h, cool-house; g, green; i-h, intermediate-house; 1, lilac; m, magenta; 
mv, mauye; o, orange; p, purple; pi, pink; r, red; sc, scented; si, silvery; st, stove; v, violet; w, white; 
y, yellow. 
The heights are given in feet and fractions of a foot. 
JANUARY. — Hardy. — Perennits.—Acis tricho- 
phyllus (w; 4); Arabis albida (w; 4-{); Eranthis hyemalis 
(y; 4-1); Helleborus niger (w; 4-12). 
Suruss.—Abutilon striatum (o-y; 10); Chimonanthus 
fragrans (w or y, and p, sc); Daphne Laureola (y-g; 3-4) ; 
Erica carnea (r; +); Hamamelis arborea (y and p; 15-20); 
H. virginica (y); Jasminum nudiflorum (y); Kerria 
japonica (0-7; 3-4) ; Rosa indica (r; 4-20); Viburnum Tinus 
(w or pi; 8-10). 
Half-hardy.— PerenniAts.—Calceolaria Burbidgei (y; 
2-4); Caliphruria subedentata (w; 12). 
Suruss.—Grindelia glutinosa (y; 2); Plagianthus Lam- 
penii (y; 6-8). 
Tender. — Annuaus. — Acroclinium roseum (c-h, pi; 
1-2); Whitfieldia lateritia (st, r and 0; 3). 
PERENNIALS. — A’chmea ceelestis (st. b); Angraecum 
sesquipedale (sf, w; 1); Arpophyllum spicatum (c-h, x); 
Barkeria elegans (c-h, pi and 7, spotted; 2); Begonia 
Berkeleyi (i-h, pi); B. Freebeli (i-h, 7); B. manicata (st, 
pi; 2); B. megaphylla (i-h, w) ; B. natalensis (c-h, pi; 14); 
B. nelumbiifolia (i-h, wor pi; 1-2); B. pruinata (7-h, w) ; 
B. ricinifolia (i-h); B. Schmidtiana (i-h, w; 1); B. sem- 
perflorens (i-h, w or pi); B. socotrana (st, pi); B. 
Verschaffeltiana (i-h, pi); Billbergia Liboniana (st, 7, w, 
and p; 1); B. rosea-marginata (st, b and pi; 134); Bletia 
Shepherdii (st, p and y; 2); Brassavola Digbyana 
(i-h, e-w, streaked p; +); Brassia Lanceana (i-h, y and 
br, sc; {) and var.; Burlingtonia decora (s/, w or pi, 
spotted r); Calanthe Veitchii (st, p and w; 3); Camellia 
Vol. IV. 
January (Tender Perennials)—continued. 
japonica (c-h, variable; 20) and vars.; Canarina Cam- 
panula (c-h, y-p or o; 3-4); Cattleya maxima (i-h, pi, 
w, p-r, &e.; 1-14); C. Triane (i-h, pi-w,o or y, and p) and 
vars. ; C. Warscewicezii (i-h, pi-w and r; 1); Centropogon 
Lueyanus (st, pi); Cephaelis Ipecacuanha (st, w; 4); 
Ceelogyne cristata (i-h, w and y, sc; 4); C. flaccida (i-h, 
w, y, and 7, sc; 1); C. Gardneriana (st, w and g-y); C. 
Gowerii (i-h, wand g-y); C. media (i-h, c-w, y, and br; 1); 
C. odoratissima (i-h, w and y, sc); C. speciosa (i-h, w, br 
or g, y, and 7; 14); Cyanotis Kewensis (sf, 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-br) and var.; C. venustum 
(c-h, g-w or pi, and y-g); Cyrtochilum maculatum (st, 
g and p); Dendrobium endocharis (st, w and br); D. 
Fytchianum (sf, w); D. Linawianum (c-h, pi-l and 1); 
D. nobile (c-h, w, pi, and r, sc); D. Pierardii (c-h, c-w or 
pi, y, and p); Eulophia macrostachya (st, y and r-p); 
Gesnera exoniensis (sf, 0-7); G. pyramidalis (st, 0-7 and 1) ; 
Goodyera discolor (c-h, w and g-y); Grammatophyllum 
speciosum (st, o-y, p, and +; 10); Gymnostachyum cey- 
lanicum (st, w, g, and y); Imantophyllum ecyrtanthiflorum 
c-h, pior y); I. Gardeni (c-h, r-o or y); Impatiens Hooker- 
jana (st,w and r; 23); I. Sultani (st. r); 1); I. Walkeri 
(st, 7; 1-14); Ipomoea Horsfalliw (st, pi); Lelia albida 
(i-h, w, pi, and y, sc); L. anceps (c-h, pi-l, p, and 
l, sc); L. autumnalis (i-h, pi, pi-w, and y, sc); L. su- 
perbiens (i-h, pi, r, and y); Lycaste aromatica (i-h, y); 
L. Deppei (i-h, y, br, w, and rv); L. Skinneri (t-h, w, pi-l, 
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