PART 11. 



THE 



GREEN-HOUSE CATALOGUE, 



INCLUDING ALL THE GREEN-HOUSE AND FRAME I>LANTS 

 HITHERTO IN CULTIVATION. 



In arranging this Catalogue we have adopted the 

 natural method of Jussieu, for two reasons that will 

 at once appear obvious to the botanical cultivator, 

 though they may require some explanation to the 

 general reader. 



In the artificial system of Linnaeus, plants are 

 brought together in orders according to the number 

 or position of the stamens and pistils of the flower, 

 without regard to anything else ; and as plants 

 which are alike as to stamens and pistils are often 

 exceedingly unlike in everything else, there is 

 no sort of harmony or resemblance in the general 

 appearance of any Linnsean order. But in the sys- 

 tem of Jussieu plants are brought together into orders 

 and groups, not from their agreeing in stamens or in 

 any other particular part of the plant, but from their 

 agreeing in the greatest number of particulars ; and 



