ABBREVIATIONS. 



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Mil. Miller, an English Gardener and Bo- 

 tanist. 



M.N. Martins. Flora of Brazil. 



M. P. Martins. Genera et Species Palmarnm. 



N. Nuttall's Genera of North American 



Plants. 

 N. A. Nee's Asters. 



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

 N. P. Nestler's Potentilla?. 

 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. S. Persoon's Synopsis Flantarum. 



R. (Rox.) Roxburgh. 



R. A. Reichenbacli. Monographie Generis 



Aconiti et Delphinii. 

 Raf. Rafinesque Schmalz. 

 R. B. Rothes neue Beitrage zur Botanik. 

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



romandel. 

 R . O . Richard's O rchidese . 

 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. 

 Sch. (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. Seidl et Opiz. 

 S. P. Salisbury's Prodromus. 

 S. S. Sprengel's Systema Vegetabilium. 

 S. T. Savi. Observationes in varias Trifolio- 



rum Species. 

 Sw. Swartz, a Swedish Botanist. 

 T. C» Tenore. Catalogus Plantarum Horti 



Regii Neapolitan!. 

 T. N. Idem, Flora Neapolitana. 

 T. P. Idem, Florae Neapolitanae Prodromi. 

 T. S. Idem Synopsis Florae Neapolitanae. 

 Th. Thunberg, a Swedish Botanical Traveller. 

 Tv. Treviranus, a German Botanist. 

 V. Ventenat, a French Botanist. 

 V. M. Ventenat's Jardin de Malmaison. 

 Viv. Viviani, an Italian Botanist. 

 W. Willdenow. Species Plantarum. 

 W. A. Idem, Historia Amaranthorum. 

 W.en. Idem, Enumeratio Plantarum Horti 



Bot. Berolinensis. 

 Wall. Wallich, Curator of the Botanic Gar- 

 den at Calcutta. 

 W. C. Wendland. Collectio Plantarum. 

 W. D. Watson's Dendrologia Britannica. 

 W. H. William Herbert. Observations on 



the Amaryllideae, &c. 

 W. K. Waldstein and Kitaibel. Descrip- 



tiones et icones plantarum rariorum Hun- 



gariae. 



1 . 2. Flowering the first and second month 

 of the year. 



3. 6. 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 known. 



H.5. Hardy large tree. 



H. 1^ . Hardy Shrub, or small tree. 

 , Hardy Evergreen Shrub. 



F. 1^ . Frame Shrub, or requiring the protec- 



tion of a Frame or Mats in severe frosty 

 weather, but to be exposed when the 

 weather is mild. 



G. . Greenhouse Shrub, requiring the pro- 

 tection of a Greenhouse in Winter. 



S.Tj. Shrubs requiring to be kept in the 

 Stove or Hothouse in Winter, but may be 

 removed to the Greenhouse in Summer. 



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

 very little water. 



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

 that requires but little water in Winter; 

 I many of which will succeed well in a good 

 frame or pit, with the covering of a mat or 

 two on the lights in severe frost, but to be 

 continually exposed to the air in mild 

 weather. 



fl. SufFruticose, a dwarf Shrub, or a soft 

 wooded Shrub. 



2/., Herbaceous, perennial, dying down in 

 Winter, and shooting up afresh the fol- 

 lowing Spring. 



T? ^ Climbing Shrub, a Shrub that re- 

 quires support, either with a trellis, stick, 

 or line, or any other convenient support. 



Climbing, perennial, herbaceous plant, 

 requiring the same sort of support as the 

 last. 



iv. T2 . Water Shrub, or one that prefers growl- 

 ing in water, or in moist situations. 



w. If. . Perennial herbaceous plant, requiring 

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

 ation. 



(? . Biennial, seldom surviving more than two 

 years. 



0. Annual, requiring to be sown yearly, 

 b. Bulbous-rooted. 



H. Hardy, surviving through the Winter 

 without protection. 



F. Frame, not quite hardy, but requiring the 

 protection of a frame or mats in severe 

 weather. 



G. Greenhouse, requiring the protection of a 

 Greenhouse in Winter, but to be well 

 supplied with air in mild weather. 



I. 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 60 degrees of Fahrenheit's Ther- 

 mometer, 

 i C. B. S. Cape of Good Hope. 

 N.S.W. New South Wales. 

 N. Holl. New Holland. 

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



