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CARTER AND CO.’S GARDENER’S VADE-MECUM EOR 1862. 
3rd Column.— T he Natural Orders ( continued ). 
63. Acanthiceas 
64. Amaranthace® 
65. Amaryllide® 
66. Amcntaccsc 
67. Ampeh'de® 
68. An nonace® 
69. Apocyne® 
70. Araliace® 
71. Aristol6cbicffi 
7‘2. Aroldc® 
73. Asclepiadc® 
74. Asphodele® 
75. Aurantidcece 
76. Balsamtne® 
77. Begonidce® 
78. Berberide® 
79. Bignonidcc® 
80. Bixtne® 
81. Boraghie® 
82. Bromeliace® 
83. Byttncriacc® 
84. Cacti 
85. Calycanthcec • 
86. Camellie® 
87. Campanuldce® 
88. Cannes 
89. Capparide® 
90. Caprifoliace® 
91. Caryophylle® 
92. Casuartneac 
93. Cedrele® 
94. Chenopode® 
191, Combretaceze 
95. Cistlne® 
96. Cobsace® 
97. Commelinc® 
98. Compdsit® 
99. Conifer® 
100. Convolvulace® 
101. Cordiace® 
102. Coriarie® 
103. Crucifer® 
104. Cucurbitace® 
105. Cycadere 
106. Cyrtandrdce® 
107. Dipsdce® 
108. Ebcndce® 
109. Epacrfde® 
110. Erice® 
111. Escalloniace® 
112. Euphorbiace® 
1 13. Ficoide® 
1 14. Flllcee 
115. Frankeniace® 
116. Fumaridccffi 
117. Galacinace® 
118. Gentianc® 
119. Geraniacc® 
120. Gesneric® 
121. Globularinc® 
122. Goodcnbvie® 
123. Gramlne® 
124. Grossulace® 
125. HemerocalHde© 
126. Hydrocharlde® 
127. Illeccbre® 
128. Irldca* 
129. Jasmine® 
130. Labidt© 
131. Laurineic 
132. Lcguminbs® 
133. Li It ace® 
134. Limnanthc® 
135. T-nase® 
136. Magnoliace® 
137. Malvdce® 
138. Melastomace® 
139. Mcliicese 
140. Musacc® 
141. Myoportne® 
1 12. Myrtdce® 
143. Nyctaglne® 
144. Nympli®aceac 
145. Oleine® 
146. Onagrdri® 
147. Oxallde® 
148. Palme® 
149. Papaveracc® 
150. Passiflore® 
161. Pedalfne® 
152. Pittosporace® 
153. Plumbagine® 
154. Polemoniacem 
155. Polygale® 
156. Polygone® 
157. Pomace® 
158. Pontcdcraceoc 
192. Malpighiace® 
159. Portuguese 
160. Primuldce® 
161. Protegee® 
162. Ranunculacc© 
163. Itcscdace® 
16 1. Rhamnc® 
165. Rliodoracc® 
166. Rosflce® 
16/. Rubidce® 
1(58. Rutace® 
169. Salicari® 
170. Sanguisorbe® 
171. Santalace® 
172. Sapindace® 
173. Saxifrage® 
174. Scitaminc® 
175. Scrophularincrc 
176. Semper vive® 
177 . Smiliicc® 
178. Solano® 
179. Terebinth dec® 
180. Thymele® 
181. Tilidce® 
182. Trop®olc® 
183. Tulipacc® 
181. Umbellifer® 
185. Urtjce® 
186. Valeriane® 
187. Vcrbemicc® 
188. Violari® 
189. Zygophyllc® 
100. Bombace® 
193. Styracine® 
4th Column.— Native Country, gar. var. garden variety. 
5th Column.— Hardiness and Duration. 
A. Annual — one year. 
B. Bienninl — last two years. 
P. herbaceous Perennial — last three or more. 
S. Shrub, or under-shrub. 
Pb. Perennial bulb, conn, or tuber. 
T. Tree. 
h. hardy — plants for the open borders. 
■ ■ ' alf-hnrdv— «r ' 
II. UiMuy //ntnvojv. 
hh. half-hardy — such as require a hot-bed. 
t. tender — pot plants , require shifting. 
f. frame — require protection till May. 
g. greenhouse — greenhouse plants. 
s. stove or hothouse — stove plants. -• 
6th Column.— Colour of the flower. The following are the principal abbreviations . 
si *//»//>. 
cp. crimson. 
o. orange. 
d. dark. 
ptd. painted. 
div. diverse. 
p. purple . 
fish, flesh. 
pch. peach . 
gn. green. 
pk. pink. 
gy. prey. 
r. red. 
f. light. 
ro. rose. 
1cm. lemon. 
saf. saffron , 
li. lilac. 
s. scarlet. 
mul. mulberry . 
sil. silver. 
si. slate. 
spot, spotted. 
stra. straw. 
stri. striped. 
sul. sulphur. 
v. violet. 
va. variegated. 
w. white. 
y. yellow. 
yh. yellowish. 
a. ash-grey. 
ap. apetalous. 
as. azure . 
b. blue . 
blk. black . 
blh. blush. 
hr. brown, 
bff. buff. 
car. carmine, 
cin. cinnamon. “ ,U1 * y — * ’ 
Example : d. b. dark blue ; h. w. & y. blue, white and yellow ; 1. r. light red ; ro. li. rosy lilac, &c. Kc. 
7th Column. — Usual height of the plant in feet ; trai. trailer. 
8th Column.— Usual month of flowering: 1, January; 2, February ; 3, March, 8c c.; 3-5, March to 
May, &.c. 8c c. . 
9th Column.— Price per Packet. No smaller packets can be made than those marked in the 
Catalogue. 
Timk of Sowing —Hardu Annuals, February till June, and in Autumn ; When sown early, many of the Annuals flower 
in Mav HarZmrnniah Zi Perennials, March till June, and in Autumn. Half-hardy Annuals &c. in February till 
Mi,. ; )n a rnoiierate hot-bed Many of the Biennials and Perennials marked hh frequently stand the winter without pro- 
Son The MMaXTnuaUnv also be sown on a warm border early in May. The tender Annuals, as Balsams, 
&c., require a moderate‘hot-bed and re-potting to bring them to perfection. Sec also Calendar of Opeiations, page / 3. 
The Greenhouse Climbers marked ** may be planted in the borders in May. 
* Dwarf Plants proper for the edgings of beds. ** Ornamental Climbers, 
t Usually flower the first year, if sown early. 
sp, species; var. varietas; pl.pluria, many; ex, from.— If. leaf; fr. fruit. 
The dots | ... | ... | ... | ... | indicate a repetition. 
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