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CARTER AND CO.’S GARDENER’S VADE-MECUM FOR 1862. 
Scientific Name. 
D 
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Native 
Country. 
Is 
so 
Col. 
of Fl. 
x: 
fco 
K 
M.of 
Flow. 
Price. 
General Observations. 
No. 
fee 
s.d. 
421 Calliopsis Incolor nana 
19 
55 
98 
gar. var. 
hA 
y. & b. 
1 
7-9 
3 
422 
— nigra speciosa 
.. 
•• 
... 
d. r. 
3 
3 
If the seed-pods of the different varieties 
423 
— — nana 
•• 
... 
... 
y.'& b. 
1 
6 
of Calliopsis be picked as soon as they 
424 
— quilled 
... 
... 
... 
2 
... 
6 
show themselves, the plants will bloom for 
425 
Ackermanni 
... 
... 
y- 
... 
3 
a much longer time. Sow early in common 
426 
cardatninifolia 
... 
Texas 
... 
... 
6 
soil and cover with garden pots, or make up a 
427 
coronata 
... 
y. spot. 
3 
slight liot-bed, cover the surface with rotted 
428 
Drummondii 
... 
... 
... 
y- 
3 
leaves, and then with three inches of loam 
429 
filifolia 
53 
... 
... 
3 
... 
3 
and leaf-mould: sow the seed thickly, in 
439 
— Burridgii 
... 
... 
... 
gar. var. 
c. & y. 
... 
... 
3 
rows about three inches apart, and when 
431 
atropurpurea 
... 
... 
... 
p. & y. 
6 
ready plant out where wanted. 
432 
longipes 
48 
... 
Texas 
... 
y. 
2 
3-8 
6 
433 Callirhoe digitata 
16 
137 
N. America 
d. ro. 
... 
6-10 
6 
Very beautiful, blooming for four or five months 
434 
— nana 
25 
... 
1 
... 
6 
continuously. 
435 Callistachys lanccolata 
id 
132 
N. Holland 
K s 
y- 
3 
7-8 
6 
Sow in heat in sandy peat. 
436 Calodemlrum capensis 
5 
35 
168 
CapeG. Hope 
rt 
pk. 
40 
7-9 
6 
Cool greenhouse. 
437 Calycanthus pratcox 
438 macrophyllus 
439 sinensis 
12 
85 
Japan 
California 
China 
hS 
y. &r. 
6 
2-12 
6 
6 
6 
I Fragrant and handsome Shrubs : sow in heat 
| and transplant. 
440 Camellia, finest double 
16 
18 
86 
... 
S 
div. 
div. 
5-7 
1 0 
Saved from the finest collection in Italy. 
441 Campanula alliariaefolia 
5 
25 
87 
Caucasus 
hP 
b. 
1 
7-9 
6 
442 
bononiensis 
... 
... 
Italy 
hPf 
... 
2 
5-9 
3 
443 
carpatica 
... 
... 
Carp. Alps 
... 
... 
i 
6-9 
3 
This is one of the most useful, well-known and 
444 
— alba 
... 
Siberia 
w. 
... 
3 
appreciated tribe of Perennials : the seeds 
445 
grandiflora, true 
... 
... 
... 
p- 
i 
... 
6 
of all the kinds are very small, and should 
446 
grandis 
... 
Natolia 
... 
b. 
3 
8-9 
3 
be only slightly covered : all the perennial 
447 
lamiifolia 
... 
Iberia 
pa. y. 
... 
6-7 
6 
varieties, if sown in the beginning of April 
448 
latifblia 
... 
... 
Britain 
P- 
4 
7-8 
3 
iu nice friable soil, will bloom the second 
449 
— alba 
... 
w. 
... 
6 
year : many, if sown as mentioned above 
450 
littoral is 
... 
N. Holland 
hiiB 
b. 
i 
4-8 
3 
for Calliopsis, will bloom in the autumn of 
451 
Lorei 
... 
... 
Italy 
hA 
i 
7-8 
3 
tbe first year, as the beautiful C. carpatica 
and alba, so good for beds and edgings. 
C. pyramidalis is very elegant, may be 
452 
— alba 
... 
... 
w. 
... 
... 
3 
453 
macrantlia 
... 
Mahuria 
hPf 
b. 
2 
3 
454 
ndbilis 
... 
... 
... 
China 
hhP 
pa. p. 
3 
6 
trained to anv form of growth, and if sown 
455 
pentagonia 
Turkey 
hA 
b. & p. 
1 
5-8 
3 
earlv will bloom the first year : may be 
456 
— alba 
... 
... 
... 
w. 
3 
grown either in pots or borders. C. grandi- 
457 
persicifolia 
Europe 
hPf 
... 
3 
7-9 
3 
flora and grandis bloom more freelv, and 
458 
— maxima 
... 
... 
... 
... 
6 
the long drooping purple blooms of the 
459 
pulclierrima 
gar. var. 
b. 
2 
6-9 
6 
former are very handsome. C. Vidalli is a 
460 
pyramidalis 
Camiola 
pa. b. 
4 
6-7 
6 
new species from the Azores, and is very 
461 
— alba 
... 
... 
w. 
... 
... 
6 
elegant. Such pretty Annuals as C. Lorei 
462 
rliomboidea 11. pi. 
Switzerland 
hP 
pa. b. 
2 
... 
6 
and pentagonia will bloom beautifully in 
463 
stricta 
... 
Syria 
hB 
w. 
j 
6-8 
3 
the open borders if sown early and well 
464 
strigosa 
... 
... 
Italy 
hPf 
I). 
i 
... 
6 
thinned, or sown thinly in the first in- 
465 
Trachelium fl. pi. 
Britain 
hP 
V. 
4 
3 
stance. 
466 
— album plenum 
... 
... 
w. 
3 
467 
Vidalli 
... 
Azores 
hhP 
ii 
7-8 
6 
468 Canna bicolor 
i 
88 
Brazils 
hhPt 
, 
2 
4-11 
4 
469 
coccinea vera 
S. America 
s. 
1-12 
3 
... ... ... 
470 
471 
compacta elegantissima 
edulis 
gar. var. 
0. 
4 
4-7 
6 
6 
This tribe is remarkable for its large, hand- 
472 
Fintelmanni 
y- 
1 0 
some foliage, and, we are inclined to 
473 
flaccida 
E. Indies 
6 
think, has hitherto scarcely met with the 
474 
gigantea vera 
S. America 
r. & y. 
7 
1-12 
1 0 
amount of attention it deserves. To large 
475 
indica 
E. Indies 
4 
3 
gardens in a warm situation the various 
476 
— riilna 
6 
species of Canna will be found invaluable 
477 
— species nova 
6 
adjuncts, and their appearance in masses is 
478 
Karts teiniana 
gar. var. 
d. r. 
6 
rich, luxuriant, and tropical. 
479 
6 
Soak the seeds in water at 125° for about 12 
480 
lagunensis 
Laguna 
y. spot. 
8~1 
3 
hours : sow in sandy loam and peat, and 
481 
Lamberti 
4 
5-6 
6 
place in a brisk hot-bed : when well up. 
482 
icptopliy'lla 
S. America 
3 
1-12 
4 
thin, and pot separately, and keep under 
483 
limbata 
4 
glass. If plants be turned out the second 
484 
lu tea 
E. Indies 
3 
week in June, in a rich soil and sheltered 
485 
3 
situation, they will combine with other 
486 
nepalensis 
Nepaul 
y. spot. 
1 0 
plants of a similar nature in imparting an 
487 
Schuberti 
3 
unequalled mass of rich verdure to an other- 
488 
speciosa 
8-10 
3 
wise ordinary-looking garden : the roots 
489 
species nova 
E. Indies 
s. 
6 
can be lifted before the arrival of frost, kept 
490 
— ex Guatemala 
Guatemala 
6 
in a cool stove, and planted out again in 
491 
spectabilis 
gar. var. 
6 
the ensuing summer. 
492 
subrualta rubra 
d.r. 
6 
493 
variabilis 
India 
1-12 
3 
... *»• ••• ... 
494 
Sellowi 
... 
S. America 
... 
8. 
... 
3 
