CARTER AND CO.’S GARDENER’S VADE-MECUM FOR 1862. 
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Scientific Name. 
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J 
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J 
N.O. 
Native 
Country. 
•*S -2 
. 3 
SO 
Col. 
of FI. 
£ 
bn 
X 
M. of 
Flow. 
Price. 
General Observations. 
No. 
feet 
x. d. 
10*7 Helenium tenuifolium 
19 
54 
98 
California 
hA 
y- 
3 
6-8 
3 
Good garden soil. 
1088 Helianthemum canescens 
13 
26 
95 
S. Europe 
hP 
r. 
* 
5-7 
3 
Sow in light soil. 
108:) Helianthus argyrophy'llus 
19 
55 
98 
Texas 
liA 
pa.y. 
5 
7-10 
3 
Silver-leaved and Californian Sunflower : qtow 
1000 californicus [chum 
1091 Helichrysum brachyrhyn- 
California 
d. v. 
6 
3 
in any garden soil. 
Everlasting Flowers. These flowers are pecu- 
54 
lihA 
y- 
i 
6 
\ 
1092 bracteatum 
N. Holland 
3 
liarly interesting and desirable as dried 
1003 — album [imum 
w. 
... 
3 
specimens: handsome bouquets mav be 
1091 compositum max- 
1095 macranthuin 
6 
formed of them for indoor decoration during 
the winter, if the blooms be gathered when 
N. Holland 
w. 
2 
3 
1096 — nanum 
gar. var. 
r. 
1 
6 
upon the point of opening: treatment the 
1097 — lubrum 
2 
6 
same as for Calliopsis. The Greenhouse 
100*8 monstrosum 
N. Holland 
div. 
1 
6-8 
6 
varieties should he sown under glass, and 
109!) speciosissimum 
Cape G.llope 
es 
w. 
8 
7-8 
6 
grown in a mixture of loam and peat in the 
1100 Stsehelina 
4 
1-12 
6 
greenhouse. 
1 101 Ileliophila arabiokles 
15 
01 
103 
... 
hhA 
i). 
i 
6-7 
4 
Very pretty little plants for bedding or edging : 
1102 dissecta 
l 
4 
sow under glass, and transplant : II. arabi- 
1103 trifida 
$ 
4 
oides is the best. 
1 104 Heliopsis scabra 
19 
54 
98 
N. America 
hP 
y- 
5 
7-9 
6 
Good garden soil. 
1 105 Ileliotropiura corymbosum 
5 
25 
81 
gar. var. 
hhPf 
d. b. 
1 
6-10 
4 
1 
1106 grandiflbrum 
b. 
3 
6 
The Heliotrope, from its fragrance, is very 
1108 — Roi des Noirs 
1 109 peruvianum 
1110 Triompke de Liege 
Peru 
gar. var. 
blk. 
li. 
d. b. 
2 
1 
6 
4 
4 
generally admired, and with Geraniums and 
Calceolarias forms a good bedding plant. 
Sow in heat and transplant. 
4 
, 
11 12 Heracleum gigauteum 
1U3 Wilhelmi 
15 
40 
184 
Siberia 
hB 
w. 
12 
6-7 
3 
3 
Good for Shrubberies and game covers. 
1114 Ilermannia angularis 
16 
40 
83 
Cape G.llope 
gS 
y- 
3 
4-5 
6 
Sow on heat. 
1115 Hibiscus africanus 
16 
35 
137 
Africa 
hA 
w.&dk. 
2 
6-10 
3 
Stove varieties, sow in heat, and grow in 
1116 calisureus 
... 
3 
sandy mellow loam in hothouse in winter. 
1 i 1 7 palustris 
N. America 
hP 
P k. 
3 
7-9 
6 
Greenhouse kinds, sow under glass, and 
1 1 1 8 — roseus 
ro. 
6 
keep indoors from October to May. Hardy 
1119 svriacus 
... 
Syria 
hS 
p- 
8 
8-9 
6 
shrubby varieties, sow in April in cold pit, 
1120 virgmicus 
Virginia 
hP 
r. 
2 
7-9 
6 
and protect for the first season, then plant 
1121 Cameroni 
Madagascar 
sS 
ro. 
1 
6-7 
6 
where wanted, giving them good rich deep 
1122 cocci neus 
c. 
3 
6 
loam. Annuals and Perennials, sow about 
112,3 collinus 
E. Indies 
6 
the beginning of April in good garden soil; 
1124 giganteus 
hP 
6 
but to make the most of the annual kinds, 
1125 Harrisbni 
sS 
6 
such as africanus, sow about the middle of 
1126 heterophvllus 
N. S. Wales 
w. 
6 
8-9 
6 
March, in heat, under glass, and transplant 
1127 immutabilis 
E. Indies 
... 
6 
good plants, nine inches apart, in the begin- 
1128 insignis 
... 
10 
7-9 
6 
ning of May: either in a bed or in rows, we 
1129 Lindleyi 
India 
p- 
6 
12-1 
6 
know of few plants that will surpass II. 
1160 macrophy'llus 
E. Indies 
y- 
12 
6-7 
6 
africanus when the sun shines upon it. All 
1131 Manihot 
China 
gS 
4 
7-9 
6 
the varieties of Hibiscus are deserving of 
1132 moscheutos 
N. America 
gP 
p- 
2 
8-10 
6 
extensive cultivation, and it is rarely that a 
1183 — albus 
w. 
6 
greenhouse ol any pretensions will he found 
1 134 — roseus 
ro. 
6 
without them : a good collection mav be 
1135 Thunbergi 
1136 vitifolius 
6 s 
y- 
3 
6-8 
6 
seen in bloom at the Royal Botanic Gardens 
E. Indies 
sB 
2 
7-10 
6 
at Kew. 
1137 Hieracium verbascifolium 
19 
53 
98 
Europe 
hP 
6-7 
3 
Good garden sod. 
1 138 Holcus saccharatus 
23 51 
123 
China 
hhA 
ap. 
12 
7-8 
3 
• Chinese Sugar Grass, for ornament and fodder. 
1139 10 var. separate 
1 140 Hordeum jubatum 
3 
3 20 
123 
N. America 
hA 
1 
6-8 
6 
Ornamental Grass. 
1141 Guinea elegans [rircfolia 
19 53 
98 
N. S. Wales 
hhPf 
r. 
6 
6-10 
6 
Fine graceful plant. 
1 1 42 Hunnemannia luma- 
13 
25 
149 
Mexico 
V. 
1 
6-9 
6 
Blooms like lulipa sylvcstris. 
1143 Hyacintbus amethvstinus 
(i 
74 
S. Europe 
hPb 
i). 
;< 
4-5 
6 
Light sandy soil. 
1 144 H yraenanthera tenuiflorum 
5 
124 
N. America 
hS 
y- 
6 
6 
Good garden soil. 
1145 ilymenoxis californica 
19 
54 
98 
California 
hA 
y. & b. 
1 
H 
7- 10 
3 
3 
Common garden soil. 
1146 llyoscy'amus pictus 
5 
25 
178 
Britain 
hB 
6-7 
J 
1147 Hypericum olympicum 
1148 montanum 
19 
53 
98 
hP 
y- 
6-8 
6 
6 
Pretty Perennials : very free growing. 
1149 Iberis lagascaria 
1150 semperflorens 
1151 sempervlrens 
15 
60 
103 
Spain 
Candia 
hA 
hP 
W. 
i 
l 
6-7 
4-6 
3 
3 
3 
Candytufts ; very pretty in early Spring ; sow 
in any good garden soil. 
1152 Ilex japiSnica 
4 
29 
127 
Japan 
hT 
ap. 
3 
6 
Mixed soil of loam and peat. 
1153 Impatiens glanduligera 
5 
25 
76 
England 
hA 
y- 
2 
6-9 
3 
1154 Incarvillea sinensis** 
14 
59 
79 
China 
hhS 
0. 
20 
7-9 
6 
Fine Climber : same culture as Galampelis. 
1155 Indigdfera australis 
17 
45 
132 
Botanv Bay 
g s 
pk. 
3 
3-6 
6 
Handsome Greenhouse ornaments. 1. tmetona 
1 1 56 coccinea endecaphy'lla 
1157 cytisoidcs 
1158 liosua 
s. 
4 
7-8 
6 
is the Indigo of commerce. Sow in hot-bed, 
Cape G.llope 
r. 
2 
6 
and mow in peat and loam in greenhouse. 
ro. 
1 
4-7 
6 
The Red Spider should be carefully looked 
1159 filifolia 
Cape G.llope 
p- 
2 
7-8 
6 
after; may be destroyed by Parmentcr’s Pre- 
U60 macrocar pa 
... 
6 
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paration : see page 1 12. 
