CAltTER AND CO.’S GARDENER’S VADE-MECUM FOR 1862. 
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Scientific Name. 
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Native 
Country. 
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x o' : 
Col. 
of FI. 
CO 
M. of 
Flow. 
Price. 
General Observations. 
No. 
feet 
s. d. 
1235 Kennedy a mariana** 
1236 Makoyana** 
17 
45 
132 
N. S. Wales 
gs 
s. 
b. 
4 
3 
6-7 
6-8 
6 
1 0 
1237 Marryattae** [** 
Australia 
\ 
6-7 
6 
1238 monophy 11a alba 
1239 ovata** 
1240 — nova** 
1241 —alba** 
N. Holland 
w. 
P- 
6 
5-8 
6 
6 
1 0 
6 
6 
6 
6 
General instructions for sowing : — Steep the 
seeds in warm water for six hours, sow in 
„ sandy peat and loam, and place in hot-bed 
in April : harden olf the seedlings by degrees, 
in order that they may stand in the Green- 
house or Conservatory during summer. 
1 242 prostrata** 
1 243 rotundifolia** 
1244 rubicunda** 
N. S. Wales 
r. 
7 
10 
6-9 
3-8 
1245 Sieberiana** 
... 
6 
... 
1246 Sieboldti** 
6 
Good garden soil. 
1247 Knautia orientalis 
4 
25 
107 
Levant 
hA 
i 
6-9 
6 
1248 Kolreuteria paniculata 
8 
172 
China 
hT 
y. 
10 
7-8 
6 
1249 Lagerstroemia indica 
13 
169 
E. Indies 
sS 
p- 
6 
8-10 
6 
Splendid Stove-plant : usual hothouse treat- 
1 250 rcgina 
r. 
12 
6 
ment. 
1251 Lagurus ovatus 
3 
26 
123 
Guernsey 
hA 
ap. 
1 
6-7 
3 
Ornamental Grass (Hare’s-tail). 
1252 Lantana.finestFrench 
14 
59 
187 
divers 
hhS 
div. 
div. 
div. 
1 0 
Beautiful bedding plants : sow in hot-bed, and 
1 25 3 Jmpera l rice Eugfraie 
6 
25 
177 
gar. var. 
2 
6-8 
6 
transplant. 
1254 Lapageria rosea** 
Chiloe 
gP 
ro. 
10 
9-3 
2 6 
Pile finest Climber in cultivation. 
1255 Lasiopetalon solanaceum 
5 
... 
83 
N. Holland 
g S 
w. 
3 
4-7 
6 
Usual greenhouse treatment. 
1256 Lasthenia californica 
19 
54 
98 
California 
hA 
y. 
4 
5-10 
3 
Common garden soil. 
1257 Lathvrus aziireus** 
17 
45 
132 
b. 
4 
5-8 
4 
All the varieties of Lathvrus are very ornamental, 
1258 iatifolius** 
England 
hi’ 
pk. 
6 
6-9 
3 
and being hardy and of quick growth, they are 
1259 — albus** 
w. 
6-8 
4 
of great use in covering trellises or in the 
Siberia 
Levant 
pa. r. 
w. 
4 
4 
formation of arbours. 
'I 
1261 Laurus Cerasus 
12 
25 
166 
lis 
12 
4-5 
3 
1262 colchica 
9 
131 
3 
All the varieties of Laurus are very orna- 
1203 indica 
bT 
3 
V mental : grow best in a mixture of loam 
1204 lusitanica 
S. Europe 
3 
and peat. 
Italy 
S. Europe 
g. & vv. 
li. 
15 
3 
1206 Lavandula Spica 
1267 Stoechas 
14 
58 
130 
hi’ 
hS 
2 
11 
7-9 
5-9 
6 
4 
| Fragrant plants : sow on heat, and transplant. 
1268 Lavatera arborescens 
8 
48 
137 
Britain 
hhP 
p. 
6 
7-10 
6 
] 
1269 armeniaca 
hP 
6 
Good garden soil. 
1270 maritima 
S. Europe 
hhS 
w. 
2 
4-6 
6 
1271 Lebeckia cytisoides 
17 
45 
132 
Cape G. Hope 
Virginia 
gS 
P k. 
3 
4-7 
6 
12/2 Leptandra virginica 
2 
25 
175 
hi’ 
w. 
5 
7-10 
3 
Common garden soil. 
1273 Leptosiphon androsaceus 
3 
81 
California 
hA 
div. 
1 
6-10 
3 
A most useful class of hardy Annuals. L. 
3 
densiflorus albus is one of the purest of 
white flowers, and blooming in masses is 
1275 — lilacinus 
li. 
3 
1276 aureus 
0. 
i 
i 
4 
admirable for beds. L. aureus is an ex- 
1277 densiflorus 
p- 
3 
tremely pretty dwarf plant of a rich golden 
1278 — albus 
gar. var. 
w. 
3 
colour, suited for pots, rock-work, or edg- 
1279 — nanus 
p* 
i 
... 
3 
ings. All the varieties arc of easy culti- 
1280 lutcus 
California 
y- 
it 
4 
3 
vation, growing freely in any good garden 
1281 new dwarf hybrids 
hybrid 
div. 
1 
1 0 
J soil. 
1282 Leptorhynchus scjuamatus 
6 
1283 Leptospennum flavescens 
1284 lanfgerum 
12 
25 
142 
N. S. Wales 
gs 
w. 
5 
5-7 
6 
6 
| Fine Greenhouse plants. 
1285 Leucanthemum Icratianum 
6 
1286 Leucodendron decorum 
4 
25 
161 
Cape G.Hope 
gT 
3 
6 
Ornamental Greenhouse plants. Sow on heat, 
1287 plumosum 
4 
6-8 
6 
and transplant. 
1288 Ligustrum japonicum 
2 
145 
Japan 
hS 
W. 
5-6 
3 
jlood for shrubberies. 
1289 Lilium colcbicum 
1290 Martagon 
6 
133 
China ? 
gPb 
hPb 
div. 
2 
7-10 
5-6 
6 
6 
j* Sow on heal in light soil. 
1291 Limnanthes alba 
1292 Douglasi 
1 293 grandiflora 
io 
134 
California 
hA 
w. 
y. & w. 
h 
6-10 
3 
[. Elegant and slightly fragrant Annuals, very 
... 
3 
1 free-blooming, contrasting well with Nemo- 
... 
ro. 
3 
| philas : good for beds, clumps, or edgings : 
1295 sulphurea odornta 
1296 aurea nova 
... 
sul. 
v. 
3 
3 
easy of cultivation, growing freely in any 
good garden soil. 
1297 Liniria bipartita 
14 
59 
175 
Barbarv 
hhA 
p- 
M . 
6-9 
3 
... ... ... 
1298 — alba 
gar. var. 
w. 
... 
3 
1299 — splendida 
var. 
6 
Very pretty flowers. L. bipartita and va- 
1300 Ilendersoni 
i 
3 
rieties are among the prettiest Annuals 
1301 Pere/.i 
3 
grown, and when in full bloom resemble 
1 302 purpurea 
S. Europe 
iiP 
p- 
T 
7-9 
3 
7 small compact bushes of blossoms: the 
1303 pyrenaica 
1304 reflexa 
... 
i 
... 
3 
3 
tender varieties may be sown under glass, 
and the others in the open borders. 
1305 triornithophora 
Portugal 
hhPf 
p- 
f 
6-9 
3 
1306 spartea 
Spain 
hA 
y- 
i 
6-10 
3 
... 
1307 speciosa 
Barbary 
hhPf 
p- 
1 
3 
) 
1308 iriphylla 
... 
Sicily 
hA 
y. & p. 
l 
... 
3 
