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CARTER AND CO.’S GARDENER’S VADE-MECUM FOR 1862. 
Scientific Name. 
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6 
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| N.O. 
Native 
Country. 
H.& 
Dur. 
Col. 
of FI. 
1 
M. of 
Flow. 
Price. 
No. 
feet 
a. d. 
1309 Lindheimcria texana 
19 
54 
98 
Texas 
hA 
V. 
8-10 
3 
1310 Linum alpinum 
5 
40 
91 
Austria 
hP 
b. 
£ 
7-8 
6 
1311 
campanulatum 
... 
Europe 
y- 
i 
6-8 
6 
1312 
flavum 
Austria 
hhP 
$ 
6 
1313 
grandiflorum 
... 
S. Europe 
hP 
b. 
1 
3 
1314 
— album 
... 
w. 
3 
1315 
— scarlet 
Algeria 
hbA 
C. 
6-10 
4 
hP 
h. 
3 
6-8 
3 
1317 
— variegatum 
gar. var. 
var. 
3 
1318 
luteum corymbi- 
Crimea 
hA 
y. 
1 
6-7 
4 
1319 
narbonense [florum 
S. France 
hhP 
i>. 
2 
5-7 
6 
1320 
perenue 
England 
hP 
p- 
3 
6-8 
3 
1321 
— album 
W. 
3 
1322 Lippia purpurea 
14 
59 
187 
Mexico 
gS 
r. 
6-7 
6 
1323 Lisianthus Riissellianus 
5 
25 
118 
gA. 
p- 
10-12 
1 0 
1324 Loasa aurantiaca** 
18 
18 
l3o 
Tucuman 
IlhA 
0 . 
20 
7-10 
3 
1325 
Herbert!** 
... 
hybrid 
s. 
6 
3 
1326 
tricolor 
Chili 
hA 
y- 
2 
6-9 
3 
1327 Lobelia campanulata 
5 
25 
87 
Cape G. Mope 
hhP 
b. 
t 
6-10 
4 
1328 
Erinus 
2 
4 
1329 
— com pacta 
gar. var. 
d. b. 
i 
6 
1330 
— grandiflora 
V 
4 
1331 
— marmorata 
... 
... 
b. N w. 
4 
1332 
— maxima 
... 
b. 
4 
1333 
— oculata alba 
w. & b. 
4 
1334 
4 
1 335 
ro. 
4 
1336 
— speciosa 
d. b. 
6 
1337 
formosa 
... 
N. S. Wales 
6 
1338 
gracilis 
hhA 
b. 
trai 
7-10 
3 
133!) 
— alba 
gar. var. 
... 
w. 
... 
3 
1340 
— erecta 
1. b. 
i 
6 
1341 
— rosea nova 
... 
ro. 
trai 
4 
1342 
heterophv'lla 
V. D.’s Land 
d. b. 
U 
6 
1343 
propinqua 
hybrid 
hhPf 
s. 
4 
6-10 
6 
1344 
ramosa 
Swan River 
d. b. 
7-10 
4 
1345 
— alba 
gar. var. 
w. 
4 
1316 
— nana 
... 
d. b. 
1 
4 
1347 
— rubra 
... 
r. 
2 
4 
1348 
— triquetra 
d. b. 
1 
6 
1349 Lonicera balearica 
90 
S. Europe 
fiS 
St. 
10 
4-5 
6 ; 
1350 Lopezia coronata 
1 
146 
Mexico 
hA 
r. 
* 2 
7-9 
6 
1351 
miniata [dens 4 * 
gS 
p- 
3 
9-11 
6 
1352 Lophospermum scan- 
14 
59 
175 
hhPf 
10 
6-10 
6 
1353 
— Cliftoni** 
hvbrid 
d. 10 . 
6 1 
1354 
— Hendersoni** 
ro. 
6 : 
1355 
— Jacksoni** 
0 
1356 
— Rhodochiton** 
Mexico 
s. 
1 0 
1357 Lotus cytisoides 
17 
45 
132 
S. Europe 
it A. 
y- 
i 
7-8 
4 
1358 
corniculatus 
Britain 
hP 
1 2 
6-8 
6 
1359 
hirsutus 
hhP 
4 
1360 
Jacobsens 
C.Verd Isles 
I 1 I 1 S 
lilk. 
1 
1-12 
3 
1361 
— luteus 
V. 
3 
1362 
rectus 
S. Europe 
hP 
fish. 
3 
6-9 
4 
1363 
sericeus 
Mussooree 
hA 
y- 
4 
7-8 
6 
1364 
suaveolens 
6 
California 
hA 
b. & w. 
4 
6-10 
3 
1366 
californicus 
3 
1367 
Mexico 
d. it. 
2 
6-9 
3 
1368 
— albus 
gar. var. 
W. 
3 
1369 
1. b. 
3 
1370 
— persicus 
b. var. 
6 
1371 
— roseus 
ro. 
3 
1372 
kirsutissimus 
California 
li. r. 
3 
1373 
hybridus insignis 
hybrid 
d. r. 
3 
1374 
— Dunnetti su- 
r.b.&y. 
3 
1375 
leptophyllus [perbus 
California 
l.b. 
i 
7- 10 
3 
1376 
Menziesi 
sul. 
6-9 
6 
1377 
Moritzianus 
America 
b. 
2 
3 
1378 
mutabilis 
Bogota 
b. & y. 
4 
7-9 
3 
1379 
var. 
3 
1380 
— variecolor 
gar. var. 
div. 
3 
1381 
nanus 
California 
var. b. 
i 
3 
1382 
— albus 
gar. var. 
w. 
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General Observations. 
Good garden soil. 
Well-known Annuals and Perennials. L. 
scarlet is one of the handsomest Annuals 
ever introduced, in brilliancy of colour 
being surpassed by none ; it is also much 
to be recommended for its long duration 
in bloom. L. flayum and luteum corvmbi- 
florum are two beautiful golden-yellow 
varieties, much to be recommended. Sow 
in pans in light mould. 
Usual greenhouse treatment. 
Splendid Greenhouse Annual. 
Beautiful Climbing Plants, suitable for covering 
trellis or wire-work : sow in hot-bed and plant 
out. 
A most elegant and useful genus of dwarl 
plants of easy culture, well adapted for 
bedding, edging, pots, or rockeries ; Lo- 
belias, in fact, are employed as universally 
in the general Summer garden as Scarlet 
Geraniums, to beds of which they form a 
neat and effective edging : the varieties of 
L. Erinus are generally used for this pur- 
pose ; yet by some the varieties of L. 
ramosa are preferred, which, though larger 
in bloom, are neither so elegant nor com- 
pact. L. speciosa is the finest of all, from 
its intense dark-blue colour with a clear 
white spot and its dark-coloured foliage. 
The varieties of L. gracilis are the best 
adapted for rock-work, pots, or suspended 
baskets to droop over. The seed of Lobelia, 
being very small, cover very slightly when 
sown : sow in hot-bed, prick out, and gra- 
dually harden off: if grown in pots, let them 
be well trained. A light rich soil is suit- 
able for all the varieties. 
Sow in good friable soil. 
Good garden soil. 
Usual greenhouse treatment. 
Extremely handsome Climbers. Sow in hot- 
bed in light sandy loam, prick off, pot and 
re-pot, and by the end of May transfer to 
cool Greenhouse, Conservatory, or favourable 
positions in the garden. 
Very pretty pea-shaped flowers. L. cornicu- 
latus multiflorus is a profuse bloomer, fine 
yellow blossoms for borders or rockeries. 
L. Jacobams is exceedingly neat and pretty 
as a pot plant, the flowers being almost an 
ivory-blaclc. 
Lupine. This class of plants is perhaps more 
generally known and cultivated than any 
other, and merits the favour accorded to it. 
L. hybridus insignis and superbus are really 
fine plants with long spikes of richly colour- 
ed blossoms. L. Menziesi has perhaps the 
handsomest spike of bloom of all, the plant 
when well grown forming a candelabrum 
• with beautiful sulphur-coloured flowers. L. 
subcarnosus is exceedingly rich in colour, 
viz. ultramarine blue, crimson, and purple, 
and is worthy of more extended cultivation. 
L. nanus, nanus albus, aud affinis, from 
dwarf habit, are peculiarly suited for beds, 
in which position they show well. L. Hart- 
wegi and its varieties are good in habit and 
colour. 
