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Respecting the Riimcan Classes and Orders, the Natural Orders, Duration, Height, 
Colour of the Idower, Time of Flowering, and Price, in Eight Columns, are given 
helow. The cxeinplificatioii will be found at Page 5. 
1st and 2nd Columns. — The Linnean Classes and Orders. 3rd. — Natural Orders. 
4lh Column.— f/. ivfoit'S* and Duration of earh plant. 
h. hardy, hli. kHf-hardy, t. fender-, f. frame-,— G. greenhouse-,— b. 
Stooe perennial ; a. annual (last 1 year) ; h. biennial (last 2 years) ; 
p. perennial (last many years). — Application : ha. hardg annual ; 
hha. half-hardi/ annual-, ta. tender annual-, fa. frame annual-, 
fgh. frame or greenhouse-, ghU- and hgh. preen or /io</ioa«e j sa. stooe 
annual-, hb. hardg biennial-, hhh. half-hardg biennial, &c. &c. 
5th Column.— 6'o/onr : bl. blue; b. & w. blue and white, &c. ; d. dari; 1. light ; 
d. r. dari red; div. diverse, &c. &c. ; stri. striped, &c. 
6th Column.— f/suot height of the plant in feet ; trai. trailer ■, cl. clMer. 
7th Column. — Usual month of flowering-. 6, June; 6-9, June to September, &c. &c. 
8th Column. — Price per Packet. 6d. Packets may be had of those marked 3d., &c. 
Time of Sowing. — Hardy Annuals, February till June, and in Antuinn. Hardy 
Biennials and Perennials, March till June, and in Autumn. Half-hardy Annuals, &c. 
in March, April, or May, on a moderate hot-bed. Many of the Biennials and 
Perennials marked hh will stand the winter without protection ; they, as well as 
the half-hardy Annuals, with few exceptions, may likewise be sown on a warm 
border early in May. The tender Annuals require more than one hot-bed. 
The Greenhouse Climbers marked ** may be planted in the borders in May. 
* Dwarf Plants jiroper for the edgings of beds. ** Ornamental Climbers, 
t Usually flower the first year, if sown early ; sj!. species, var. variety. 
The dots | ... | ... | ... | ... | indicate a repetition ;;i/.yi/Mres, many ; ea?, from. 
I. The 24< Linnean Classes. (See Flower Seeds, 1st Col. page 5.) 
The Linnean Classes are founded on the Sexual Organs. 
a. Stamens {male organs') equal. 
No. 1. Monan'dria . 1 stamen 
2. Diaiidria . 2 stamens 
3. Triandria . 3 „ 
4. Tetraiidria . 4 ,, 
5. Peiitandria . 5 „ 
6. Hexandria . 6 „ 
7. Heptandria . 7 „ 
8. Octandria . 8 „ 
9. Enneaiidria . 9 „ 
10. Decandria . 10 „ 
11. Dodecandria 12 to 19 S. in the 
cup 
12. Icosandria 20 or more S. on the 
base 
13. Polyandria, mang Stamens 
b. Stametis unequal. 
14. Didynamia, 2 long, 2 short 
15. Tetradynamia, 4 „ 2 „ 
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c. Stamens united in sets. 
16. Monadelphia, 1 set 
17. Diadelphia, 2 sets 
18. Polyadelphia, many sets 
d. Compound Flowers {Asters, Sfc.). 
19. Syngenesia 
e. Stamens on the style. 
20. Gynandria 
f. Male and female separated. 
21. Monoe'eia, on one plant 
22. Dice'eia, on different qdants 
g. Mate, female, and hermaphrodite 
flowers, on one or different plants. 
23. Polyg&mia, many marriages 
li. Flowers wanting, or incomplete. 
24. Cryptogkinia, hidden marriages 
{Ferns, Mosses, Sfc.). 
