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Respecting the Liniiean Classes and Orders, the Natural Orders, Duration, Height, 
Colour of the Flower, Time of Flowering, and Price, in Eight Columns, are given 
below. The exemplification will be found at Page 5. 
1st and 2nd Columns. — The Liniiean Classes and Orders. 3rd. — Natural Orders. 
4th Column. — Hardiness and Duration of each plant. 
h. hai'dy\ hh. half hardy \ t. tender] Y. fame \—G. greenhouse] — S. 
Stove perennial ; a. annual (last 1 year) ; b. biennial (last 2 years) ; 
p. perennial (last many years). — Application; ha. hardy annual] 
hha. half hardy annual] ta. tender annual] fa. frame annual] 
frame or greenhouse ] ghh. and hgh. or hothouse] sa. stove 
anniial] lib. hardy biennial] hhb. half-hardy biennial^ &c. &c. 
5th Column. — Colour', bl. blue] b. & w. and w7/*7c, &c. ; f\.dark]\. light] 
d. r. dark red ; div. diverse^ &c. &c. ; stri. striped^ &c. 
f)th Column. — Usual height of the plant in feet] trai. trailer. 
7th Coinmw.^Usualmonihoffowering'. 6, June] 6-9,/Mneto September, S lc. &.c. 
8th Column. — Price per Packet. Gd. Packets may be had of those marked 3d., &c. 
Time of Sowing. — Hardy Annuals, February till June, and in Autumn. Hardy 
Biennials and Perennials, April till June, and in Autumn. Half-hardy Annuals, &c. 
in March, A))ril, or May, oii 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 onehot-bed. 
The Greenhouse Climbers marked ** may be planted in the borders in May. 
* Dwarf Plants proper for the edgings of beds. ** Ornamental Climbers. 
+ Usually flower the first year, if sown early ; sp. species, var. variety. 
Thedots | ... | ... ( ... | ... | indicate a repetition many ; ea?,from. 
I. The 21- Linnean Classes. (See Flower Seeds, 1st Col. page 5.) 
The Linnean Classes are founded on the Sexual Organs.’ 
. Stamens {male organs) equal. 
). 1. Monan dria 
1 stamen 
2. Diandria 
2 stamens 
3. Triamlria 
3 „ 
4. Tetrandria 
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5. Pentandria . ' 
5 „ 
6. Hexandria 
6 ,, 
7. Heptandria . 
7 
8. Octaiidria 
8 „ 
9. Enneandria . 
9 .. 
10. Decandria 
10 „ 
X\f, X^CCUUUIIU . ,, 
11. Dodecandria 12 to 19 S. in the 
cup 
12. Icosandria 20 or more S. on the 
base 
13. Polyandria, many Stamens 
b. Stamens unequal. 
14. Didyntiniia, 2 Umg, 2 short 
15. Tetradynamia, 4 „ 2 „ 
c. Stamens united in sets. 
16. Monaddphia, 1 set 
17. Diadelpbia, 2 sets 
18. Polyadelphia, many sets 
d. Compound Flowers {Asters, ^c.). 
19. Syiigenesia 
e. Stamens on the style. 
20. Gynandria 
f. Male and female separated. 
21. Monoe'eia, on one plant 
22. Dice'eia, on different plants 
g. Male, female, and hermaphrodite 
ftofwers, on one or different plants. 
23. Polygamia, 7nany mam'iages 
h. Floorers wanting, or incomplete. 
21. Cryptogamia, hiddenmarriages 
{Ferns, Mosses, ^c.). 
