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Respecting the Linnean Classes and Orders, the Natural Orders, Duration, Height, 
Colour of the Flower, Time of Flowering, aud Price, in Bight Columns, are given 
below. The exemplification will he found at Page 5. 
1st and 2nd Columns.— The Linnean Classes and Orders. 3rd.— Natural Orders. 
4th Column. — Hardiness and Duration qfeack plant. 
h. hardy, hh. half-hardy, t. tender-, 'S. frame-, — G. greenhouse-, — S. 
Stove perennial ; a. annual (last 1 year) ; b. iienniat (last 2 years) ; 
p. perennial (last many years). — Application: ha. hardy annual; 
bha. half-hardy annual ta. tender annual; fa. frame annual; 
fgh. frame or greenhouse ; g))lt. and Jigh- green or hothouse ; sa. stove 
annual j hb. hardy biennial ; hhb. haf -hardy biennial, &c. &c. 
5th Column.— Colour : bl. blue ; b. & w. blue and white, &c. ; d. dark ; 1. light ; 
d. r. dari red ; div. diverse, &c. &c. ; stri. striped. Sec. 
6th Column.— t/»ual height of the plant in feet ; trai. trailer ; cl. climber. 
7th Column. — Usual month of flowering -. 6, June; 6-9, June to September, Sec. Sec. 
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 Anfumn. Hardy 
Bienpials apd perennials, Marcli till Jppe, and !'> Autumn. Half-hafdy Annuals, &q. 
in March, Aprili or May, on a moderate hot-bed. Many of the Biennials aud 
Perennials marked hh will stand thp wipter 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 Aiipuals require more ttian one hot-bpd. 
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 ; ip. species, var. variety. 
The dots | ... | ... | ... 1 ... | indicate a repetition ;y)/.p/ure», many; ea?, from. 
I. 27te 24? Linnean Classes. (See Flower Seeds, 1st Col. page 5.) 
Tlie Linnean Classes are founded on the Sexual Organs, 
s. Stamens (male organs) equal. 
No. 1. b)onan'dria 
r 2. Diandria 
3. Triandria 
4. Tetran'lria 
5. Pentandria 
6. Hexandria 
7. Heptandria 
8. Octandria 
9. Enneandrip 
10. Decandria 
1 stamen 
2 stamens 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11. Dodecandria 12 to 19 S. in the 
cup 
12. Icosapdria 20 or more S. on the 
base 
13. Polyandria, many Stamens 
b. Stamens unequal. 
14. Didynamia, 2 long, 2 short 
15. Tetradyuamia, 4 „ 2 „ 
c. Stamens united in sets. 
16. Mopqdelpbia, 1 set 
17. Diadelphia, 2 sets 
18. Pqlye4elpbi#i 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 plqnts 
g. Male, female, and hermaphrodite 
flowers, on one or different plants. 
23. Polygiimia, many marriages 
h. Flowers wanting, or incomplete. 
24. Cryptogamia, hidden marriages 
{Ferns, Mosses, S(c.). 
