ABBREVIATIONS, 
FIRST COLUMN. 
FIFTH COLUMN 
COLOUBS OF THE FLOWERS. 
Ap«tal 
bh. . . 
bid. . . 
bik. . . 
blu. , . 
brkj^cld. . 
hr. brt. 
carm. . . 
crim. . . 
dk.drk. . 
gn. gr. grn. 
grnsh. gsh. 
Igt. It. . . 
li. lil. . . 
or. oran. . 
pa. ... . 
pnk. . . . 
pksh. . . . 
pur. . . . 
pursh. purpsh. 
rich p. . . 
rdsh. . . . 
ro 
saff. . . . 
salm. . . . 
scar. scr. 
spot, 
stri p. 
wht. w. whtsh. 
yeL ... 
yelsh. ysh. 
destitute of conspicuous petals, 
blush. 
blood-coloured, 
black or blackish, 
blue or bluish, 
brick red. 
brown, 
brownish, 
bright. 
carmine-coloured. 
crimson. 
dark. 
green. 
greenish. 
light. 
lilac-coloured. 
orange-coloured. 
pale. 
pink. 
pinkish. 
purple. 
purplish. 
rich purple. 
reddish. 
rose-coloured. 
saffron, coloured. 
salmon-coloured. 
scarlet. 
spotted. 
striped. 
variegated. 
vermilion-coloured. 
violet-coloured. 
white or whitish. 
yellow. 
yellowish. 
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SECOND COLUMN. 
PERIOD OF FLOWERING. 
. . . . January. 
. . . . February. 
. . . . March. 
. . . . ApriL 
.... May. 
. . . . June. 
.... July. 
. . . . August 
. . . . September. 
.... October. 
. . . . November. 
. . . . December. 
THIRD COLUMN. 
TEMPERATURE REQUIRED. 
F Frame plant. 
6 Greenhouse plant 
H Hardy plant. 
S Stove plant. 
Aq. . . 
Bl. . . . 
Cl. . . . 
Cr. . . . 
De. . . 
Epi. Epiphy. 
Ev. . . 
Fu. . . 
Her. . . 
Ter. . . 
Tr. . . 
Tiu . . 
Tw. . . 
FOURTH COLUMN. 
HABITUDE. 
. . . Aquatic. 
. . . . Bulbous. 
. . . . Climbing. 
Creeping. 
, . . . Deciduous. 
I . . . Epiphyte. 
, . . . Evergreen. 
. . . . Fusiiorm-rooted. 
. . . . Herbaceous. 
. . . . Terrestrial. 
. . . . Trailing. * 
. . . . Tuberous-rooted. 
. . . . Twining. 
HABIT AND DURATION. 
A AnnuaL 
Biennial. 
BL Bulbous plant 
Cl Climber. 
Cr Creeper. 
Perennial. 
Shrub. 
Tree. 
Tr. Trailing plant 
Tu Tuberous-rooted plant. 
Adriat Is. 
Alp. Eur. 
Amer. hyb. 
A. Minor . 
Apenn. 
ArchipeL . 
Asiatic G. 
Baff. B. . 
Barba. 
B. Ayres . 
Californ. . 
Cappadoc. 
Carthag. . 
Casp. Sea 
Casp. Sho. 
Carpa. Mo. 
G. H. . 
SIXTH COLUMN. 
NATIVE COUNTRY. 
. . . . Adriatic Islands. 
. . . European Alps. 
Che: son. 
Coromand. 
Cordill. 
E. Ind. . 
Eng. hyb. 
Eng. hyb. 
Falk. Is. . . 
Ft. Vancou. . 
Guayaq. . 
Huds. B. . . 
I. France . 
I. Skye . . 
Kamtsch. . . 
K. Geo.’s Sd. 
Louisia. . . 
Madagas. . 
MageU. . . 
Maran. . . 
Martiniq. 
Mediterr. . . 
Montpel. . . 
Moreton B. . 
Mosambi. . 
M. Video 
N. Africa . 
N. Amer. . 
N. Caledon. . 
N. Eur. . . 
NewfoundL . 
N. Grenada . 
N. HolL . . 
N. Patag. . 
N. Spain . . 
N. S. W. . 
N. Zeal. . . 
Organ Mts. 
Peni 
Pennsyl. . 
Philadel. . 
Rio Jan. 
S. Amer. 
San. Cruz 
Scandin 
S. Austral 
S. CaroL 
S. Eur. . . . . , 
S. France ... 
S. Leone 
St Domin 
St. Vine 
S. Sea Is 
Switz 
Sw. River, Swan R. 
Tranqueb. . . . . 
Valpar 
V. D. L. or V. Die. I. 
W. Ind 
W. Ind. Is 
American hybrid. 
Asia Minor. 
Apennines. 
Grecian Archipelago. 
Asiatic Gulf. 
Baffin’s Bay. 
Barbary. 
Buenos Ayres. 
California. 
Cappadocia. 
Carthagena. 
Caspian Sea. 
Caspian Shores. 
Carpathian Mountains. 
Cape of Good Hope. 
Chersonesus. 
Coromandel. 
Cordilleras. 
East Indies. 
English hybrid. 
Falkland Islands, 
Fort Vancouver. 
GuayaquiL 
Hudson’s Bay. 
Isle of France. 
Isle of Skye. 
Kamtschatka. 
King George’s Sound. 
Louisiana. 
Madagascar. 
Magellan. 
Maranha. 
Martinique. 
Mediterranean Islands. 
Montpelier. 
Moreton Bay. 
Mosambique. 
Monte Video. 
North Africa. 
North America. 
New Caledonia. 
North Europe. 
Newfoundland. 
New Grenada. 
New Holland. 
North Patagonia. 
New Spain. 
New South Wales. 
New Zealand. 
Organ Mountains. 
Pennsylvania. 
Philadelphia. 
Rio Janeiro. 
South America. 
Santa Cruz. 
Scandinavia. 
South Australia. 
South Carolina. 
South Europe. 
South France. 
Sierra Leone. 
St Domingo. 
St Vincent 
South Sea Islands. 
Switzerland. 
Swan River. 
Tranquebar. 
Valparaiso. 
Van Diemen’s Land. 
West Indies. 
West India Islands. 
