EXPLANATION OF THE ABBREVIATIONS USED 
IN THIS WORK. 
O 
n 
h 
Annual. 
Biennial. 
Perennial. 
Shrub, or Tree. 
II. 
F. 
G. 
S. 
D. 
* 
A 
V 
Hardy. 
Frame. 
Greenhouse. 
Stove. 
Dry-stove. 
Black Heath-mould. 
Bog. 
Aquatic. 
m. p. y. 
i, ii, iii, iv. 
C. B. S. 
Ed. pr. 
II. K. 
Host part of the Year. 
January, Fein - . March, April. 
Cape of Good Hope. 
Ilortus Kewensis, (1st Edition.) 
Hortus Kewensis, (2d Edition.) 
Note. The first column in each page contains the Linnaean names, to 
which are prefixed the Characters denoting the duration and place of 
cultuie of the respective plants. Ihe marks at the head of each division, 
and also those within the margin, govern in systematical order the species 
that follow, until a new sign occurs, or the indented space ends. See 
Salvia , page 8, and Ranunculus , page 174. 
The second column contains the English names. 
Ihe third column contains reterences to figures; those in Italics di¬ 
stinguish the works in which the plants are published under the same name 
as in Hortus Kewensis; but such as are printed in Roman letters denote 
that the plants so quoted will be found under other names in the several 
books to which they are referred. 
The fourth column denotes the native country. 
•/ 
I he fifth refers to the introduction, or first trace of cultivation in the 
English gardens. 
