A pocket botanical dictionary comprising the names, history, and culture of all plants known in Britain; with a full explanation of technical terms / By Joseph Paxton ... assisted by Professor Lindley. A new edition. With supplement containing all the new plants since its appearance.
- Joseph Paxton
- Date:
- 1849
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A pocket botanical dictionary comprising the names, history, and culture of all plants known in Britain; with a full explanation of technical terms / By Joseph Paxton ... assisted by Professor Lindley. A new edition. With supplement containing all the new plants since its appearance. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![spilhein.v; . . .\V''‘W. . 7. H. De. Tw. X. Aiiioi. I’ll') sylvc'iri', 2 . ■ White. . 7.H. Dc. T\v. l!iini;.iry • llU.i t»ine)it>'>S4, 3 • • . 6, H. De. Ti. X. Aiuer. lUlU Catfslifilnit, paratlo.riif reriif^rutis, CaiathuJx, Labillardiere. So called from K'alyx, a calyx, and thrix, hair. Liun. 12, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Mi/rtaccx. These are handsome everfireens, of easy culture; sandy peat and loam mixed suits them; and cuttings take readily in sand, under a glass. ericoldo^ . . .White. . G. Ev. S. X. Hnll. . 1324 floribOndii . . . White . . G. Ev. S. X. Holt. . 1320 g!*br4 . . . .While. . 5, G. Kv. S. X. Holl. . IHIR piiltrsKOi . . . While. . G. Ev. S. X. Holl. . 1H24 svjlbr4 .... AVhite. . 6, C. Ev. S. S. .\iistrn. . 1324 CA5iBi.iXA, From chamai, on the ground, and linon, flax ; in allusion to its dwarf habit. Linn. 15, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Cnicifenr. The species have but little beauty, and require to be sown in the open border. C. sativa is cultivated in some parts of Europe for the sake of the oil which is ob¬ tained from the seeds. Stjnuiiymes: 1. Myagruni tiidvum. 2, Cheiranthus sytvestris. SdUvn, 1 . . . YpIIow . 5. H. A. Hrltnin . . plh>^.i, 2. . . Yellow . 5, H. A. Uiitaiii . . glabr&ta . . . Yellow . 5. H. A. anstriacd, harbarexfullit, deiitiltd, microcdrpii. CalCx, the outer envelope of a rtower. CamassIa, Lindley. From guatnass, or caryiass, its native name in N. America. Linn. i>, Or l, Nat. Or. Asphodeleie. The dowers of this beautiful plant are nearly two inches in diameter. Dr. I.indley scarcely remembers to have ever seen a more strikingly handsome bulbous plant. It requires a pvat border, under a north tvall; increased by seeds. ntfulciu.i . . , Purple . 7, H.Bu. P. Columbia . 1827 Came/.ma, Ker. Named in honour of George Joseph Kamel, or Camellus, a .'Moravian Jesuit, and ira- veilerin Asia. Linn. 16, Or. 8, Nat. Or.Ternstrce- vti'jcex. “All the species of Camellia are uni versa! Iv admired by every collector ot plants, on account of their beautiful rose-like Huwers, and elegant dark- green shining laurel-like leaves. They are very hardy greenhouse plants and are easy of culture, re¬ quiring only to he sheltered from severe fro-t. The best soil for them is an equal quantity t)f good sandy loam and peat. Messrs. Loddige-* find that light loam alone answers as well, or better; and in the Comte de \'ande’s gardens at Bayswater, rotten dung is mixed with loam and peat. The pots should be well drained with pieces of potsherd.^, that they may not get soddened with loo much wet, as nothing injures them more than over- watering, particularly when they are not in a growing slate. ^Vhen growing ffcelv, they can Scarcely have too much, and they should be watered over the leaves with a fine rose-pot; they are readily increased by cuttings, or inarching on the common kinds. The cuttings should be taken otf at a joint a.s sf>on as they are ripened, and planted in sand, under a glass, where they will soon strike root; when this is the case they should be planted singly in small pots, and set in a close frame, and they must be afterwards hardened to tlie air by degrees.”—Swett, The season most proper to give the Camellias a general potting is Februarv and IMarch- After this, put them into a peach-house or vinery, or a warm greenhouse, and give the plants plenty of water while tliey are making their young shofjts; when the season's growth is comuleted, and the fiower-buds formed, the back of the greenhouse or even a well-slieltered north border will stiit them, for tliey will be seriously injured if exposed to the rays of the sun. .4 regu¬ lar succession of fiowers may he obtained frrjtn autumn till .Inly, if attention is paid to shifting the plants-lo the warm atmosphere t»f a vinery, or pinery, &c., and to one a few degrees colder, and 80 on till they ctune to expand their fiowers in the greenhouse, which in rough, bleak, cold weather, should he kept chided. The seeds of C. oleijera yield an excellent table oil. •ur>-rtlde» . . . WliiU. . 6, G. Kv. 8. riiinn . . ]fi24 h5'brIdA .... G. Kv. S. . ( 59 1 Acvtip^tilhl, Ai^nln, dlln'i, .4. plena, A. scntidliplfx, A. simpler, A. ctrr/rgJM, atlhfiilOru, Amherathi, amplJssimd, uncmoiKjlOrd, A. ii/lid, A. ciirned, A Knl^htiJ, A. ,4. striil/i], An/tverpensis, apHn^a, d}den3, arf'entea, alropitrpfiretl, afren'ihens, afro- riiddeeu, uiicub<rj'i)lid, uuf^nstd, IledJiirdU, bhlndu, brooksidnd, Uritxvllensls, liucklitlnu, burksirind,can- didJssimd, Cnndollerind, cardindlls, earned, cerd- sinii, Cha}nler}l, ChnvdlBrll, dinifinld, Cliveand, coccGi^iI, cdlld, ColrUlll, compdctii, C. rabrd, Comp- /oiit(7/ui, cunchijlDrd, concinnd, cOnciildr, conspicudt coruUlnd, corundtd, crassinervls, curvaiiJlOrd, Duh- < litrJlOrd, decOrd, delicaiJasUnd, Derbydnd, dilBctd, diant/iiJlOrd, DonkeladrlJ, DorsStlll, Ef'erlOnU, Eclip. sis, elSctd, elifidns, etegantlsslmd, ElphiuslOnlX, ex- cSlsd, exlmid, Jdsciculdi is, Jiinbridld,JioitidndjJldc- cldd, Jliimmeold, JlavBscens, Jlaribiindd, JlOildd, FlOyll, Joliis-variefidtis, FOrdit, Frnncforten8i8,j'vJ- gins, ganssOnll, GUesll, ghridsA, grand{Jl6rd, GriJ^ J'inil, halesll, haylOckll, hBlvd'd, heptanguldris, Herbirtil, heteroph^lld, hcxanguldrls, Hihberlil, hvmUls, ignescins, iinbricdtd, 1, dihd, irnperi- dlls, incarndtd, inslgnls, 1. dibd, involdtd, John- slinil, Kermesinu, IdctSd, Latnberiid, Lancmdn- nld, latifolld, LcShil, Leednd, Lefevrednd, Leh- mujinil, Hndbrld, Lindleydnd, LippGldll, longifoHd, lOcldd,lnied-ulbd,macrophr/Uu, murniordtd, MustSril, mdxlmd, ininfltu, mutdbllls, myrtifOUd, nund, nan- netBnsls, nlved, nobillsslmd, ockmledcd, vrndtd, oxn- niensis, pxuniJlOrd, papaverdcBd, paradOxdfPdrksil, parthonidnd, parvijlOnl, penicilldtd, perjicid, pic- hirdfd, platyj.etdld, plnmdrld, pompfmlu, jfrd'gndns, Pres'tll, princeps, puUhSlld, piilcherrlniu, pnnctdtd, ratiuncnl'JlOrd, Heevesil, reglnd-, respleudBus, Rivhiil, rosdeed, rosqJlGrd, rdsu-vifindl, rOAU-sinensis, rGsBa, rosedJtd, Jldsalt, rvtiDidiJolld, roulhii, rnbicTindd, rfibrd, rfibrd-pn7i<td(d, rnbricafllis, riigoaisslnid, Sabinidnd, sangiitm'd, s mi-plend, sericBd, Slnisil, Sotilangednu, spiiiit/dld, spvcidsd, spec/dbllts, Sp»J- furthidnd, SpoJf'Orthfd-cdnn'd, sjiolej'erd, stamined, supind, iSn'e^Gf, trieOlGr, tniiniphdns, i'andeslJ-cdr- ned, vaiideslJ-snperInl, faridtUls, varicgdld plcnG, V. iimplex, vended, vtrslcGldr, Weimdrld, Weibankuoid, WiUOnli, IVouali. KlssT .... While. . .5, 0. Kv. S. Pliina . . 1823 olvlferft . . . . White. . 5, (h Ev. S. Cliimi . .1819 reticulfitA . . . Ited . . 4. G. Kv. 8. China . . 1824 ^5a^unqilii . . . While. . 2, (f. Ev. S. Cliini* . .1811 plciia-AlhA . . White. . 2, Hv. china . . 1824 pl:-iiA-rf.l.ril . . Red . . 2, ti. Ev. S. Chinn . . 1818 scini-plLin; . . Red . . 2, G. Ev. X. Cl* iin . .1811 CamerahTa, Linn. In memory of .Joachim Came- rarius, a physician and botanist of Ntiremberg'. Lifin. S, Or. I, Nat. Or. Apocynacae, 'J'he species of this genus are hand.Kome fiowering plants, of easy ctilture; they succeed best in loam and peat mixed ; and cuttings root in sand, under a glass, in heat. Synotiyine: 1. IVrigktiu dulMa. . . While. . fh S. Kv. S. Amer. . 17.52 dfdiiii. 1 , . . GfiiDKe . 6, S. Kv. S. E. Ind. , . 1813 lalifoiM. . . . Wliito. . 8, ti. Ev. T. Hnvnnn.-ih . 1733 CampaxC’i.a, Linn. 'J'he name i.s a diminutive of campana, a bell; on account of the resemblance thereto of the corolla. Linn, b, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Campanuhtcex 'J’his i.H a slmwy and well-known germs; some of the species are tall-growing hand- soine plants, while otheis scarcely rise mure than | a tew inches from the ground. 'J'hev are all t)f easy culture in the border «if the Hower-garden j)r shrubbery , where the hardy kinds merely require sowing; the less hardy kinds sliould he sown on a hotbed, or in the greenhouse, ami when up potted otF. 'J'he roots ot C. Hapuncnlns are occasionally eaten. Synonyvirs: 1. liupcstris. 2. Uoella deeinn- bens. .3. C. ciipitiita. 4. bieglevta. b. Spafii/nltt. 0. Specioan. 7- D'JJ'nan. 8. iktunicajhliu. P. Ade- nopfiura litiifolia. 10. C. bablenaia. 11. MuUUIoni. 12. Gbimerata jictrda. 13 Ltibvlioiiles. 14. Giinnni- feru. 15. Giovierata diihttrica. 16. Planijlora. 17. Flexnoau. nciminfttA . . Hlns . . 8, H. Her. P. X. Ainrr. . 1826 AdAiii] , , , Mliio . ,7, H. ]l. CnucMfeid . 1821 mhiir# . . . . Hlito . . 7. H. H. S. K-.t. . .1821 . . .Blue . . 8, H. Her. I'. 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