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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![CARnC>'CELCs, Adanson. From the diminutive, cnr* dtinciiluSf of cfirdoiiii. Litm^ ly, l.h*. 1, Nat. (Ir. rom/)o«ihe. A irenus of pretty herbat'e«ius plants, sucoeediiiff well in common soil, and increased bj' dividing the roots. Stjnoniipnes: 1. (Jari/unnus mi' mitUsimQs 1 . . Blue . . 6, H. Her. P. France . . 17Td CardCCs, Linn. From ard, in Celtic, meaning a point, the plants being mostly spiny. Linn. 19, Or. 1, .Nat. Or. C<»mp(Mi7te. A coarse, though somewhat ornamental and numerous genus of plants, growing from one to four feet high; they succeed in any common soil, and are multiplied by seeds <*r divi- sions. Synonymes: Carlina pyrenaica. 1. Onopordion deltoideuu petBgrinus . . . Purple • 7, H. A. 1810 PerionAti . . . Purple . 7. H. B. Austria. 1770 podacAnthu^ . Purple . 7, H. Her. P. France . 1819 pvenocApliAlus . Pttrple . 7, H. Her. P. 8. Eur. . . 1739 st-miDucus . . . Purple . 7, H. B. Caucasus 1819 uocioutOs . . . Purple . 7, iJ. B. Tauri.v . 1817 vulgeii.sls . . Piiiple acaniholdSs, tenuiflOrfia. . 7, H. A. Volga . . 1829 Carex, Lhtri. Frctm curco, to want; the upper spilces being without seeds. Linn. 21, Ur. It, Nat. Or. C^yperacea. This genus is extensive, and the spe- a’-*'nniniere.'iting; part of them are natives of n.Af.M' situations, a/id a few do best on dry sandy eminences; they seed freely, by which they' are increased. Stjnvnymes: l.C.scotica, 2. C. sffnminea —acuminutu, actitCi, alba, aIpBstrla, ainblcocarpil, arnpullucBd, SncSps, aiiguatifOltii, appr?a$d,amiSt'ilis, arenurfd, utrdiii, axillOrla, blcOlOr, hinSrvU, bracfn/- atfichyd brizuTdia, bullutd, Uuxbufinihl. cipspHOari, capiUurla, chordorhTzd, ciliutd, clandcstlnd, cuUln'i, conulobritd, crinUd, cflrW, curi’dld, ct/peraldBa, DavuUiilnd, depauperdid, diffildtd, dhilcdy dIaidns, Jivtad, divQlail, eluiif'dtd, extSnad,j'crriipln6d,Jliivd, Jl/i/nrniIs,^ftTnbridldiJIexnbadfJ'CrrBu, fdtidd, Fraaer- idnii,J filvd,{iture{iea,f'ranu/drla, hlrtil, burdeijdnnia, incbrvd, intertin’dld, invSrad, JfiricBu, Juudfolhi, Ixvit'dld, iafiopi)dioJdCa, h porlnd, lencu-^lOchln, li- wnau, lubatn, hlidced, lOnulpSa, /eMtflrflni, MichBlH, MielichltJ'ird 1, microatdchijd, inucrundtd, miiliiHOtu, vniricutd, nemurdad, nltldd, norvStflcd, nOli'nia, CEdBrIJ, ovdila, paUPacBm, jniludOad, pnnicBd, pariicu- lu/d, pnr/jdffxd, piiucijlfird, pBnduld, pfuinaluchf/d 2, pUdsd, pitnlifBrd, pliintaf’inBd, ] iidocdrpd, priicnx, paeC/JO cypfrOa, puliciltla, jifilld, pyreiidled, rni-i- llOrd, recdrvd, remold, rOpPna, rl^ldd, ripdrid, rOadd, roatrdld, rupBstrla, anifnd, aaxd^llJs, schtxnvJdBs, Schrehtrl icojulriu, tecuiJud, apeiroaldchf/d, aphnro- aldchyd, atdluliltd, atenuphylldt alictncdrpd, atijiutd, alrarnJnBd, alrletu, atrii'Oad, aylvdllcd, teiiBlld, tertlinscfi/d, thurhiaidli'd, hnnenlOad, utnbrOad, na- tuldtd, VGhll}, veaicdrlu, vu/plmi. Carhva, Hnxburfih. In lionotir <»f the Hev. William Carey, of Serampore, a distinguished botanist. Linn. ItJ, Or, 8, Nut. Or. Muriaceit:. C. herbacea [ 1 is a most splendid herbaceous stove-plant, of rather dirticult culture ; it must be grown m a mixture of light loam and sandy peat, carefully watered at all times, particularly in winter, and tlie pot properly' drained ; and the mode of raising it is by dividing arbOriVi .... Reit yel. . S. Et. T. E. Ind. . . 1823 Kplucr/cd . • . Ked . . 8. Ev. S. E. Ind. . . 1803 CargTi.i.Ta, R. Bfomn. In hommr of James Cargill, of Aberdeen, l.ian. 23, Or. 2, Nat. Or. Ehenaceie. An interesting genus of greeniiouse plants, that succeed best grown in a mixture of peat and open loam, and are increased by cuttings in sand, or sandy soil, under a glass, a.otifilis ... G. Ev. T. N. Holl. . 1810 CarTca, Linn. Erroneously supposed to be a native caulidurit . . Green . . S. Ev. T. Caraccas . 180(3 L-itrit'OrmIs . , S. Ev. T. Lima . . 1820 niicrocArpil. S. Ev. T. Caraccas . 1890 nioiiuica . . . M ill. grn. S. Ev. T. . 1818 PapayA . . . . . Green . . 7, S. Ev. S. India . lOSiU p\ rilomiis . . S. Ev. T. Guiana . . 182: spiiiu.-d, 1 . . , . M'lit- grn. S. Ev. T. Guiana . . 1821 Carina, a keel like that of a boat, also tJie lower petal of a papilionaceous flower. Cari.vate, keel-shaped. C.VRiNATKi.Y-wiNoEo, liHving H wing like a keel. CariopsIs, a one-celled, small, indehiscent pericarp, of grasses. CarIssa, Linn. Derivation not known. Linn. 5, Or. 1, Nat. Or. .4puct///«ce/p. This is an ornamental peat and loam ; and to grow in pots, shiuild be carefully drained, as the plants are impatient of inncli water. Cuttings root freely in sand, under a glass, in heat. carSni'ni . . . Wbite . . 7. S. Ev. T. E. Ind. . . 1790 Iniicruiaia . . . AVbite . . ,, Jj. Ev. T. N. Hoij. 1822 ovf.l.i . . . .Wl.ita. . H, .S. Et. T. N. H(.1L iHiy epiiiArfim . . . While . . 7. S. Ev. T. E. liid. . . 1819 XylopicToii . . Willie . . 7. 8. Ev. T. Manririus . 1820 Caui.ina, Linn. Named after the famous Charle¬ magne, wliose army was cured of the plague by it. Linn, 19, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Cinnpositn'. Interesting plants, attaining from one to three feet high, and succeeding well in garden soil; they are easily in¬ creased fiom seeds. .* 1. C. siilphurca. 2. C. bracteata. acanthifolM . . Whiio. . C, H. Her. P. CHiniola . 1818 Qcnulls .... yv'idte. . 0,11. Her. P. Ituly . • 1840 CrtulCscCna . . h.to . . (i, H. Her. P. Swittcrl. . 1819 BKuregAtu . . . While . . 7. M. Her. P. Himgury . 1804 BieberBteiiiifini . . 8, H. Her. P. (.’num.sus . 1810' oorviiilOsH . . . Yellow . 7,11. Her. P. .S. Eur. . 1049 lanfltil . . . .P, rjiie .0,11. A. S. Eiir. .1083 l>''au .... . 0,G. b. C. G. H. . 1810 rnfi'iiiO-A, I . . Yellow . 7> H. A. Spuin . . lOoH slfulrt, 2 ... . 7.H. U. Sicily . . 1827 blnipU'x. . . . While. . 0, H. Her. P. Hungary . 1810 vul^'drla. Caumnk thisti.r, see Carllnd. CAiiiowiziA, iMixnch, After Carlowiz, some tin- known botanist. Linn. 19, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Com- jmsilx. 'I'his is a pretty greenhouse shrub, attain¬ ing the height of three feel; it thrives best when grown in sandy loam ; cuttings root freely in sand, under a glass. Synunijme: 1. Oiwbroina sti/«c»- folium. BalicifOlli, 1 . . Yellow . 8, G. Ev. R. Mndeira . 1784 Cari.uhOvTca,/f«/* and Pai^on. Named in Jionour of Cliarles I\'. of Sjiain, and l-ouisa his (^ueen, noble patrons of botany. Linn. 21, Or 9, Nat. Or. Cf/clnnihaceie. 'i'hese are ornamental low palm- like plants; they grow best in a mixture of sandy peat and loam, and are multiplied by suckers.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2933486x_0079.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
