x l ABBEEVIATIONS. - AUT IIOE IT IES.
nant, as AchlllSa tomentilsa ; but it is shortened when followed by two consonant, or a donble one, a.
<?(irhns 7 axus • e x c e p t w h e n t h e first consonant is a m u t e and the second a liquid, as A brus.
Every accented antepenultimate vowel, except « , is pronounced short, as Helleborus, 7 /iir^ lu s ; but
when succeeded by a single consonant, followed by e or i and another vowel, it is lengthened, as btel-
la r i a ;unaccented'endinigs except i, which sah worotr,d a, si sT pilrioan. ounced like th e interjection flA, as Sticta (ûA). ..
A,E
unacceubcu, e. ^ ------ preceding, always forms a distinct syllable, as Silène, ^ 'lo e ; also
when
......................... sw,______ onsonant, as Trichoma-nes, not Tricho-manes.„
I unaccented, if final, sounds as if written eye, as Spfca vénti {eye) ; but, when it ends a syllable not
final it has the sound of e, as jV/espilus {Mespelus), Smith« {Smithe-eye).
Yis subject to the same rules as i.
The diphthongs <e and ce conform to the rules for e ei is generally pronounced like eye ; th e other
fn addition to the primary accent, every word of more than three syllables contains a
which is regulated by the same rules. T h e secondary accent roust always be a t least two syllables before
th e primary accent, as in Chélidònium ; for its place th e ear is a sufficient guide, and even were it
entirely omitted, still, however inharmonious, th e pronunciation would not be incorrect.
CONSONANTS.
C and s are hard before a, o, and u, as Córnus, (Jàlium ; soft before e, i, and y , as Cetrària, Citrus.
T, s a?d c? before m, fe, ii, \o,, iu.m, a and n a eu, when wneii p preceded re c eu eu by uy th t-iie e accent,aci-cub, change i,uangc ^n.h vs.e ir sounds,
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into sh,th as e preceding Blètia, Ficia s into %h, as Blàsfn ; but, when the accent is on th e first diphthongal
vowel,
v e l consonant ; aiid j
preserves its sound, as aurantlacum. , s
Ch,:h bw.befo w.
rea vowel, is pronounced like k, as Cheliddmura {kel), Co\ch\cnm {kolkekuni)\;
b u t in comi
memorative m’orative names it follows their primitives, a=as Kichardsbiifo,, in .............
which the cA is soft. _
Cm cn ct sm, sn , mn, tin, ps, p t, and other uncombraable consonants, when they begin a woM, are
pronounced with the first l’e t t e /mute, as Tteris {teris), Cnlcn, {nikus) GmcMna {mebna), Gnidia
(nidia) ; in th e middle of a word they separate as m English, as ia p -s a n a , Lem-na.
Ph, followed by a m ute, is not sounded ; but, followed by a vowel or a liquid, sounds l ik e / , as Phlèum
^*^^n o u n d s like sic as Schce'nus {slcemts) ; in tl and %m both letters are heard. , , ,
S, a t the end of a word, has its pure hissing sound, as Dactylis ; except when preceded by e, r, or n,
when it sounds like a:, as Pèóes (ez).
X a t th e beginning of a word, sounds like z, as Xanthium ; i
any other situation it retains its c
sound, as Taxus, Tamarix. {Gardener's Magazine, vol. v. p. 232.)
ab. me. above medium.
K i .™ . ]h®low medium.
Agardh. Professor of botany in the
university of Lund.
Brown’s Prodromus.
Mrs. Elizabeth Blackwall, widow
of Dr. Blackwall. Author of
a herbal.
Botanical Magazine.
Botanical Register.
Brookshaw's Pomona.
Browne's Jam. Dr. P . Browne's History o f Ja maica.
Cavanilles's leones.
Ag.
B .P .
Black.
Bot. Mag.
Bot. B.cg.
Brook.
Cav. Ic.
D. C.
Dec.
Desf.
Dull.
Duh. ed. nov.
Dun.
Eng. Bot.
F.
Fab.
Per.
Haw.
H .K .
Hum.
I.
III.
Jac. Aus.
J.
Juss.
I De Candolle. Professor of botany
J at Geneva, and author of n u merous
botanical works.
De.fontaines. A French botanist,
and traveller in Barbary.
Duhamel. A French physiological
botanist.
New edition of Duhamel’s works.
Dunal. A French botanist.
English Botany.
J Fabricius. A German entomologist.
Férussac. A French naturalist,
the proprietor and director of
th e Bulletin des Sciences Universelles.
Gartner's De Fructibus, %c.
7 Gmelin. T h e editor of an enlarged
j edition of Linnæus’s Sy.stema
Naturæ.
Haworth. An English naturalist.
Hortus Kewensis. A catalogue of
the plants cultivated in the
botanic garden a t Kew.
Sir W. J . Hooker. Director of the
Royal Bot. Gard. Kew.
Baron Humboldt. A celebrated
Prussian botanist and traveller,
j Illiger. A German naturalist.
Jacquin's Flora Austriaca leones.
\ Jussieu. T h e celebrated French
J botanist, who introduced the
Natural System.
ABBREVIATIONS.
fitly, ov. Flatly ovate,
ined. medium,
ov. ob. ovate oblong.
A U T IIO E IT IE S .
Knor. Thes.
L . ^ Sm.
L . ii Sow.
Lam.
Lam. III.
Lang. Pom.
Lat.
Lea.
L .
L in .
Lindi.
L .S .
M.
Marsh.
Mill. Ic.
Moris.
Park. Parad.
P.
Pers.
P .S .
Pom. Franc.
Pom. Mag.
R.
Rea.
Reich.
Riv.
Ronalds.
Rox.
Sab.
Pearr
Rsh.
. sh. Pearmain-shaped.
■v. Roundish ovate.
Sm.
T.
Trew, ehret.
Wds.
Knorr's Thesaurus, ^c.
L in n a u s and Smith.
L in n a u s and Sowerby.
Lamarck. A French naturalist.
Lamarck's Illustrations.
Langley's Pomona,
l.atreille. A French naturalist.
Dr. Leach. Editor of the Zoological
Miscellany.
\L in n a u s . The celebrated Swedish
3 reformer of natural history.
Dr . John Lindley. Professor of
botany in the London University.
&c.
I.oddiges’s Supplement.
\M a rsh am . An English entomo-
3 legist.
Miller’s Figures of Plants.
Morison. An old writer on plants.
Parkinson’s Paradisus.
) Fersoon. A French botanist and
3 botanical author.
Persoon’s Synopsis.
Pomona Franconia.
PomologicaL Magazine.
\D e Reaumur. A French entomo-
3 logist.
Reichard. A botanist residing at
Frankfort.
Rivinus. A German botanist.
Pyru s Malus Brentfordiensis.
Roxburgh. An Indian botanist.
Sabine'. An English amateur of
botany.
Sir James Edward Smith. An E n glish
botanist, and purchaser
o fth e Linn®an collection.
Sweet. An English botanical
author.
Temminck. A French naturalist.
Trew’s Plantce Selectee, ^c.
Woods. An English writer on
Roses.
j Willdenow. A German botanist.
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GARDENING.
tnre, is ‘he”™ ltiL fo n of compared with agriculptiMioses
of utility, o r A a ^ e " i t t S i o l
as maV be seen £ ^ “ 00; ^ ¡ordem'of“ ' ^ and a cabbage,” such
along smooth and firm £i-avel walks shelternd b i ta lk in g over velvet tmf, or
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th e d iffe re n t fo rm s w h ic h Dus a r t ha^s a s s u S ’a s “r t r a r o T l t t a e s s “ P
and other places, in L d n c H o
e x p e r im e n ta l g a r d e n s ; — fo r p u b lic e x am n le ’in in s tr u c tio n , m b o ta n ic a n d
deposit for his sp ai-e labL-an d t h f t o f h f a f a iL T a ^ ^ ^ m fte country, foims a
as well as of pleasurable recreation One Z t o W f f A ®
a new settlement, is to plant a garden, as at one» „ M l “ ?™’®"’ ™ “■*
evidence that there atA few’ benefits’ ' v i Z f r ^ . f t m d