AN INDEX 15 
HERBACEOUS PLANTS FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES. 
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^in order to make a selection of herbaceous plants suitable for any special purpose, ` i; 
: Ze obviate tho necessity of looking through the whole of the Dictionary or GARDENING 
adapted to various situations, or are good for 
lists are here given of subjects which are 
particular purposes. | . mo ed 
| Very few plants except those which have been distinguished in the body of this ` 
work by an asterisk as specially desirable are included hereunder; the exceptions being ` ` 
those which, though perhaps not the best of the species, are yet very useful for the 
purpose indicated. Orchids, Ferns, Lycopods, and Succulents (with the exception of 
some of the dwarf rockery plants, e.g., Sedums and Sempervivums) are not included here, 
but are separately classified further on in the Supplement. ` 
Whether the plant is especially useful for its flowers, fruit, or foliage is shown by the 
descriptive letters which follow the name. In order to avoid a multiplicity of abbrevia- 
tions, the different tints of the flowers have been grouped, e.g., vermilion, scarlet, and ` 
carmine are described as red (r), and rose-colour included with pink (pi), while all shades 
of yellow are simply denoted by y. For more detailed information’ as to colours of 
flowers, the reader is referred to the classification given further on in this volume. ` 
"Where blossoms exhibit an admixture of two or more colours, the prevailing or ground SC 
"colour is placed first. 
Thus it will be seen that if a reader 
a special purpose he has ready to his h 
plete his work with the least possible tro 
be satisfactory. i 
The following are the abbreviations used in this division : | E 
Å i ; : e . fol, foliage; fr, fruits; g, green; 
ag, aquatic; b, blue; bk, black; br, brown; ¢, cream; c-h, cool house; fl, flowers; fol, 2 I D ree d 
` gl, glaucous ; ^ grey; i-h, intermediate house ; l, lilac; m, magenta; mv, mauve; ^» TE p, purple; pi, pink; x 
aimiequa Zeg < si, silvery; st, stove; v, violet; w, white; y, yellow. ENS 
r, red; s-ag, semi-aquatic; $6, scented 
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that | or streams) are further distinguished by the abbreviations — 
[gag and s-ag. 2 — — 
<. _—ANNUALS.—Maleolmia 
r, or w); Samolus Valerandi (aq, P 
| balaria (s-aq, fl y); Trapa n 
s | nensis (ag, fr; foh gh 
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y ve 
wish to make a selection of suitable plants for 
and such an index as will enable him to com- 
uble and with a certainty that the result will 
BOGS AND WATER. — Under this heading 
uded a good selection of herbaceous plants 
