AN ENDEX TO 
HERBACEOUS PLANTS FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES. 
O obviate the necessity of looking through the whole of the Dictionary or GarpEntNna 
a in order to make a selection of herbaceous plants suitable for any special purpose, 
lists are here given of subjects which are adapted to various situations, or are good for 
particular purposes. 
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, Tycopods, 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 (p7), 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 
colour is placed first. 
Thus it will be seen that if a reader wish to make a selection of suitable ‘plants for 
a special purpose he has ready to his hand such an index as will enable him to com- 
plete his work with the least possible trouble and with a certainty that the result will 
be satisfactory. 
The following are the abbreviations used in this division: 
aq, aquatic; b, blue; bk, black; br, brown; c, cream; c-h, cool house; fl, flowers; fol, foliage; fr, fruits; g, green; 
gl, glaucous ; gy, grey; 1-h, intermediate house; l, lilac; m, magenta; mv, mauve; o, orange; p, purple; pi, pink; 
r, red; s aq, semi-aquatic; sc, scented; si, silvery; st, stove; v, violet; w, white; y, yellow. 
BOGS AND WATER. — Under this heading are 
included a good selection of herbaceous plants that 
require to be grown in water, or to be planted in marshy 
or boggy situations. They are classified according to 
hardiness and duration ; and aquatics (those which grow in 
water) and semi-aquatics (subjects requiring damp soil or 
a marshy situation, or to grow on the margins of lakes 
Bogs and Water—continued. 
or streams) are further distinguished by the abbreviations 
aq and s-aq. 
Hardy.—Annvuats.—Malcolmia maritima (s-aq, fl l, pi; 
r, or w); Samolus Valerandi (aq, fl w); Saxifraga Cym- 
balaria (s-aq, fly); Trapa natans (aq, fr; fol g); T. verba- 
nensjs (aq, fr; fol g). 
