CONTENTS 



PAOI 



FOREWORDS ........ xi 



INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . xiii 



BULBS, CORMS, TUBERS, RHIZOMES . . . . 1 



FUNCTIONS OF BULBS, CORMS, TUBERS, AND RHIZOMES . . 6 



CONTRACTILE ROOTS . . . . . . . 8 



CULTIVATION IN THE OPEN Ant . . . . .9 



DEPTH OF PLANTING BULBS . . . . . . 11 



CULTIVATION UNDER GLASS . . . . - . 12 



LIFTING AND STORING BULBS . . . . . . 17 



PROPAGATION OF BULBOUS AND TUBEROUS PLANTS . ' . . 19 



FORCING AND RETARDING BULBOUS PLANTS . . . . 24 



BULBOUS AND TUBEROUS PLANTS FOR Cur FLOWERS. . 26 



BULBOUS PLANTS FOR COLD GREENHOUSES AND WINDOW-BOXES . 27 



NATURALISING BULBOUS PLANTS IN GRASSLAND AND SHRUBBERIES 29 



HARDY AND HALF-HARDY BULBOUS AND TUBEROUS PLANTS . 31 



TENDER BULBOUS AND TUBEROUS PLANTS .... 33 



FREAKS OF BULBOUS AND TUBEROUS PLANTS .... 35 



CLASSIFICATION OF BULBOUS AND TUBEROUS PLANTS. . . 42 



GENERA AND SPECIES DESCRIBED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER . 55 



PUBLICATIONS QUOTED AND CONSULTED . . . . 459 



GLOSSARY . . . . . . . . . 461 



INDEX . V 465 



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