XVI 



CONTENTS 



CHAPTER XV 



PAKACJRAPIIS 



POTTED FLOWERING AND FRUITING PLANTS. (Pages 3 1 1-358.) 

 The botanical classification, characters, habitat, com- 

 mercial value, propagation and culture of : cyclamen, 

 primroses, calceolarias, cinerarias, schizanthus, gloxinias, 

 begonias, oxalis, lilies, calla lilies, hydrangeas, acacias, 

 genistas, ericas, azaleas, poinsettias, gardenias. (Pages 



311^356) 



Fruiting plants : ardisias, solanums, other plants with 

 attractive fruit. (Pages 350-358) 



4<>;}-547 



548-558 



CHAPTER XVI 



FOLIAGE PLANTS. (Pages 359-390.) 



Ferns : their botanical classification, characters, habi- 

 tat and propagation. (Pages 359-362) .... 559-561 



Characters of some important genera, including the 

 botanical classification, characters, habitat, methods of 

 propagation and culture of : cyathea, dicksonia, cibotium, 

 alsophila, stag-horn ferns, niphobolus, poly podium, phle- 

 bodium, maidenhair ferns, pellsea, pteris, lomaria, as- 

 pleniums, polystichum, holly ferns, sword ferns, hare's- 

 foot ferns. (Pages 362-375) .... . 562-608 



Palms : botanical classification, characters, habitat, 

 propagation and general culture. (Pages 375-379) . 609-612 



Other foliage plants, including aspidistras, cordylines, 

 dracsenas, pandanus, smilax and asparagus, caladiums, 

 ficus, araucarias, codiseums. (Pages 379-390) . . 613-644 



CHAPTER XVII 



HARDY PLANTS AND THEIR ADAPTATION FOR FORCING. 



(Pages 391-419.) 



Forcing shrubs : species which may be forced, prepa- 

 ration for forcing, the resting periods, season for forcing, 

 use of ether and chloroform. (Pages 391-398) 



Forcing herbaceous biennials and perennials : species 

 which may be forced and preparation for forcing. 

 (Pages 398-399) . 



645-649 



650-651 



