CONTENTS 



PART I 



CHAP - PAOB 



I. INTRODUCTION HISTORICAL NOTES . 3 



II. PROPAGATION ..... .14 



III. HYBRIDISING AND SELECTION ... .25 



IV. NURSERY WORK AND METHODS . . . .28 

 V. TRANSPLANTING ....... 30 



VI. SOILS AND MULCHING ...... 37 



VII. ARRANGEMENT OF SHRUBBERIES . . . .39 



VIII. STAKING OR OTHER MEANS OF SUPPORT . . . 43 



* IX. PRUNING TREES AND SHRUBS ..... 45 



X. CARE OF OLD TREES ...... 53 



XL EVERGREEN TREES AND SHRUBS .... 56 



XII. CLIMBING SHRUBS ...... 60 



XIII. PENDULOUS TREES ...... 63 



XIV. FASTI GI ATE OR ERECT-BRANCHED TREES ... 65 

 XV. DWARF TREES AND SHRUBS ..... 67 



XVI. TREES AND SHRUBS WITH HANDSOME FRUITS . . 70 



XVII. HANDSOME- BARKED TREES AND SHRUBS . -72 



XVIII. VARIEGATED AND COLOURED TREES AND SHRUBS . 74 



XIX. FlNE-FOLIAGED TREES AND SHRUBS . ,. -77 



XX. AUTUMNAL* COLOUR IN TREES AND SHRUBS. . . 79 



XXI. EARLY- AND LATE-FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS . 81 



XXII. STREET PLANTING ...... 84 



XXIII. HEDGES 93 



XXIV. TREES AND SHRUBS FOR WET PLACES . . . 97 

 XXV. SHRUBS FOR DRY POSITIONS AND POOR SOILS . . 99 



XXVI. SHRUBS IN SHADY PLACES . . . . . 101 



XXVII. SEASIDE PLANTING . t I03 



GLOSSARY ... . ... 107 



PART II 

 DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF, GENERA AND SPECIES (ABELIA KOLKWITZIA) in 



