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Nursery. An establishment for the rearing of plants. In 

 America the word is used in connection with woody plants 

 only. 



Qffscape. The landscape which lies adjacent to one's 

 grounds. 



Olericulture. The cultivation of kitchen garden vege- 

 tables ; vegetable gardening. 



Open. An implanted ortion of grounds ; an open lawn 

 or field. 



Order. Family, m botany. 



Organic. Pertaining to organized or living bodies or their 

 remains. 



Ovule. A sexual body borne in the ovary, which, when 

 mature, becomes the seed. 



Ovary. The lower extremity of the pistil, which, when 

 mature, becomes the fruit. It contains the ovules. 



Panicle. An open and more or less compound flower- 

 cluster. 



Papilionaceous. Butterfly-like: said of flowers of the 

 pea and bean family, from their fancied resemblance to but- 

 terflies. 



Parasite. A plant or animal which lives upon living 

 plants or animals. 



Pedicel. The stalk of a particular flower in a cluster. A 

 flower which is borne singly has a peduncle. 



Peduncle. A stalk of a flower which is borne singly, or of 

 a cluster of flowers. 



PepO. A berry -like fruit in which the rind is hardened, 

 and which belongs to the gourd family, as the pumpkin, 

 melon, cucumber, etc. 



Perfect. Said of flowers which bear both stamens and 

 pistils. 



Perianth. The leaves of a flower. Usually applied to 

 those flowers in which the calyx and corolla are nearly alike, 

 as the lily. 



