TllK OFFICKS OF THE PLANT H)l» 



luxuries or accessories, as ijuinces, cauliflowers, 

 jj:lass- house ve«j:etal)les ; coiuliuients, as spices; 

 bevt'ra2:e products, as cider, wine. 



177. Plants or ]tlant-))r(>(lu('ts may br fixxl 

 tor animals, as jjrrains, ground t'cfd, fodders. 

 f«^ra.LC«' or field pasturage. 



'ift. .l.s' (irtichs itstd ill fJn tirts 



ITS, Plants may atTord textiles or fibers, as 

 cotton, lii'mj*, llax, .jut(» ; wood, lumb«'r and 

 timber ; nu'dicines, as (juinine, o])ium, ginger. 



5(\ As ardch's or objects to urdtifij (tsthrfir (iisffs 



171b Plants are the source of most per- 

 fumery, and of many dyes and ))aints. 



pso. Plants are themselves useful as orna- 

 mental subjects. They may be grown for their 

 etleets as individuals or single specimens, as a 

 tree, a shrub, or a plant in a pot ; or for their 

 effects in masses in the land.<eape. 



18P Plants are useful for their flowers or 

 ornamental fruits. Tiie tlt^wers nuiy be desirerl 

 in mass i-lTects, as single specimen plants, or as 

 cut- flowers. The growing of plants for their 

 effects as indivi<Juals or for cut -flowers is 

 floriculture ; the growing of them for their com- 

 bined or mass effects in the open (or on Lho 

 lawn) is landscape horticulture (9). 



