ABBREVIATIONS. 



A. Very hardy. 



B. Requires a sheltered position. 



C. Requires protection until well established. 



D. Rapid in growth. 



E. Slow in growth. 



F. Prefers a moist soil. 



G. Thrives in any good soil. 



H. Thrives best in a light warm soil. 



/. Particularly good for cutting. 



5. Shrub, or generally grown in bush-form. 



T. Tree or generally grown in tree-form. 



X. (Found in Rose-List.) Indicates best flowering varieties. 



Y. (Found in Lilacs.) Indicates largest and best blooms. 



GLOSSARY. 



Capsule, A many-celled seed-vessel. 



Cleft, Divided, split, parted. 



Conical, Having the form of a cone. 



Decumbent, Reclining, but with tips ascending. 



Edible, Fit to be eaten as food. 



Fastigiate, Branches erect and close together. 



Frond, Leaf of a fern. 



Glaucous, A dull green passing into gray blue. 



Globose, Round, spherical, globular. 



Herbaceous Perennial, A soft stemmed plant, which perishes down to the 



root annually. 



Hybrid, A variety produced from the mixture of two species. 



Lobed, Divided to the middle into parts distant from each other, 



with convex margins. 



Mulch, A light covering, as hay, straw or leaves. 



Palmate, Having the shape of a hand. 



Panicles, Scattered fruit or flowers. Clusters on peduncles variously 



sub-divided. 



Pedicels, Short flower or fruit stalks. 



Pendulous, Hanging, drooping. 



Petiole, The stem of a leaf, connecting the leaf with the plant. 



Pinnate, Compound, feather-shaped. 



Plumose, Feathery. 



