CONTENTS. 



PART II. TREES AND PLANTS. 



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Notes on the Varieties of Common Yew ..... 203 



Notes on the Varieties of English Holly . . . . 207 



Landscape Gardening ... ... 219 



Ornamental Planting . . . . . . > . .221 



Hardy Pictorial Trees ... .... 243 



The Ivy . . . ... . . . .279 



On Trees and Shrubs in Large Towns . . 286 



An Hour with the Hollyhock . . - . . . 295 



The Hollyhock ... .322 



The Hyacinth ... 326 



Zonal Pelargoniums in Winter . ... 332 



Lecture on Spring Flowers ... '. . j_ . 334 



Lecture on Spring Flowering Plants . . . . '. 346 



Spring Gardening ; . . 361 



Lecture on the Camellia and its Culture . . . . 364 



The Camellia . . . . . . , ' 377 



PART III. 

 FRUIT CULTURE AND MISCELLANEA. 



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Fruit Growing , . 411 



Fruit Culture for Profit in the Open Air in England . . .413 

 The Fruit Question Considered . . . . . . . 429 



On the Flowering and Flowers of Apples . . . . 432 



On the Improvement of Plants . . . .... . 436 



On Colour in the Tree Scenery of our Gardens, Parks, and 



Pleasure Grounds . . ..... . . . 4.56 



On Form in Tree Scenery ... . 465 



A Peep at the Paris Flower Market . . . . . . 480 



The Shower . ... .483 



Old Humphrey . ...'... 486 



Native Singing Birds .... ..... 490 



