VI 



CONTENTS. 



Chap. IV. Page 



Of the Rise, Progress, and present State of 

 Gardening in the British Isles - - 68 



I. British Gardening, as an Art of Design and 



Taste - - - - 69 



1. Gardening in England, as ah Art of De- 



sign and Taste - - - ib. 



2. Gardening in Scotland, as an Art of Design 



and Taste - . - - 80 



3. Gardening in Ireland, as an Art of Design 



and Taste - - - 82 



II. British Gardening, in respect to the Cul- 



ture of Flowers and Plants of Ornament 83 



1. Gardening in England, in respect to the 



Culture of Flowers and the Establishment 

 of Botanic Gardens - - 84 



2. Gardening in Scotland, in respect to the 



Culture of Flowers and the Establish- 

 ment of Botanic Gardens - - 86 



3. Gardening in Ireland, in respect to Flori- 



culture and Botany - * - - 87 



III. British Gardening, in respect to its horti- 



cultural Productions - - - 88 



i 1. Gardening in England, in respect to its 



horticultural Productions - - ib. 



2. Gardening in Scotland, in respect to its 



horticultural Productions - - 91 



3. Gardening in Ireland, in respect to its hor- 



ticultural Productions - - 92 



IV. British Gardening, in respect to the plant- 



ing of Timber-trees and Hedges - ib. 



1. Gardening in England, in respect to the 



planting of Timber-trees and Hedges - ib. 



2. Gardening in Scotland, in respect to the 



planting of Timber-trees and Hedges - 93 



3. Gardening in Ireland, in respect to the 



planting of Timber-trees and Hedges - 94 



V. British Gardening, as empirically practised ib. 



VI. British Gardening, as a Science, and as to 



the Authors it has produced - - 96 



Chap. V. Page 



Of the present State of Gardening in Ultra- 

 European Countries - - - 97 



I. Syrian, Persian, Indian, and African Gar- 



dens of modern Times - - 98 



II. Chinese Gardening - - 101 



III. Gardening in Anglo-North America, or 



the United States and British Provinces 104 



IV. Gardening in Spanish North America, or 



Mexico - 106 



V. Gardening in South America - - 107 



VI. Gardening in the British Colonies, and in 



other Foreign Settlements of European 

 Nations - - - ib. 



BOOK II. 



GARDENING CONSIDERED AS TO ITS PRO- 

 GRESS AND PRESENT STATE UNDER DIF- 

 FERENT POLITICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL 

 CIRCUMSTANCES. 



Chap. I. Page 



Gardening as affected by different Forms of 

 Government, Religions, and States of Society 110 



I. Gardening as affected by different Forms of 



Government and Religions - - 111 



II. Gardening as affected by different States of 



Society - - - ib. 



Chap. II. 

 Gardening as affected by different Climates, 

 Habits of Life, and Manners - - 112 



I. Influence of Climate, in respect to Fruits, 



culinary Plants, Flowers, Timber-trees, 

 and horticultural Skill - - 113 



II. Influence of Climate and Manners on Gar- 



dening, as an Art of Design and Taste - 114 



III. Of the Climate and Circumstances of Bri- 



tain, in respect to Gardening - . 118 



PART II. 



GARDENING CONSIDERED AS A SCIENCE 



BOOK I. 



THE STUDY OF THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM. 



Chap. I. Page 



Origin, Progress, and present State of the Study 

 of Plants - - - 120 



Chap. II. 



Glossology, or the Names of the Parts of Plants 122 



Chap. III. 



Phvtography, or the Nomenclature and De- 

 scription of Plants - - -123 



I. Names of Classes and Orders - - ib. 



II. Names of Genera - - - ib. 

 HI. Names of Species - - -124 



IV. Names of Varieties and Subvarieties - 125 



V. Descriptions of Plants - - - 126 



VI. Of forming and preserving Herbariums - 127 



VII. Of Methods of Study - - - 128 



Chap. IV. 

 Taxonomy, or the Classifications of Plants - ib- 



I. The Hortus Britannicus arranged according 



to the Linnaean System - - 130 



II. The Hortus Britannicus arranged according 



to the Jussieuean System - - 135 



Chap. V. 



Vegetable Organology, or the external Struc- 

 ture of Plants - - - 138 



I. Perfect Plants . . . ib. 

 . 1. Conservative Organs - . ib. 

 > 2. Conservative Appendages - - ib. 



3. Reproductive Organs . . 139 



4. Reproductive Appendages - - ib. 



II. Imperfect Plants - 140 



1. Filices, Equisetacea?, and Lycopodineae - ib 



2. Musci _ . . ;g 



3. Hepaticae . - - 141 



4. Algae and Lichencs - . if, 

 6. Fungi . 140 



Chap. VI. Page 



Vegetable Anatomy, or the internal Structure 

 of Plants - . .142 



I. Decomposite Organs , . ib. 



II. Composite Organs - _ 144 



III. Elementary or Vascular Organs - 146 



Chap. VII. 



Vegetable Chemistry, or primary Principles of 

 Plants - . . - 147 



I. Compound Products - . ib 



II. Simple Products - . .157" 



Chap. VIII. 

 Functions of Vegetables - - ib. 



I. Germination of the Seed . -158 



II. Food of the vegetating Plant . . 160 



III. Process of Vegetable Nutrition - .165 



IV. Process of Vegetable Developement -172 



V. Anomalies of Vegetable Developement -177 



VI. Of the Sexuality of Vegetables - . 181 



VII. Impregnation of the Seed - .182 

 yj 11 ^ 011311 ^ 8 conse q u e n t upon Impregnation 183 



IX. The propagation of the Species . -184 



X. Causes limiting the Propagation of the Spe- 



cies - . . . igg 



XI. Evidence and Character of Vegetable Vi- 



tality - . _i87 



Chap. IX. 

 Vegetable Pathology, or the Diseases and Casu- 

 alties of Vegetable Life . _ 191 



I. Wounds and Accidents . . n, 



II. Diseases - 192 



III. Natural Decay . . "195 



Chap. X. 

 Vegetable Geography and History, or the Dis- 

 tribution of Vegetables relatively to the Earth 

 and to Man . ij^ 



I. Geographical Distribution of Vegetables - 197 



II. Physical Distribution of Vegetables - ib 



III. Civil Causes affecting the Distribution of 



Plants . 202 



