LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



FIG. PAGB 



j. Frontispiece > ii 



2. Aralia papyrifera 7 



3. Caladium esculentum 9 



4. Canna nigricans 1 1 



5. Ficus elastica 15 



6. Polymnia grandis 17 



7. Solanum Warscewiczii 21 



8. robustum 22 



9. Uhdea bipinnatifida 23 



10. Wigandia macrophylla 25 



1 1. Acanthus latifolius 33 



12. Aralia Sieboldi 36 



13. Bambusa aurea 39 



14. Chamaerops excelsa 041 



15. Gynerium argenteum 45 



16. Melianthus major , 48 



17. Nicotiana macrophylla 50 



18. Bambusa falcata ' 54 



19. Anemone japonica alba 56 



20. End view of part of a new range at La Muette 67 



21. Ground plan of glass covered passage at La Muette 69 



22. Propagating-house at La Muette 72 



23. System of propagating at La Muette 73 



24. The simple cordon 138 



25. The bilateral cordon 139 



26. Galville Blanche apple trained as a cordon 140 



27. Border of cordons at Versailles 141 



28. Section of preceding figure 142 



