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CHAPTER II. CLASSIFICATION OP PLANTS ACCORDING TO THEIR 



DURATION, HABIT, ETC. . . . . . 509 



I. WOODY PLANTS, 599 : 1. Arborescent, 509 ; a. Evergreen Trees, 



600 ; b. Deciduous Trees with ornamental foliage, 601 ; with 

 conspicuous Flowers, 602 ; with variegated or coloured foliage, 602 ; 

 with brightly coloured bark, 603 ; with cut or dissected foliage, 

 603; with pendulous branches, 603. 2. Frntescent, 604; a. 

 Evergreen shrubs, 604; b. Deciduous shrubs, 606; c. Climbing, 

 trailing, or twining ehrubs, 607 ; d. Shrubs requiring the protec- 

 tion of a wall or other shelter, 609. 



II. HERBACEOUS PLANTS, 609; a. Perennial Herbs, 610; Florist's 

 Flowers, 611; ornamental foliage, 611; climbing, twining, or 

 creeping, 613; of large stature, with conspicuous flowers, 613; of 

 medium size, with conspicuous flowers, 613 ; with bulbous, tube- 

 rous, or rhizomatous roots, 614; aquatic and marsh, 615; 

 b. Annual or Biennial Herbs, 616. 



CHAPTER III. ORNAMENTAL GARDENING. . . . G20 



General considerations, 620 ; effective arrangement of colours, 630 ; 

 selection of Plants according to colours, 630 ; embellishments of 

 the parterre in Winter and Spring, 635 ; arrangement and 

 planting of small gardens', 636 ; selections of trees, shrubs, and, 

 herbaceous plants suitable for a small garden, 638 ; sea-side 

 planting, 642; town planting, 644. 



INDEX OF THE ENGLISH AND LATIN NAMES OF THE PLANTS 



DESCRIBED IN PART I. . . 647 



