CONTENTS. 



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PREFACE ........ v 



INTRODUCTION : GENERAL REMARKS SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION 

 OF PLANTS NOMENCLATURE ACCENT GEOGRAPHY OF 

 HARDY PLANTS KEY TO NATURAL ORDERS GLOSSARY xiii 



PART I. 



DESCRIPTIONS, ETC., OF HARDY PLANTS . ^. ; 1-554 



PART IL 



CHAPTER I. CULTIVATION OF PLANTS ' . . : . 555 



1 . Vegetable Physiology and Economy considered in their relations 

 to Horticulture, 555 : 1. Germination, 556 ; 2. Absorption, 558; 

 3. Eespiration, 560. 



2. Climate, its influence on Vegetation, 563. 

 3. Soils, their Nature and Composition, 568. 



4. Cultural Directions: 1. General Remarks, 572; 2. Culture and 

 Propagation of Plants belonging to the Heath and Allied Tribes, 

 582 ; 3. Culture and Propagation of Roses, 584 ; 4. Culture of 

 Herbaceous Plants, General Remarks, 586 ; 5. Culture of Bulbous 

 and Tuberous-rooted Plants, 590 ; a. Tulip, Gladiolus, and their 

 Allies, 590 ; b. Lilies and their Allies, 592 ; c. Ranunculuses and 

 Anemones, 594; 6. Culture of Annuals and Biennials, 595; 7. 

 Culture of r i\nder Perennial Bedding Plants, 598. 



