COXTEXTS 



InTRODUC'TIOX. 



CHAP. 



The Untits of Vegetation' — Their Relationships ant) 

 Classhtcatiox .... 

 The Plant-formation 



Sub-formations .... 

 The Plant-association 



Sub-associations and " facias " . . 



The Plant-society . 



Part I. The Conditions of Vegetation 

 IN THE British Isles. 



I. The Physical Characteks axd Climate of the British 

 ISLAXDS ... ... 



n. The Soils of the British Islands 



The Soils of Scotland, by W. G. Smith 

 The Soils of Ireland, by Grenville A. J. Cole 

 The Soils of England and Wales. 



Part II. The Existing Vegetation of the 

 British Isles. 



I. The Distribution of the Chief Forms of Tegetation . 



H. The Plant-formaiiox of Clats and Loams 



Pedunculate oakwood association (Quercetum EobKris) 

 Scrub association ... . ' 



Neutral grassland association 



Juncetum communis .... 



