LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



PIG. PAGE 



1. Frontispiece ii 



2. Aralia papyiifera 7 



3. Caladium esculentum 9 



4. Canna nigricans 11 



5. Ficus elastica 15 



6. Polymnia grandis 17 



7. Solanum Warscewiczii 3i 



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. Chamxrops excelsa 41 



15. Gyneriutn argenteum 45 



16. Melianthus major 48 



17. Nicotiana macrophylla 50 



18. Bambusa falcata 54 



ig. 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. Calville Blanche apple trdned as a cordon 140 



27. Border of cordons at Versailles 141 



28. Section of preceding figure 142 



