CONTENTS. 
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PREFACE : Z j : 5 F ‘ Vv 
IntRopucTion: GENERAL Remarks—Screntiric CLASSIFICATION 
or Priants — NomEencLaturE — AccenT— GEOGRAPHY OF 
Harpy Prants—Kery to Natura Orpers—GLossary xii 
PART I. 
Descriptions, ET¢., or Harpy Pants ‘ : > 1-554 
PART II. 
Cuarter J. Countivation or Piants ‘ ‘ , 555 
§ 1. Vegetable Physiology and Economy considered in their relations 
to Horticulture, 555: 1. Germination, 556; 2. Absorption, 558; 
3. Respiration, 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; 8. Lilies and their Allies, 592; c. Ranunculuses and 
Anemones, 594; 6. Culture of Annuals and Biennials, 595; 7. 
Culture of Tender Perennial Bedding Plants, 598. 
