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PBAGTIGAL GUIDE TO GARDEN PLANTS 



Natural Orders with these Characters. 

 AROiDEyE (p. 953), Palmes (p. 955). 



-Typhace^ (p. 952), 



Division III. GLUMIFLOBM (p. 956 to p. 972). 



Flowers hermaphrodite or unisexual, and then mostly monoecious, 

 usually in heads or spikelets invested by imbricate bracts. Perianth 

 absent or scaly. Ovary superior, 1- or more celled. 



Natural Orders with these Characters. — GBAMiNEiE (p. 956), 

 CYPBBACBiE (p. 971). 



Summary of the Above 

 Sub-Kingdom I. Floweeing Plants (p. 131 to p. 1008). 

 Class I. Angiospeems (p. 131 to p. 972). 



Sub-Class II. Monocotyledons. 

 Division (i). Petaloidese (p. 805 

 to p. 952). 

 Series (a) HypogynaB (p. 805 to 

 p. 883). 

 „ (b) Epigynse (p. 883 to 

 p. 952). 

 Division (ii). Spadiciflorae (p. 952 



to p. 956). 

 Division (iii). Glumiflorae (p. 956 

 to p. 972). 



Sub-Class I. Dicotyledons. 

 Division (i). Polypetalse (p. 131 to 

 p. 477). 

 Series (a) Thalamiflorae (p. 131 

 top. 284). 

 „ (6) Disciflorse (p. 284 to 



p. 322). 

 „ (c) Calyciflorse (p. 322 to 

 p. 477). 

 Division (ii). Gamopetalse (p. 477 

 top. 759). 

 Series (a) Epigynse (p. 477 to 

 p. 571). 

 „ (6) HypogynsB (p. 571 to 

 p. 759). 

 Division (iii). Incomplete (p. 759 

 to p. 805). 



Class II. G-YMNOSPERMS (p. 972 to p. 1008), including Gnetacee 

 (p. 972), and Conifers (p. 972). 



Sub-Kingdom II. Non-Eloweeing Plants (p. 1008 to p. 1024). 

 Ebrns (p. 1008), Horsetails (p. 1023), Clubmosses (p. 1024). 



How to use the ' Key.' — It may perhaps be as -well to give an idea as 

 to the way in which the ' Key ' is to be used for finding out the order, 

 genus, and species to which any particular plant may belong. First of 

 all, the plant should be carefully examined in regard to the roots, stem, 

 leaves, flowers &c., noting size, shape, colour &c., and the 'Key' should 

 then be used in the following sequence, as shown in the summary 



