CONTENTS. 



Introduction... ... ... ... ... 1 



Progress in Floriculture 3 



Plant Life and Considerations ... ... 7 



Botanical Arrangement of Plants... ... 8 



Division I. — Flowering Plants 8 



Exogens and Endogens... ... ... 9 



Division II. — Flowerless Plants 10 



Hybridisation of Ferns and Fungi ... 11 



Cellular Formation of Plants ... ... 12 



Sectional Grouping of Plants ... ... 13 



Annuals, Biennials, Perennials, Ever- 

 greens, Herbaceous ... ... 13 



Bulbous, Tuberous, and Bbizomatous 



Plants 14 



Structure of Plants ... ... ... 15 



Roots — tbeir nature and functions ... 15 



Stems ,, ,, ,, ,, ... 16 



Leaves ,, ,, „ ,, ... 18 



Flowers ,, ,, ,, ,, ... 21 



Cross Fertilisation ... ... ... 22 



Seeds 25 



Evolution and Improvement of Flowers ... 26 



Hybridisation of Flowers ... ... 30 



Fertilisation of Orchids .. . ... ... 31 



Forming and Furnishing Gardens ... ... 35 



Town Gardens, with designs ... ... 35 



Trees, Shrubs and Flowers for Town 



Gardens ... .. ... ... 42 



Suburban Gardens ... ... ... 45 



Planning and Planting ... ... ... 46 



Draining and Bastard Trenching ... 50 



Country Gardens ... ... ... ... 51 



Principles for Laying Out Gardens ... 52 



Lawn Tennis Ground ... ... ... 52 



Country Gardens — continued. 



Picturesque Features... ... ... 55 



Planting and Spoiling Shrubberies ... 57 



Shrubs and Flowers ... ... ... 58 



Main Features in Gardens ... ... ... 61 



Walks and Drives ... ... ... 61 



Foundations and Draining ... ... 65 



Lawns and Grass Plots ... ... 68 



Levelling and Turfing ... ... 71 



Lawns from Seeds ... ... ... 73 



Improving Old Lawns ... ... 74 



Mounds and Dells ... ... ... ... 7!) 



Wild Gardens and Woodlands ... ... 82 



Rabbit-proof Trees and Plants ... ... 87 



Plants for Moist Rich Soil and for Poor 



Dry Soil 88 



Rockeries, Formation and Planting ... 89 



Plants for Rock Gardens ... ... 97 



Evergreens for Rockwork ... ... 107 



Hardy Ferneries ... ... ... 108 



British and Hardy Exotic Ferns ... Ill 



Water Scenes and Fountains ... ... 112 



Aquatic and Bog Plants ... ... 117 



Summer Houses. Arches and Statuary ... llil 

 Clematises for Arches and Summer 



Houses ... ... ... ... 128 



Roses for Pillars and Arbours ... ... 125 



Ivies for Wall and other Surfaces ... 126 



Ornamental Trees and Shrubs ... ... 127 



Trees for Avenues and Screens... ... 127 



Evergreens and Roses for Hedges ... 131 



Deciduous Flowering Trees ... ... 134 



Deciduous Flowering Shrubs ... ... 136 



Evergreen Flowering Shrubs ... ... 139 



