CONTENTS
 

                         PART I

CHAP.

    I. Introduction—Historical Notes •

   II. Propagation   .....

   III. Hybridising and  Selection .

   IV. Nursery Work and Methods

    V. Transplanting .....

   VI. Soils and Mulching  ....

   VII. Arrangement of Shrubberies

  VIII. Staking or other  Means of Support

   IX. Pruning Trees and Shrubs .

    X. Care of Old Trees  ....

   XI. Evergreen Trees and Shrubs

   XII. Climbing Shrubs     ....

  XIII. Pendulous Trees    ....

  XIV. Fastigiate or  Erect-branched Trees

   XV. Dwarf  Trees and  Shrubs  .

  XVI. Trees and Shrubs  with Handsome Fruits

 XVII. Handsome-barked Trees and Shrubs

XVIII. Variegated and  Coloured Trees and  Shrubs

  XIX. FlNE-FOLIAGED TREES AND SHRUBS  .

   XX. Autumnal Colour  in Trees and Shrubs.

  XXI. Early-  and Late-flowering Trees and Shrubs

 XXII. Street  Planting    ....

XXIII. Hedges   ......

 XXIV. Trees and Shrubs  for  Wet Places

 XXV. Shrubs  for Dry Positions and Poor Soils

 XXVI. Shrubs  in Shady Places   .

XXVII. Seaside Planting    ....

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                          PART  II

Descriptive List of Genera and Species (Abelia—Kolkwitzia)