oe ded ee o£ 4 vi CONTENTS. ,- pct Cuap. IV. Page Cnap. V. Page i ul Of the Rise, Progress, and present State of Of the present State of Gardening in Ultra- a qt Gardening in the British Isles:- 68 European Countries_- bee SORE I. British Gardening, as an Art of Design and I. Syrian, Persian, Indian, and African Gar- Taste---- 69 dens of modern Times-- 98 1. Gardening in England, as an Art of De- II. Chinese Gardening:=:- 101 sign and Taste:=-#.; III. Gardening in Anglo-North America, or 2. Gardening in Scotland, as an Art of Design the United States and British Provinces 104 and Taste--- 80| IV. Gardening in Spanish North America, or: 3. Gardening in Ireland, as an Art of Design Mexico=-- 106 and Taste 82| V. Gardening in South America- 107

YI. British Gardening, in respect to the Cul- ture of Flowers and Plants of Ornament 83 1, Gardening in England, in respect to the Culture of Flowers and the Establishment of Botanic Gardens-- 84 2. Gardening in Scotland, in respect to the Culture of Flowers and the Establish-

ment of Botanic Gardens-- 86

3. Gardening in Ireland, in respect to Flori- culture and Botany---- 87

III. British Gardening, in respect to its horti- cultural Productions---- 88

J. Gardening in England, in respect to its horticultural Productions-- wb.

2. Gardening in Scotland, in respect to its horticultural Productions-- 91

3. Gardening in Ireland, in respect to its hor- ticultural Productions--

IV. British Gardening, in respect to the plant- ing of Timber-trees and Hedges- 2.

1. Gardening in England, in respect to the planting of Timber-trees and Hedges- 2b,

2. Gardening in Scotland, in respect to the planting of Timber-trees and Hedges- 93

3. Gardening in Ireland, in respect to the planting of Timber-trees and Hedges- 94

V. British Gardening, as empirically practised zd. VI. British Gardening, as a Science, and as to the Authors it has produced-- 96

VI. Gardening in the British Colonies, and in other Foreign Settlements of European; Nations-=- 70.

BOOK II.

GARDENING CONSIDERED AS TO ITS PRO- GRESS AND PRESENT STATE UNDER DIF- FERENT POLITICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL CIRCUMSTANCES.

Cuap. I. Page

Gardening as affected by different Forms of Government, Religions, and States of Society 110

I. Gardening as affected by different Forms of

Government and Religions== ELT

II. Gardening as affected by different States of

Society--- Cuap. II.

Gardening as affected by different Climates, Habits of Life, and Manners-= 1004

I. Influence of Climate, in respect to Fruits,

culinary Plants, Flowers, Timber-trees, and horticultural Skill-- 115

II. Influence of Climate and Manners on Gar- dening, as an Art of Design and Taste- 114

III. Of the Climate and Circumstances of Bri-

PAID All.

GARDENING CONSIDERED AS A SCIENCE.

BOOK I. THE STUDY OF THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM. Cuap. I. Page Origin, Progress, and present State of the Study of Plants=-- 120 Cuap, II. Glossology, or the Names of the Parts of Plants 122 Cuap. III. Phytography, or the Nomenclature and De- scription of Plants--- 123 I. Names of Classes and Orders-- 2b. II. Names of Genera--- 2. Ill. Names of Species= he- 124 IV. Natnes of Varieties and Subvarieties- 125 V. Description of Plants--- 126 VI. Of forming and preserving Herbarians- 197 VII. Of Methods of Study--- 128 Cuap. IV.

Taxonomy, or the Classifications of Plants- ib I. The Hortus Britannicus arranged according

to the Linnean System-- 130

II. The Hortus Britannicus arranged according to the Jussieuean System-- 135

Cuap, V.

Vegetable Organology, or the external Struc. ture of Plants-- 158 I. Perfect Plants:-- 2b. 1. Conservative Organs--@. 2. Conservative Appendages-- 2, 3. Reproductive Organs 5- 139 4. Reproductive Appendages-- 7, II. Imperfect Plants-=- 140 1. Filices, Equisitaceze, and Lyeopodineer- ip. 2. Musci-- Ss ae 3. Hepatice==- 141 +. Aige and Lichene-- id. 5, Pungi:-- 142

tain, in respect to Gardening-- 118 Cuap. VI. Page Vegetab'e Anatomy, or the internal Structure of Plants--- 142 I. Decomposite Organs.= ab: II. Composite Organs<=- 144 III. Elementary or Vascular Organs- 146 Cuap. VII. Vegetable Chemistry, or primary Principles of Plants---- 147 I. Compound Products-- tb. II. Simple Products--- 157 Cuap, VIII. Functions of Vegetables== f ib. I. Germination of the Seed~- 158 II. Food of the vegetating Plant<- 160 III. Process of Vegetable Nutrition-- 165 Iv. Process of Vegetable Developement- 172 WE Anomalies of Vegetable Developement- 177 VI. Of the Sexuality of Vegetables-- 18] Ane Impregnation of the Seed-- 182 V TT. Changes consequent upon Impregnation 183 IX. The propagation of the Species-- 184 X. Causes limiting the Propagation of the Spe- cies---- 186 XI. Evidence and Character of Vegetable Vi-, tality-.- 187 Cuap. IX, Vegetable Pathology, or the Diseases and Casu- alties of Vegetable Life-~ 191 TI. Wounds and Accidents-- wb II. Diseases- Z. 19° III. Natural Decay- 5- 195 Cuap. X, Vegetable Geography and History, or the Dis- tribution of Vegetables relatively tothe Earth and to Man= as- 196 I. Geographical Distribution of Vegetables 107 ING Physical Distribution of Vegetables- ab III. Civil Causes affecting the Distribution ot Plants--- 202

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