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| [Frontispiece]—Hardy and tender Plants in the Subtropical Garden. | |
| Cannas in a London park | [13] |
| Anemone japonica alba | [17] |
| Group and single specimens of plants isolated on the grass | [23] |
| Portion of plan showing Yuccas, etc. | [25] |
| Formal arrangements in London parks | [26] |
| Tree Ferns and other Stove Plants | [28] |
| Ailantus and Cannas | [30] |
| Young Conifers, etc. | [32] |
| Gourds | [34] |
| Section of raised bed at Battersea | [40] |
| Acanthus latifolius | [47] |
| Aralia canescens | [58] |
| Aralia japonica | [60] |
| Aralia papyrifera | [61] |
| Asplenium Nidus-avis | [70] |
| Bambusa aurea | [72] |
| Bambusa falcata | [74] |
| Berberis nepalensis | [79] |
| Blechnum brasiliense | [80] |
| Bocconia cordata | [81] |
| Buphthalmum speciosum | [83] |
| Caladium esculentum | [84] |
| Colocasia odorata | [85] |
| Canna | [86] |
| Carlina acaulis | [110] |
| Caryota sobolifera | [111] |
| Centaurea babylonica | [112] |
| Chamædorea | [114] |
| Chamærops excelsa | [116] |
| Cycas | [120] |
| Tree Fern | [123] |
| Dimorphanthus mandschuricus | [124] |
| Erianthus Ravennæ | [132] |
| Ferula communis | [136] |
| Ficus elastica | [139] |
| Gynerium argenteum | [142] |
| Gunnera scabra | [144] |
| Heracleum | [147] |
| Malva crispa | [153] |
| Melianthus major | [155] |
| Monstera deliciosa | [156] |
| Montagnæa heracleifolia | [157] |
| Morina longifolia | [158] |
| Mulgedium alpinum | [159] |
| Musa Ensete | [160] |
| Nicotiana Tabacum | [163] |
| Onopordum Acanthium | [164] |
| Poa fertilis | [174] |
| Rheum Emodi | [178] |
| Rhus glabra laciniata | [180] |
| Seaforthia elegans | [185] |
| Solanum robustum | [190] |
| Solanum Warscewiczii | [195] |
| Uhdea bipinnatifida | [205] |
| Wigandia macrophylla | [208] |
| Yucca filamentosa | [212] |
| Yucca pendula | [214] |
| Yucca filamentosa variegata | [217] |
PART I.
INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS.
SUBTROPICAL GARDENING.