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James Sturgis Pray,
Cambridge, Mazs,
HANDBOOK
OF
HARDY HERBACEOUS AND
ALPINE FLOWERS
WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS EDINBURGH AND LONDON
MDCCCLXXI I 8 7
The Right of Translation is reserved
CONTENTS.
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XXV
37 39 39 41 43 44 45 45 47 48
INTRODUCTION
Object of the work
Its plan
What are herbaceous
plants? .
The massing or bedding
system
Employment of herbace:
ous plants in it.
Their capabilities for
spring flower-gardening
Their value in mixed
borders.
Arrangement
of mixed
General culture of herba-
ceous plants
That of alpine plants
Rearing herbaceous and
alpine perennials from
seed
Ranunculaceae
Adonis
Anemone
Aconitum .
Actæa
Aquilegia
Caltha
Cimicifuga
Delphinium
Eranthis
Helleborus
Hepatica
Pæonia
Ranunculus
Thalictrum
Trollius
Berberidacea.
Epimedium
Jeffersonia
Nymphæaced.
PAGE
ix Nuphar
ix Nymphæa
x Papaveraceae
Chelidonium
xiv Meconopsis
Papaver
xviii Sanguinaria
Fumariaceae
Corydalis
Dielytra
xxii Cruciferæ
Alyssum
Arabis
Aubrietia
xxviii Barbarea
Cardamine
xxxii Cheiranthus
xxxix Diplotaxis
Draba
Hesperis
lii Hutchinsia
Iberidella .
Iberis
Cistaced
7
Helianthemum
9 | Violaceae
9 Erpetion
Viola
11 Polygalaceæ
Polygala
16 Caryophyllaceae
16 Arenaria
17 Cerastium
19
Dianthus .
Gypsophila
25 Lychnis
26 Saponaria
Silena
28 Spergula
29
Tunica
29 | Lineæ.
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