Trees And Shrubs For English Gardens

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Author

Cook, E. T. (Ernest Thomas), 1867-1915

Title

Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens

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Produced by Brownfox and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

SB: Agriculture: Plant culture

Subject

Woody plants -- Great Britain

Category

Text

eBook-No.

32969

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32969

Release Date

June 24, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.TRANSCRIBERS' NOTES — TREES AND SHRUBS FOR ENGLISH GARDENS — The "Country Life" Library. — TREES & SHRUBS — FOR — ENGLISH GARDENS — BY
2. 2.E. T. COOK. — SECOND EDITION.
3. 3.PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION
4. 4.PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION
5. 5.CONTENTS
6. 6.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
7. 7.CHAPTER I — WANT OF VARIETY A BLEMISH
8. 8.CHAPTER II — ORNAMENTAL PLANTING IN WOODLAND
9. 9.CHAPTER III — GROUPING OF TREES AND SHRUBS
10. 10.CHAPTER IV — HEATHY PATHS IN OUTER GARDEN SPACES
11. 11.CHAPTER V — TREES AND SHRUBS IN POOR SOILS
12. 12.CHAPTER VI — PRUNING FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS
13. 13.CHAPTER VII — PROPAGATION OF HARDY TREES AND SHRUBS — Increasing Hardy Shrubs
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII — A WINTER GARDEN OF TREES AND SHRUBS — A Flower Garden in Winter
15. 15.CHAPTER IX — TREES AND SHRUBS WITH BEAUTIFUL CATKINS — Poplars — Hazels — Willows — Alders — Japanese Walnuts — Garrya elliptica
16. 16.CHAPTER X — AUTUMN COLOURS — Trees — Shrubs — Climbers
17. 17.CHAPTER XI — TREES AND SHRUBS WITH FINE FRUITS
18. 18.CHAPTER XII — WEEPING TREES AND THEIR USES — (i.) Naturally Pendulous Species and Varieties , i.e. Coming True from Seed — (ii.) Pendulous Varieties that have originated as "Sports," propagated by Grafts, Cuttings, or Layers — (iii.) Conifers
19. 19.CHAPTER XIII — THE USE OF VARIEGATED TREES AND SHRUBS — Trees — Conifers — Shrubs or Small Trees — Dwarf Shrubs and Climbers
20. 20.CHAPTER XIV — TREES AND SHRUBS FOR SEA-COAST — Trees — Shrubs
21. 21.CHAPTER XV — TREES AND SHRUBS FOR WIND-SWEPT GARDENS — Trees — Shrubs
22. 22.CHAPTER XVI — CONIFERS (INCLUDING PINES) IN ORNAMENTAL PLANTING — The Propagation of Conifers — Conifers at Murthly Castle, Perthshire — FOOTNOTES:
23. 23.CHAPTER XVII — CARE OF OLD TREES
24. 24.CHAPTER XVIII — TREES AND SHRUBS FOR WATERSIDE — Trees and Shrubs for Swampy Places — Trees and Shrubs for Moist (but not Swampy) Soil
25. 25.CHAPTER XIX — TREES AND SHRUBS FOR THE ROCK GARDEN — DWARF SHRUBS FOR THE ROCK GARDEN
26. 26.CHAPTER XX — REMOVAL OF LARGE TREES AND SHRUBS
27. 27.CHAPTER XXI — YOUNG TREES AND SUNSTROKE — Goat and Wood-Leopard Moths
28. 28.CHAPTER XXII — SHADE TREES FOR STREETS
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIII — TREES AND SHRUBS IN SCOTLAND — Trees and Shrubs in Edinburgh
30. 30.CHAPTER XXIV — TENDER SHRUBS AND TREES IN THE SOUTH-WEST [1] — FOOTNOTES:
31. 31.CHAPTER XXV — TENDER WALL PLANTS IN THE SOUTH-WEST
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVI — TREES AND SHRUBS IN IRELAND
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVII — HARDY BAMBOOS
34. 34.CHAPTER XXVIII — THE HEATHS — The Taller or Tree-like Heaths — The Dwarfer Heaths
35. 35.CHAPTER XXIX — NATIVE AND OTHER HARDY EVERGREENS
36. 36.CHAPTER XXX — SHRUBS FOR SMALL GARDENS — Shrubs for Town Gardens
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXI — SHRUB AND FLOWER BORDERS
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXII — SHRUBS UNDER TREES
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIII — HARDY SHRUBS IN THE GREENHOUSE
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXIV — SHRUB GROUPS FOR WINTER AND SUMMER EFFECT — Evergreens
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXV — THE USE OF HARDY CLIMBING SHRUBS [2] — FOOTNOTES:
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVI — FLOWERING AND OTHER HEDGES — Deciduous Hedges — Hedges of Flowering Shrubs
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXVII — PLEACHED OR GREEN ALLEYS
44. 44.CHAPTER XXXVIII — THE GARDEN ORCHARD
45. 45.CHAPTER XXXIX — THE WORTHY USE OF ROSES — Some Beautiful Wild Roses
46. 46.CHAPTER XL — PLANTING AND STAKING TREES
47. 47.CHAPTER XLI — SOME HARDY FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS
48. 48.HARDY TREES AND SHRUBS FOR BEAUTY OF FOLIAGE AND GROWTH
49. 49.INDEX — TRANSCRIBERS' NOTES

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