
Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens
by E. T. Cook
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Chapters (569)
- TREES AND SHRUBS FOR ENGLISH GARDENS
- The "Country Life" Library.
- TREES & SHRUBS
- FOR
- ENGLISH GARDENS
- E. T. COOK.
- SECOND EDITION.
- PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION
- PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- TREES AND SHRUBS CHAPTER I
- WANT OF VARIETY A BLEMISH
- CHAPTER II
- ORNAMENTAL PLANTING IN WOODLAND
- CHAPTER III
- GROUPING OF TREES AND SHRUBS
- CHAPTER IV
- HEATHY PATHS IN OUTER GARDEN SPACES
- CHAPTER V
- TREES AND SHRUBS IN POOR SOILS
- CHAPTER VI
- PRUNING FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS
- CHAPTER VII
- PROPAGATION OF HARDY TREES AND SHRUBS
- Increasing Hardy Shrubs
- CHAPTER VIII
- A WINTER GARDEN OF TREES AND SHRUBS
- A Flower Garden in Winter
- CHAPTER IX
- TREES AND SHRUBS WITH BEAUTIFUL CATKINS
- Poplars
- Hazels
- Willows
- Alders
- Japanese Walnuts
- Garrya elliptica
- CHAPTER X
- AUTUMN COLOURS
- Trees
- Shrubs
- Climbers
- CHAPTER XI
- TREES AND SHRUBS WITH FINE FRUITS
- 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
- CHAPTER XIII
- THE USE OF VARIEGATED TREES AND SHRUBS
- Trees
- Conifers
- Shrubs or Small Trees
- Dwarf Shrubs and Climbers
- CHAPTER XIV
- TREES AND SHRUBS FOR SEA-COAST
- Trees
- Shrubs
- CHAPTER XV
- TREES AND SHRUBS FOR WIND-SWEPT GARDENS
- Trees
- Shrubs
- CHAPTER XVI
- CONIFERS (INCLUDING PINES) IN ORNAMENTAL PLANTING
- The Propagation of Conifers
- Conifers at Murthly Castle, Perthshire
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XVII
- CARE OF OLD TREES
- CHAPTER XVIII
- TREES AND SHRUBS FOR WATERSIDE
- Trees and Shrubs for Swampy Places
- Trees and Shrubs for Moist (but not Swampy) Soil
- CHAPTER XIX
- TREES AND SHRUBS FOR THE ROCK GARDEN
- DWARF SHRUBS FOR THE ROCK GARDEN
- CHAPTER XX
- REMOVAL OF LARGE TREES AND SHRUBS
- CHAPTER XXI
- YOUNG TREES AND SUNSTROKE
- Goat and Wood-Leopard Moths
- CHAPTER XXII
- SHADE TREES FOR STREETS
- CHAPTER XXIII
- TREES AND SHRUBS IN SCOTLAND
- Trees and Shrubs in Edinburgh
- CHAPTER XXIV
- TENDER SHRUBS AND TREES IN THE SOUTH-WEST[1]
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XXV
- TENDER WALL PLANTS IN THE SOUTH-WEST
- CHAPTER XXVI
- TREES AND SHRUBS IN IRELAND
- CHAPTER XXVII
- HARDY BAMBOOS
- CHAPTER XXVIII
- THE HEATHS
- The Taller or Tree-like Heaths
- The Dwarfer Heaths
- CHAPTER XXIX
- NATIVE AND OTHER HARDY EVERGREENS
- CHAPTER XXX
- SHRUBS FOR SMALL GARDENS
- Shrubs for Town Gardens
- CHAPTER XXXI
- SHRUB AND FLOWER BORDERS
- CHAPTER XXXII
- SHRUBS UNDER TREES
- CHAPTER XXXIII
- HARDY SHRUBS IN THE GREENHOUSE
- CHAPTER XXXIV
- SHRUB GROUPS FOR WINTER AND SUMMER EFFECT
- Evergreens
- CHAPTER XXXV
- THE USE OF HARDY CLIMBING SHRUBS[2]
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XXXVI
- FLOWERING AND OTHER HEDGES
- Deciduous Hedges
- Hedges of Flowering Shrubs
- CHAPTER XXXVII
- PLEACHED OR GREEN ALLEYS
- CHAPTER XXXVIII
- THE GARDEN ORCHARD
- CHAPTER XXXIX
- THE WORTHY USE OF ROSES
- Some Beautiful Wild Roses
- CHAPTER XL
- PLANTING AND STAKING TREES
- CHAPTER XLI
- SOME HARDY FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS
- HARDY TREES AND SHRUBS FOR BEAUTY OF FOLIAGE AND GROWTH
- INDEX
- TRANSCRIBERS' NOTES
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