附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover -- Principles of horticulture -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Horticulture in context -- The plant -- Plant communities -- Single species communities -- Competition between species -- Food chains -- Decomposers -- Sustainable development -- Biomass -- Garden considerations -- Companion planting -- Organisms occurring on plant surfaces -- Rhizosphere -- Phyllosphere -- Conservation -- Organic growing -- Further reading -- 2 Climate and microclimate -- The sun's energy -- Effect of latitude -- Movement of heat and weather systems -- Weather and climate -- Climate of the British Isles -- The growing season -- World climates -- Local climate -- Microclimates -- Measurement -- Temperature -- Precipitation -- Humidity -- Wind -- Light -- Automation -- Further reading -- 3 Classification and naming -- Principles of classification -- Kingdom plantae (plants) -- Divisions of the plant kingdom -- Naming of cultivated plants -- The binomial system -- Hybrids -- Identifying plants -- Geographical origins of plants -- Further classifications of plants -- Kingdom Fungi -- Kingdom Animalia (animals) -- Kingdom Prokaryotae (monera) -- Kingdom Protoctista (protista) -- Viruses -- Further Reading -- 4 Plant organization -- Plant form -- Plant form in design -- Plant size and growth rate -- The anatomy of the plant -- The cell -- Tissues of the stem -- Dicotyledonous stem -- Monocotyledonous stem -- Stem growth -- Further reading -- 5 Water and minerals in the plant -- Water -- Functions of water -- Movement of water -- Water uptake -- Movement of water up the stem -- Transpiration -- Minerals -- Functions and deficiency symptoms of minerals in the plant -- Mineral uptake -- Further reading -- 6 Plant growth -- Photosynthesis -- Requirements for photosynthesis -- Respiration -- Storage of plants -- Further reading -- 7 Plant development -- Plant hormones -- The seed -- Seed structure -- Seed dormancy -- Seed germination -- The Seeds Acts -- The seedling -- See
