. Cyclopedia de cultures agricoles. Produits agricoles ; l'Agriculture. 502 PLANTES OLÉAGINEUSES PLANTES ORNEMENTALES L. M. Tolman et L. S. Munson ; même, Bulletin n° 80, Partie II, géranium et ses substi- tutes, Lyman F. Kebler ; Hopkins, l'Oil-Chem- ists' Handbook, New York (1900) ; Andes, Vegeta- ble les graisses et huiles (trans, par C. Salter), Londres (1897) ; Benedikt, analyse chimique des huiles, graisses, cires, et des produits commerciaux dérivés, Londres (1895) ; Dent, les graisses et huiles (en oliviers et Thorp, éditeurs, technologie chimique, Tome II, 1895) ; le laboratoire, Lewkowitsch com- panion aux graisses et huiles dans

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. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. 502 OIL-BEARING PLANTS ORNAMENTALS L. M. Tolman and L. S. Munson; same, Bulletin No. 80, Part II, Rose Geranium Oil and Its Substi- tutes, Lyman F. Kebler; Hopkins, The Oil-Chem- ists' Handbook, New York (1900); Andes, Vegeta- ble Fats and Oils (trans, by C. Salter), London (1897); Benedikt, Chemical Analysis of Oils, Fats, Waxes, and of the Commercial Products Derived Therefrom, London (1895); Dent, Fats and Oils (in Groves and Thorp, editors, Chemical Technology, Vol. II, 1895); Lewkowitsch, The Laboratory Com- panion to Fats and Oils Industries, London (1901); Wright, Animal and Vegetable Fixed Oils, Fats, Butters and Waxes, London (1903). nately, there is no generic term for the growing of all ornamental plants, covering such phases as floriculture and the rearing of trees and shrubs for adornment and for shade. The extension of floriculture and allied occupa- tions is due, of course, to the rise in taste ; but the rise of taste has been promoted and hastened by the increasing efl^ectiveness of the plant-grow- ing business. The business is becoming more efl'ect- ive because a much greater variety of plants is increasingly available, because of the perfecting of the glasshouse, of more expeditious and satis- factory means of transportation and handling, and. Fig. 727. A flower and plant farm. Rose Hill, New Rochellc, N. Y. ORNAMENTALS. While some farmers are growing crops to pro- vide their fellows with food, clothing and shelter, others are reciprocating by growing plants to or- nament the home and public places. The growth of the desire for beautiful plants has been very marked in the last half-century. Within that time commercial floriculture has arisen, together with a large part of nursery-farming. [See Nurseries.] The growing of ornamental plants, however, is a wider business than floriculture. The business of floriculture is included within it. Floriculture is properly the growing of flowers, including

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