Flowers are symbol of beauty, love and tranquility. They form the soul of garden and convey the message of nature to mankind. Flowers are greatest gifts of nature forming an integral part of human life and satisfying the basic human aesthetic desire. Greenhouse cultivation is an agrosystem that presents important productive advantages in comparison with unprotected or open field cultivation. Likewise, commercial floriculture plays an important role both in modern and traditional background of India. Gardening which was only an art and science in the earlier days has now emerged as a huge industry. With the importance and need of gardening in improving and conserving the environment being strongly felt now, the concept of landscaping and gardening is growing rapidly. Ornamental gardening and landscaping has expanded as a multi-faceted industry encompassing activities such as propagation and rearing of ornamental plants, landscaping, production of growing media, production of plants in pots and other accessories, etc., generating huge employment opportunities and simultaneously promoting activities that would improve the environment. In the present work, the authors have endeavored to bring out the information on various characteristics of morphological, taxonomical, economical importance of floriculture and landscaping in glossary format with illustrations and photographs. It is hoped that the treatise will prove useful to the students and researchers in horticulture, landscapists and botanists as it is for the first time that such information has been placed under a single roof. At this juncture, we would like to thank all the staff and students of Department of Floriculture and Landscaping, Horticultural College and Research Institute, TNAU, Coimbatore who extended cooperation during preparation of this book. We express our deep sense of gratitude to M/s New India Publishing Agency, New Delhi for taking up this assignment within a reasonable span of time.

A. General          B. Leaves and Floral Terminologies          C. Diversity in the Flower          D. Diversity in Fruits          E. Terminologies Related to Seed

Accent : It is created in the garden to avoid the monotonous view. Mostly unusual objects like tall fountain, tree, statue etc are used to create the effect. Acre: A unit of measurement of land area equivalent to 4000 sq.met or 0.4047 hectare. Acrylic: It is a glassy thermoplastic that is incorporated in rigid plastic to enhance wither ability. Aging: Refers to the processes acquiring maturity with the passage of time or normally an increment of time, which may or may not be accompanied by physiological changes including senescence. Aging thus includes a much ‘wider span’ of physiological processes, which may either “weaken the organism or to be neutral”. Agmark: It is Agriculture Produce, Grading & Marketing Act, 1937 & voluntary in nature. Anaerobic respiration: An incomplete oxidation of food to release partial energy takes place in the absence of atmospheric oxygen and occurs in cytoplasm. Analytical chemistry: Deals with detection and estimation of elements and compounds.

A. General          B. Bulbous Plants          C. Greenhouse Technology          D. Plant Breeding          E. Plant Physiology          F. Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology          G. Post Harvest Technology

A. General          B. Turf Grass          C. Indoor Plants