INDEX 



Subjects marked with au asterisk (*) are Illustrations. 



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Alegatiere, Alphonse, work of 21 



America, carnation in 31 



American carnations in Europe 37 



American carnations, introduction of 21 

 American carnations, nomenclature 



251-256 

 American Carnation Society, annual 



report of 250 



American Carnation Society, first ex- 

 hibition of 248 



American Carnation Society, history 



of 247 



American Carnation Society, list of 



essays read before 249 



American classification of, suggested. 219 

 Ammoniacal solution of carbonate of 



copper 136, 137 



Amount of glass devoted to culture.. 32 



Anthracite 187 



Arthur, Prof. J. C, quoted 68 



Artistic decoration* 32 



As a florist's flower, first introduction 19 

 Ashes, coal, use of in propagating. . 79 

 Ashes, hardwood, use of in prepara- 

 tion of soil 51 



Ashes, wood 66 



Aspect of forcing houses 154 



Bacteriosis* 142 



Bearer, iron, for sub-irrigation bench* 165 



Beauties, some royal* 205 



Bedding varieties 190 



Beds, solid* 103 



Bench construction 161 



Bench, end of wooden* 162 



Bench, marking out the 105 



Bench, ordinary wooden 161 



Bench, propagating, construction of. 77 



Bench, setting plants on the* 109 



Bench, sub-irrigation 164 



Bench, sub-irrigation, construction of 165 

 Bench, sub -irrigation, cross section 



of* 166 



Bench, sub -irrigation, ready for ce- 

 menting* 167 



Bench, sub-irrigation, section of*... 173 

 Bench, sub-irrigation showing terra 



cotta foundation* 175 



Bench, ventilated tile 164 



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Benches, cement 166 



Benches, cultivation of soil in 46 



Benches, draining lie 



Benches, filling 41, 102 



Benches, planting on 43 



Benches, sub-irrigation, built on slop- 

 ing ground* 168 



Benches, sub-irrigation, testing tanks* 171 



Benching 41 



Bizarre carnation, English* 23 



Bizarre seedlings* 208,209 



Bizarres 2I8 



Blooms, case of. packed for shipment* 123 



Boiler, firebox or locomotive 179 



Boilers, horizontal tubular 179 



Boilers, sectional 178 



Boilers, steam, types of 186 



Bordeaux Mixture for rust 136 



Branch rot 139 



Buds, normal and abnormal* 69 



Building, disposition of houses 156 



Bunch of carnations with name tag* 121 



California carnation field, a* 36 



California, culture in 281 



Calyces, types of good* 200 



Calyx, a bursted* 202 



Canada, culture in 284 



Canadian ranges, Dunlop and Dale 



Estate* 152, 153 



Carnation Belt, the 36 



Cement, Portland 166 



Checking in the field, deleterious... 97 



Chitty, H. E.. work of 28 



Classifications, French, English, sug- 

 gested American 218 



Coal, bituminous 187 



Cocoanut fiber, use of in propagating 79 



Coke 188 



Color 230 



Color, classification by 219 



Composts, old English 54 



Construction, bench 161 



Construction of houses 157 



Cottage Gardens Range* 35 



Cottage Gardens Range in a blizzard* 220 



Criterion of perfect flower in 1830 22 



Cross-breeding 196 



Crude petroleum 188 



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