258 INDEX 



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Carnations, pink, classification of 253 



Carnations, standard of points for 201 



Carrying over for a second year 113 



Caryophyaceae, the natural order 16 



Cement benches 222 



Coal, price of . .■ 229 



Colors to grow 53 



Cost of production 54 



Crossbreeding and h\ bridizing 192 



Cultivation: 



Autumn treatment 1 04 



Benches, filling the 92 



Buying young stock 78 



Cut-back plants 75 



Cuttings after rooting 77 



Cuttings, types of 72, 73 



Disbudding 104 



Feeding 1 04 



Fertilizers, using 105, 236, 2,4 



Field culture 79 



Field, finishing up in the 82 



Field stock and old phmts in July 81 



Fumigating and spraying 108, 254 



Housing, getting ready for 82 



Lifting the phmts 84 



Old plants in July 81 



Pinching 81, 97 



Planting indoors 92 



Phinting in the field 79 



Pkmting in the houses 92 



Propagation 70-74 



Routine of 68-1 16 



Soil 85-87 



Spring treatment 1 1 1 



Steaming the soil 87 



Supports 98- 1 03 



Summer treatment under glass 112 



Surplus field Carnations, utifizing 95 



Temperatures 109 



