INDEX 



Anthers of Carnations, 5. 



Aspect, Best for Wintering Plants, 80. 



Autumn Planting, Importance of Early, 25, id, 46, 117, 121, 123. 



Bees, Fertilisation Ly, 4. 



, Injury to Blooms by, 173. 



Bones, Used as Manure, 152. 

 Border Carnations, Culture of. 18. 



, Selection of, 18, 19, 34. 



, Calendar of Operations for, 48. 



, Varieties recommended, 34. 



Border, The, Selection and Formation of, 21, 41, 59, 111, 112. 



, Annual Remaking of, 23, 42. 



Bursting of Calyx, 3, 19, 35. 



Calendar of Operations, Border Carnations, 48. 



, Exhibition Flowers, 102. 



, Tree or Perpetual Carnations, 155. 



Calyx, Bursting of, 3, 19. 



, The Desirable Form of, 3. 



, The Undesirable Form of, 3. 



Carnation, The, Artistic Records of, 33. 



, Town Culture of, 57. 



, Culture for Exhibition, 78. 



, Dressing and Staging for Exhibition, 96. 



, Observations on Species, 127. 



, Early Mention of, 128, 138. 



, Wild, 128, 129. 



, Origin of Garden Forms of, 134. 



, Tree or Winter Flowering, 145, 150. 



, Border Culture, 18, 30, 41. 



, In Scotland, 110, 120. 



, In Ireland, 127. 



, First Hybrid recorded, 134. 



, Special Method of Glass Culture, 124. 



, Grown in Window-boxes, 130. 



, Classification of, 68. 



, Diseases and Pests of, 169, 175, 



, Varieties recommended, 189. 



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