194 INDEX. 



Carnation and Picotee, The Yellow, 138. 



, A Retrospect, 163. 



Caterpillars, 173. 



Crossing of Carnations, The, 2. 



Cuckoo Spittle, 28. 



Cuttings, Propagation hy, 14, 148, loo. 



, Quickest Method of taking, 14. 



• , Best Soil for, 14, loo, 157. 



, Cool Treatment of, 15. 



, Time required for Rooting, 155. 



"Dainty Ladies," 133. 



Disbudding of Carnations, 28, 52, 66, 105, 114, 153. 



to one Bud for Exhibition, 84, 105. 



Diseases and Foes of Carnations, 169, 175. 



" Dressing " for Exhibition, Argument in Defence of, 73, 96. 



, Remarks upon, 85, 96. 



, Method of and Instruction in, 97. 



Earwigs, Traps for, 51. 



Eel Worms, or " Tylenchus," 181. 



Enemies of Carnations, 39, 47, 170, 171, 172, 174. 



Exhibiting, A few Words on, 73. 



Exhibition, Pot Culture necessary, 63, 64. 



, Protection for Flowers necessary, 67. 



J Mctbod of Rptarding or Hastening Blooms for, 85 



, Selection of Floweis for, 92. 



■ , Hints on Staging, 101. 



Fertilisation of Seed Pods, Process of, 5. 



, Best Time for, 5, 6. 



, Organs of, 4. 



, Signs of Successful, 6. 



Frost, Effect of, 27, 46, 59. 



, Effect on Plants in Cold Frames, 82, 102. 



, Cause of Losses from, 103. 



Fumigating. See " Green-Fly " and " Thrip." 

 Fungoid Growths, 175. 



Glass Culture, Special Method of, 124, 125. 



" Gout" in Carnations, 169. 



*' Green-Fly," 28, 66, 114, 126, 147, 151, 156, 170, 186. 



Hardiness of Carnations, 18, 37, 39, 42, 62, 63. 

 , Yellow Ground Camations, 70, 142, 143, 



