INDEX. 



741 



Composition of composts, 73. 

 Composition of common soil, 18 ; of good 



garden soil, ih. 

 Compost for calceolarias, IQO. 

 ConiMOst for roses, 641 ; for potted roses, 



648. 

 Compost for American plants, 6si, 735. 

 Compound colours, 532. 

 Concrete as a covering for vine borders, 



685. 

 Congruity of the garden, 33. 

 Connection of different levels, 149. 

 Conservatories, their erection, 242. 

 Conservatories should be attached to the 



house, 49. 

 Conservatory, arrangement of, 626. 

 Conservatory of the Horticultural So- 

 ciety, 63. 

 Conservatory in winter, 677. 

 Con-^ervatory : its proper temperature, 



626. 

 Conservatory: hints on arranging, 414 j 



ventilating, 415. 

 Conservatory routine, 189, 242, 289, 336, 



372,409, 512,568, 677. 

 Conservatory, a huge Wardian case, 676. 

 Considerations bef)re draining, 36. 

 Constituents of the London basin, 18. 

 Contents of Thames water, 31. 

 Continuous flowering plants, 271. 

 Contrasting colours, 551. 

 Contrivances for gathering fruit, 4S3. 

 Convolvulus, 270. 



Convulsions of the coal-measures, 13. 

 Cool and warm colours, 558. 

 Coping for walls, 87; projecting, 88; 



waterproof, 92. 

 Cork sawdust for packing fruit, 488. 

 Corn salads for vvniter use, 74, 517. 

 Corridors, Horticultural Gardens, 64. 

 Cos lettuces, 183. 

 Cost of conservatory, 244. 

 Cost of burning clay, 45. 

 Cost of edgings, 158. 

 Cost of working fountains, 95. 

 Cost of garden works. 65. 

 Co«-t of greenhouses, 256. 

 Cottage gardens, 72, 336, 378, 432. 

 Cottatre architecture, 66. 

 Cottage gardens with the Romans, 10. 

 Cdttager's beehive, 449. 

 Cotyledons, 117. 

 Courage of a young girl, 447. 

 Coverings for hotbeds in frost, 185, 188, 



686 

 Cow-dung : its properties, 523. 

 Cowley's wish for a garden, 28. 

 Crassulas, 501. 

 Creeping plants, 399- 

 Cress, 370. 



Cretaceous or chalk formation, 14. 

 Criterion of fertility, 186. 

 Crocuses, 359, 684. 

 Crocuses planted in ribbon-beds, 179. 

 Cropping a market-garden, 460. 

 Cropping and manuring, 146. 

 Crops on fruit-borders, 70. 



Crops to be got in the ground in January, 

 181. 



Cross-shaped beds, 276. 



Crown-grafting, 132. 



Crown imperials, 359. 



Cucumbers, 74, 288, 342, 377, 472, 477, 

 515, 722. 



Cucumber-beds, 289; pits, 426; on trel- 

 lis, 427; in tubes, ib.; in the open air, 

 427. 



Cultural considerations in arranging 

 plant-houses, 626. 



Culture of flowers under glass, 284. 



Culttire of fruit under glass (see Fruit). 



Culture of melons, 186. 



Cup-training fruit-trees, 567. 



Currants, 74, 325, 414, 468, 505, 511, 675, 

 710. 



Curved walls, 91. 



Customs round London in sowing, 181. 



Cut grapes hung up to ripen, 636. 



Cuttings 132; from rare dahlias, 179} 

 from melons, 289; from nedding- 

 plants, 548 ; from pines, 637 ; from 

 conservatory plants, 680. 



Dahlias, 359, 402, 504, 549, 672. 

 Dahlias : their history, 345 ; seedlings, 



if).; dividing roots, ib.; cuttings, ib.; 



preparing beds, ib. ; after-culture, 348. 

 Daisy. hoe, 145 ; daisies on lawns, ib. 

 Daisy rake and fork, 391. 

 Dalkeith Palace fruit-room, 492. 

 Damask roses for pot-culture, 653. 

 Danger to florists' flowers Irom sudden 



storms, 531. 

 Daphnes, 360. 

 Darkness favourable to fruit-keeping, 



486. 



Decayed pear-tree, how to I'enew, 115. 



Decayed wall-trees, 389. 



December : aspect of the month, 690 ; 

 temperature, ib. ; v^ild flowers, 69 1. 



Decided colours recommended in flower- 

 beds, 356. 



Deciduous flowering shrubs, 136,689. 



Deciduous trees, 696. 



Decorated roses, 644. 



Deep drains, 39. 



Deepeners hi vegetation, 170. 



Definition of drainage, 43. 



Depth for planting crocuses, 179. 



Description of a conservatory, 243. 



Description of garden and pleasure* 

 houses, 51, 52, 53, 54. 



Description of garden, 148, 149. 



Description of greenhouse, 253. 



Description of hot- WHter apparatus, 257. 



Description of hot-WHter tank, 261. 



Description of kitchen-garden, 16I. 



Description of natural fountain or spring, 

 96. 



Description of Messenger's boilers, 260. 



Description of Messenger's patent glaz- 

 ing, 255. 



