550 



INDEX 



Borecole, culture of, 446 

 Boundaries to gardens, 385 

 Bouquet, Dahlias, list of, llf) 

 Bourbon Roses, list of, 69 

 Boxes, list of, 17 

 Broccoli, culture of, 438 

 Brussels Sjirouts, culture of, 442 

 Budding Eoses, 65 ; trees and shrubs, 



44 

 Bulbs for rockery, 32 ; hardy, culture 



of, 51 ; list of, 56 



Cabbage, culture of, 435 ; time to sow, 

 435 ; saving seeds, 437 ; varieties, 

 437 ; Red, for jiickling, 437 ; Savoy, 

 culture of, 438 



Calceolaria, culture of, 188 



Camellia, culture of the, 165 ; soil for, 

 166 ; planted out, 167 ; pruning of, 

 166 ; propagation of, 168 ; varieties, 

 list of, 168 



Cape Gooseberry, culture of, 386 



Cape Heath, culture of, 157 ; pruning 

 and training of, 158 ; propagation of, 

 159 ; soft-wooded, list of, 161 ; hard- 

 wooded, list of, 161 



Cape Pelargoniums, ciilture of, 179 



Capsicums and Chillis, culture of, 495 



Cardoons, culture of, 423 



Carnations, culture of, 100 ; soil for 

 and planting, 100 ; i)ropagation of, 

 by layers, 101 ; by cuttings, 101 ; 

 raising seedlings of, 102 ; perpetual 

 list of, 103 ; border list of, 104 ; 

 florists' varieties, list of, 104 ; hy- 

 bridising, 102 



Carrots, culture of, 474 ; young, in 

 succession, 475 ; for exhibition, 476; 

 maggots, to destroy, 476 ; forcing, 

 510"^ 



Cauliflowers, culture of, 432 ; succes- 

 sional crops of, 433 ; under hand- 

 lights, 433 ; in trenches, 434 ; water- 

 ing and mulching, 434 ; forcing, 

 511 



Celery, culture of, 465 ; pi'eparing the 

 trenches, 466 ; planting in beds, 

 467 ; sowing the main crops, 468 ; 

 earthing -up, 468 ; protecting in 

 winter, 468 ; varieties, 468 ; insects, 

 etc., 469 ; Turnii)-rooted, culture of, 

 469 ; forcing, 515 



Change of design in gardens desirable, 

 78^ 



Charms of variety in gardens, 46 



Cherries, culture of, 273, 358 ; as stand- 

 ards on grass, 273 ; on walls, 273 ; 

 pruning, 274 ; renovating old trees, 

 274 ; bushes on Mahaleb stock, 274 ; 

 in pots, 276 ; propagating, 275 ; 

 gumming, 276 ; list of, 276 ; in pots, 

 360 ; varieties for forcing, 360 



Chicory, culture of, 491 ; forcing, 517 



China Roses, culture of, 69 



Chinese Yam, culture of, 484 



Chou de Burghley, culture of, 438 



Chrysanthemums, culture of, 1 22, 1 91 ; as 

 wall 2)lants, 122 ; dwarfs from layers, 

 123 ; tall varieties, list of, 123 ; 

 Pompones, list of, 123 ; Anemone- 

 flowered varieties, list of, 123 ; sum- 

 mer-flowering varieties, list of, 124 : 

 summer management of, 192 ; vari- 

 eties, list of, 194 



Cineraria, culture of, 187 ; double- 

 flowered, 188 



Climbers for walls, 20 ; list of, 22 



Climbing Roses, list of, 70 



Club Mosses, list of, 211 



Cockscomb, culture of, 198 



Conifers, list of, 15 



Conservatory, arrangement of, 141 ; 

 paths for, 143 ; Climbers, list of, 

 145 ; baskets for, 145 ; heating and 

 ventilating, 143 ; list of plants for, 

 145 



Cool Orchids, culture of, 227 ; list of, 

 231 



Coral plant, culture of, 201 



Covering bare places under trees, 47 



Creepers for rockery, 32 



Cress and Mustard, 518 



Culture of the Antirrhinum, 107 ; Auri- 

 cula, 124 ; Carnation, 100 ; Chry- 

 santhemum in the open air, 122 ; 

 Dahlia, 111 ; Delphinium, 121 ; Her- 

 baceous Phlox, 105 ; Holyhock, 96 ; 

 Pseony, 119 ; Pansy, 115 ; Pent- 

 stemon, 106 ; Picotee, 101 ; Pink, 

 102 ; Potentilla, 109 ; Pyrethrum, 

 109 ; Ranunculus, 126 ; Rose in the 

 open air, 60 ; Tulip, 127 



Currants, Black, culture of, 296 ; list 

 of, 298 ; Red and White, cultui-e of, 

 298 ; on walls, 299 ; insects on, 299; 

 varieties, list of, 300 



Curled Mallow for garnishing, 505 



Cucumbers under glass, 477 ; raising the 

 plants, 477 ; in winter, 478 ; tem- 



