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Index 



Calla Lilies, fertilizing to give 

 best results, 88 



Calliopsis, or Coreopsis, colors 



, of, 37; how to plant seed; 

 care of plants; soil, 38 



Canadian Thistle, to kill, 138 



Candytuft, soil, 38; care of 

 young plants; as an edging 

 for flower bed ; grown for cut 

 flowers; winter blooming; 

 planting of seed, 39 



Cannas, requirements for 

 healthy growth; care of 

 bulbs in winter, 39; com- 

 binations in shrub borders; 

 dividing roots, 40; with 

 castor-oil bean plants, 43 



Canterbury Bell, soil for best 

 growth ; plantings for, peren- 

 nial, biennial, and annual 

 flowering, 40; pruning; when 

 to plant seed, 41 



Carnations, starting plants in 

 dirt bands; to root cuttings; 

 to produce blue flowers; 

 when to plant seed; kind 

 of soil, 41, 42; kind of 

 fertilizer, 43 



Carrots, Wild, or Queen Anne's 

 Lace, to rid of, 191 



Carolina wrens, size of en- 

 trance hole in house for, 



317 

 Castor-Oil Bean, to give shady 



spot; distance apart for 



plants; combined with other 



plants, kind of soil, 40, 43 

 Catalpas, how to plant, 248; 



commercial value, 250 

 Catbirds, house desired, 317; 



tree for, 323 

 Caterpillars, danger from, 256; 



as effective spray for, 258, 



265; eaten by birds, 322, 330 

 Catnip, out of courtesy to the 



cat, 287 

 Cats, to prevent catching 



birds, 336 



Centipedes, to destroy, 262 

 Cherry, Choke, use for, 238; 



for the birds, 322 



Chickadees, size of entrance 



to house, 317 

 Chickens, to protect against, 



283, 284 

 Chickweed, to exterminate, 



265 



Chimney swifts, habits of, 332 

 China Asters, planted with 



godetia, 71 

 Chive, around the flower beds, 



237 



Christmas Tree, use for, 329 



Chrysanthemums, starting 

 in hotbeds; transplanting 

 young plants; to obtain 

 large flowers; fertilizing; to 

 rid shoots of lice; propagat- 

 ing from seed; cuttings for 

 hotbed plants, 44, 45; soil 

 for, 44, 46 



Clarkia, where to plant seed; 

 soil required; for window 

 boxes, hanging baskets and 

 flower-bed borders, 46 



Clay Soils, drainage of; as a 

 foundation, 157 



Clematis, for covering and 

 shade, 143; training of, 147; 

 for table decoration, 148 



Cliff Break, fern for table 

 decoration, 60 



Climbing Hydrangea, north 

 wall planting, 144 



Climbing roses, 127 

 vines, 150 



Cloth of Gold, climbing rose, 



145 

 Clotille Soupert rose, care of, 



122, 123 

 Cobaea Scandens, trellis for; 



transplanting from paper 



cups; rabbit netting instead 



of cord for support, 46, 47 

 Cockscomb, colors of; massed 



with shrubbery; when to 



plant seed; transplanting; 



cuttings for winter house 



decoration, 47, 48 

 Cocoanut, shell for feeding 



birds, 320; shell as resting 



place for birds, 321 



