INDEX 



311 



Cotyledons, 211 

 Cowpea, for lawn, 67 

 Crimson Rambler rose, 176 

 Crocus, 12, 13, 51-52, 57, 130 

 Cucumber, 263-266. See Vegetable 



garden 



Cucumber beetle, 294 

 Cucumber worm, 266 

 Currants, culture, 191 ; pests, 191 

 Cuttings, roses propagated by, 171- 



173 

 Cutworm, 251, 254, 272, 276, 282, 



297, 299 

 Cyclamen, 42 

 Cydonia japonica, 158 

 Cypress vine, 72, 79 ; culture, 79 

 Cypripedium acaule, 132 

 Cypripedium pubescens, 132 



Dahlia, care of roots, 110-111 ; cul- 

 ture, 110-111 ; use of stakes, 110 



Daisy, 1, 50. See also English daisy 



Decorative plants, 32-47 



Delphinium, 117-118 



Destroying insects, 202 



Deutzia, pruning, 150 ; varieties, 150 



Deutzia crenataflore-plena, 150 



Deutzia gracilis, 150 



Deutzia rosea, 150 



Dianthus barbatus, 120 



Dianthus chinensis, 120 



Dianthus plumarius, 120 



Dibble, 23, 48 



Dicentra cucullaria, 127 



Dicentra spectabilis, 105 



Digitalis, 113 



Diseases, plant, 205-206. See Vege- 

 table garden 



Dogtooth violet (yellow adder's- 

 tongue), excellent for rockeries, 

 134 ; white, 134 



Downy mildew, 265 



Drainage material for boxes, 220 



Dry heat injurious to plants, 3 



Dutchman's breeches, 127, 129; 

 adapted to moist rockeries or shady 

 borders, 127 ; description, 127 ; 

 transplanting, 129 



Easter lily, 18-19 



Elm, American white, 177 



Embryo, 211 



Endive, 267. See Vegetable garden 



Endosperm, 211 



English daisy, 111-112 ; culture, 112 ; 



effective on lawns, 111 

 English ivy, 31 

 Eugene Furst rose, hardy, 175 



Ferns, 1, 35-36 ; care, 142-143 ; fine 

 foliage plants, 142 ; native, 141- 

 143 ; native, in rockeries, 142-143 ; 

 repotting, 35 ; reproduction, 36 ; 

 transplanting, 143. See also Boston 

 fern 



Fertilizers, 199-202 ; mixed, 199- 

 200. See also Vegetable garden 



Ficus elastica, 38-39 



Field corn, 297 



Flats, 220 



Flea beetles, 251, 255, 266, 288, 299, 

 303 



Fleur-de-lis, 116 



Flower, fertilizing organs, 33 



Flower garden, planning, 73-74 



Flowering almond, easily grown, 

 151 ; related to peach and apricot, 

 151 ; varieties, 151 



Flowering currant, pests, 151 ; varie- 

 ties, 151 



Flowering maple, 45 



Flowers, double, 33 ; wild, bed for, 63 



Formalin, 206, 287, 297 



Forsythia, an early bloomer, 152 ; 

 known as Fortune's golden bell, 

 152 ; pruning, 152-153 



Forsythia suspensa, 152 



Four-o'clock (Mirabilis), 72, 79-80; 

 culture, 80 ; description, 79-80 



Foxglove, good plant for border, 

 113 ; sowing seeds, 113 



Frau Karl Druschki rose, hardy, 175 



Fruit trees, 64 ; arrangement, 181 ; 

 grafting (cleft and whip), 182-184 ; 

 instead of shade trees, 64 ; protec- 

 tion from wind, 181; varieties 

 (apple, 181, 184-187 ; cherry, 181, 

 189; peach, 181, 187-188; pear, 

 187 ; plum, 188 ; quince, 188) 



Fruits, small, 190-196 



Fuchsia, 31, 43-45 ; care, 43-44 ; 

 propagation, 44-45 ; trailing, 31 



Fungous growth, 297 



Fungus, 205 



Gaillardia, 72, 80-81 ; adapted to 

 borders, 80 ; culture, 80 ; for porch 

 boxes, 81 



