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The Flower Garden 



Bordeaux mixture Continued. 

 As an insecticide, 244. 

 P'ormula for, 249. 

 Borders, exquisite flowers for, 



197, 198. 

 Borers, destroying chrysalis of, 



203. 



Bougainvillea, 209. 

 Bouquet, an ideal, 103. 

 Bracket plants, Thunbergias 



valuable for, in winter, 136. 

 Brackets, use of, increases ca- 

 pacity of window, 208, 209. 

 Bride Aster, 99. 

 Bride Rose, 178. 

 Bruant Geranium, for south and 



west window-boxes, 91. 

 Bryonopsis, 96, 132. 

 Bulbous and tuberous-rooted 



plants, 147. 



Bulbs, for the amateur, 192. 

 For winter blooming, 192. 

 Hardy in Middle States, may 

 not be so in Northern States, 

 191, 192. 



Hints on potting outdoors, 194. 

 Late fall or winter planting of, 

 preferable to spring planting, 

 1 88. 



Of hardy plants, caring and pre- 

 serving, 195. 

 Burbank Cannas, 15. 

 Burpee's Defiance Petunia, 84. 

 Buying seeds, 41-47. 



Cabbage-worm, how to destroy, 



204. 



Caladium esculentum (Ele- 

 phant's Ears), 149. 

 An ideal plant for the amateur, 



149. 

 Native of Sandwich Islands, 



149. 

 Root of, edible, 149. 



Caladium esculentum Con- 

 tinued. 

 Roots should be started in pots, 



149- 



Winter easily and multiply rap- 

 idly, 150. 



Caladiums, 5, 15, 18, 22, 88, 89, 

 93, 149, 150, 151, 185, 186, 

 246. 



Beds of, 5. 



Proper soil for, 18. 

 Caladiums, fancy-leaved 



Caring for, in fall and winter, 151. 



Desirable for window-boxes and 

 for porches, 151. 



Develop their colours best in the 

 shade, 151. 



Flourish in a warm atmosphere, 



I5I- 



Gorgeousness of colour and deli- 

 cacy of growth, 151. 

 Calceolaria, 63, 68, 74. 



Handling and raising, instruc- 

 tions for, 68. 

 Infinite variety of, 68. 

 One of the most easily cultivated 



house-plants, 68. 

 Varieties and easy cultivation of, 



68. 



California Sunflower, 197. 

 Callus, formation of, in cuttings, 



61. 



Camphor Geraniums, 91. 

 Candidums, 182. 

 Candytuft, 46. 



Cannas, 4, 5, 14, 15, 18, 22, 29, 

 no, 121, 141, 142, 145, 147, 

 148, 150, 185, 187. 

 Allemannia, 15. 

 Beds of, should be lower than 



the lawn, 142. 



Best way of handling roots, 147. 

 Black Beauty, 15. 

 Burbank, 15. 

 Care of, 185-187. 

 Chicago, 15. 

 Florence Vaughan, 15. 



