INDEX 



Chrysanthemums, young, 50 ; cutting 

 of {illustrated), 51 ; for borders, 

 143; planting, 203; select early, 204; 

 potting, 255 ; prize, 261 ; crown 

 buds {illustrated), 289, 302, 315 ; 

 terminals {illustrated), 328 ; bush, 



336 ; disbudding bush {illustrated), 



337 ; housing and grouping {illus- 

 trated), 348 ; silections of, 394, 

 395. 396 



Cmeranas, 25, 176, 255, 292, 349 



Climbers, 180 



Clivias, 95 



Coleuses, 202 



Colewort, 258 



Conifers, 381 



Corn salad, 320 



Crocuses, 359 



Crown imperials, 359 



Crotons, 190 



Cucumbers, 59, 158, 194, 320, 341 ; 



in frames {illustrated), 259 

 Currants, pruning {illustrated), 34, 



35 ; select, 85 ; summer pruning, 



293. 307 ; big bud on {illustrated), 



403 

 Cyclamens, 215,315 



Daffodils, lifting and dividing, 291 ; 

 in boxes {illustrated), 216 ; potting, 

 316; planting in grass {illustrated), 

 359 ; select, 361 



Dahlias, propagating {illustrated), 

 120 ; select, 204 ; planting, 255 ; 

 staking {illustrated), 305 ; in bloom, 

 329 ; lifting {illustrated), 349 



Damsons, pruning, 38 



Dracaenas, 190 ; striking tops (illus- 

 trated), 330 



Edging plant, a pretty, 97 



Egg plants. Capsicums, and Chilies, 



158 

 Endive, 158, 312 

 Epiphyllums, grafting {illustrated), 



392 

 Eucharises, 95 

 Evergreens, pruning {illustrated). 



401 



Ferns, 133, 277 



Figs, 103, 308, 331 



Flowers, principal kinds raised from 

 seed, 10 ; hardy from seed, 230 ; 

 gathering, 274 



Freesias {illustrated), 303, 316 



Frost and its effects, 66 



Fruit, pruning, 27 ; root pruning 

 {illustrated), 31, 355 ; fan trees 

 {illustratea), 32, 33 ; trained, 54 ; 

 espalier {illustrated), 56 ; spraying, 

 65, 207 ; planting, 80 ; staking 

 {illustrated), 82 ; grafting, 154 ; 

 thinning {illustrated), 266; sum- 

 mer pruning {illustrated), 266, 293 ; 

 silver leaf, 280 ; budding, 306 ; 

 gathering, 318, 332, 339 ; pruning 

 large trees {illustrated). 333 ; stor- 

 ing' 369 ; repotting {illustrated), 

 371 ; on north walls, 387 ; winter 

 wash for, 404 



Fuchsias, starting and propagating, 

 176 ; stopping {illustrated), 261 ; 

 after flowering, 376 



Gardening year, when to begin, I 



Geraniums, Zonal and Ivy-leaved, 

 77 ; for winter, 304 ; stopping 

 {illustrated), 317 ; for bedding, 

 351 ; in winter, 377 ; select, 396 



Gladioli, planting, 192 ; staking {il- 

 lustrated), 304 ; lifting {illustrated), 

 .359 . 



Gloxinias from seed, 24 ; from tubers 

 {illustrated), 24, 25 



Glory of the Snow, 359 



Gooseberries, pruning {illustrated), 

 35, 36; select, 84; caterpillars on, 

 279 ; mildew on, 279 ; summer 

 pruning, 293, 307 



Gourds and pumpkins, 159 



Grafting fruit trees, 154, 216 



Grapes, early indoor, 38, 104, 398 ; 

 thinning {illustrated), 256 ; keep- 

 .y^g. 332, 370; Muscat, 339; shank- 

 ing. 370 



Greenhouses and conservatories, 

 plants for, 17 ; span-roof {illus- 

 trated), 382 ; lean-to, 383 ; heating, 

 383 



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