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INDEX 



Begonias, botanical classification of, 

 326 ; culture of fibrous-rooted, 

 333 ; culture of Rex, 333 ; cul- 

 ture of tuberous-rooted, 331, 332 ; 

 habitat of fibrous-rooted, 333 ; 

 habitat of Rex, 332; habitat of 

 semi-tuberous, 328 ; habitat of 

 tuberous-rooted, 331 ; propaga- 

 tion of fibrous-rooted, 333 ; propa- 

 gation of Rex, 332 ; propagation 

 of semi-tuberous, 328 ; propaga- 

 tion of tuberous-rooted, 331 ; 

 sections of, 326 ; semi-tuberous, 

 328 ; temperature requirements 

 and general culture of semi- 

 tuberous, 329, 330; tuberous- 

 rooted, 331. 



Benches or beds, their location, 84 ; 

 preference for, 84. 



Black aphis, 215, 259. 



Black-spot, classification, microscop- 

 ical nature, reproduction, ecol- 

 ogy, preventives and remedies 

 of rose, 208, 209. 



Blue aphis, 215, 220. 



Boiler houses, 53, 168. 



Boilers, batteries of, 96 ; cast-iron 

 horizontal, 96 ; necessity for 

 clean, 119; sectional, 96; size 

 of, 98. 



Bouquets and designs, methods of 

 packing and shipping, 454. 



Brads for glazing, 79. 



Branch-rot, classification, micro- 

 scopical nature, preventives and 

 remedies of carnation, 211. 



Brick, in hotbed construction, 62. 



British thermal unit; 103. 



Bulbs, for forcing, 404 ; mulching 

 of, 412 ; outdoor planting of, 

 408, 409, 411 ; potting, 406; soil 

 for, 406 ; temperature for, 408. 



Caladiums, botanical classification, 

 characters, habitat, propagation 

 and culture of, 385, 387. 



Calanthes, classification, characters, 

 habitat and culture of, 277, 278. 



Calceolarias, botanical classifica- 



tion of, 318 ; characters, 318 ; cul- 

 ture of, 318, 320, 321 ; habitat of, 

 318 ; propagation of, 318. 



Cambium layer, 135, 138, 174. 



Cannas, botanical classification of, 

 425, 426, 427 ; characters, habi- 

 tat, history and commercial im- 

 portance of, 427 ; propagation 

 and culture of, 427, 428. 



Carbon compounds, 181, 182. 



Carbon dioxide, 140, 145, 146. 



Carnations, botanical classification 

 of, 226 ; branch rot of, 211 ; care 

 of rooted cuttings of, 231 ; cul- 

 tivation of, 235 ; disbudding, 

 236; fairy ring spot of, 211; 

 feeding, 236; field culture of, 

 231; filling benches for, 233; 

 leaf spot on, 209 ; method of 

 packing and shipping, 451 ; 

 method of taking cuttings of, 161, 

 229 ; planting the houses with, 

 235; preparation of house for 

 planting, 233 ; propagation by 

 cuttings, 229 ; propagation by 

 seeds of, 229 ; rust on, 205 ; sup- 

 ports for, 235 ; temperature and 

 moisture requirements for, 236 ; 

 varieties of, 228 ; wet stem rot of, 

 207. ' 



Carpenter shops, 53, 442 ; equip- 

 ment of, 442. 



Cattleyas, classification, characters, 

 habitat and culture of, 278, 280, 

 281. 



Cells, arrangement of, 133 ; bark, 

 135, 138, 139; cambium layer, 

 135, 138, 174 ; character of, 133 ; 

 chloroplasts in, 133 ; chromo- 

 plasts in, 133 ; vascular bundles, 

 135,137; epidermal, 135; func- 

 tions of, 137 ; guard, 135, 139 ; 

 heart wood, 135, 139; leaf, 135; 

 names of, 134, 135; numbers of, 

 133 ; palisade, 136, 140 ; paren- 

 chyma, 136, 141 ; plastids in, 

 133, 141 ; protoplasm in, 133, 

 140, 155; root and stem, 134; 

 storage, 135; walls of, 133. 



