INDEX 



457 



Character of community, 45. 



Chionodoxas, botanical classifica- 

 tion, characters, habitat and cul- 

 ture of, 416, 417. 



Chrysanthemums, anemones, 255 ; 

 botanical classification of, 253 ; 

 benches for, 260 ; classification 

 as to time of blooming, 256 ; 

 classification as to types of 

 bloom, 254, 255, 256; classifica- 

 tion as to types of plants, 256, 

 257 ; commercial cut flowers of, 

 258; "crown" buds on, 263; 

 disbudding indoor, 263 ; disbud- 

 ding outdoor, 265 ; feeding, 262, 

 265 ; filling benches for, 260 ; gen- 

 eral culture of potted, 257 ; in- 

 curved, 255 ; insects on, 215 ; 

 Japanese, 253 ; leaf spot on, 209, 

 210 ; methods of packing for ship- 

 ment, 451 ; outdoor culture of, 

 263, 264, 265 ; planting, 260, 261, 

 264 ; plants trained to a single 

 stem, 257, 258 ; present-day vari- 

 eties of, 253 ; pompon, 255 ; 

 potted plants of, 257 ; potting 

 cuttings of, 259 ; prolonging the 

 season of bloom of, 265 ; propa- 

 gation of, 258, 264 ; singles, 255 ; 

 soil and its preparation for, 259, 

 260 ; spidery, 256 ; staking out- 

 door, 264 ; standard, 257 ; syring- 

 ing, 261; "terminal" buds on, 

 263 ; topping, 262 ; tying, 263 ; 

 varieties of anemone, 254 ; varie- 

 ties of exhibition, 253 ; varieties 

 of hardy, 254 ; varieties of pom- 

 pon, 254 ; varieties of singles, 

 254 ; watering, 261, 265. 



Cibotium, botanical classification, 

 characters and habitat of, 364. 



Cinerarias, botanical classification, 

 characters, habitat, propagation 

 and culture of, 321, 322. 



Cions, rose grafting, 173, 174, 175. 



Codieums, botanical classification, 

 characters, habitat, commercial 

 importance, propagation and cul- 

 ture of, 389, 390. 



Coelogynes, classification, charac- 

 ters, habitat and culture of, 281, 

 282. 



Coldframes, their location and con- 

 struction, 63 ; management of, 

 129, 130. 



Cold storage rooms for cut flowers, 

 34, 53, 442. 



Coleocasias, 385. 



Columns, angle iron, 81 ; pipe, 82. 



Commission houses, business man- 

 agement of, 28, 30, 31 ; distances 

 shipped by, 27, 31, 32 ; history of, 

 25, 26, 27, 28 ; materials sold by, 

 30, 31 ; percentage received for 

 sales in, 30 ; transportation 

 charges not paid by, 31 ; work- 

 ing staff in, 30. 



Composting soils, 189 ; material 

 used in, 192. 



Concrete, benches, 44 ; for founda- 

 tions, 72 ; forms for, 72 ; method 

 of mixing and placing, 72 ; side- 

 walls of, 74 ; standard mixture of, 

 62 ; use for hotbeds and cold 

 frames, 60, 62. 



Conservatory plants, 1. 



Construction, contract vs. home, 87 ; 

 cost of, 86, 89 ; improvement in, 

 46 ; steel frames in, 47. 



Contact poisons, 215, 225. 



Cooperative flower markets, area 

 of shipment to, 35 ; Boston, 32 ; 

 dividends in, 35 ; duties of man- 

 ager in, 35 ; history of, 32 ; mar- 

 ket hours in, 34 ; method of auc- 

 tioning stalls in, 34 ; qualifica- 

 tions for renting stalls in, 32, 34 ; 

 rent received for stalls in, 34; 

 rules governing stall renters in, 

 34 ; size of stalls and arrange- 

 ment in, 34. 



Cordylines, botanical classification, 

 characters, habitat, propagation 

 and culture of, 380, 381. 



Cost, of construction, 85, 86, 88; 

 of concrete hotbeds, 62 ; of equip- 

 ment, 88, 89 ; of maintenance, 

 90 ; of mats, 64 ; of sashes, 64 ; 



