480 



INDEX 



Canterbury bell, 60 



Carnation, 209 ; varieties, 210 ; split 

 calyx., 212 ; layering, 214 ; seed, 

 214; (perpetual flowering). 436; 

 varieties, 437 



Carrots, 387 



Cauliflower, 413 



Ceanothus, 88 



Celery, 388-390 



Celery fly, 287 



Celosia, 72 



Celsia, 72 



Centaurea, 117 



Cerasus (laurel), 89 



Chestnut (horse), 87 ; (red), 87 



Chronological table of gardening opera- 

 tions, 453 



Chrysanthemum, 193 ; propagation by 

 cuttings, 196 ; potting on, 200, 

 201 ; " pinching out," 203 ; watering 

 and feeding, 204 ; housing, 206 ; 

 culture of outdoor early varieties, 

 207 



Chionodoxas, 23, 81, 8a 



Cinerarias, 437 



Cistus, 88 



Clark i a, 117 



Clary, 117 



Clematis, 102, 103 



Climbers, 94 ; annuals, 93, 96, 97, 98 ; 

 evergreen, 98, 99 



Cobaea scandens, 72, 97, 122 



Cockchafer grub, 283 



Colchicums, 81 



Coleus, 438 ; how to pnine, 438 



Cole wort, 413 



Collomia, 117 



Columbine (aquilegia),6o 



Convolvulus, 96, 97. 117 



Coreopsis, 60, 117 



Cornflower, 117 



Coronilla iberica, 80 



Cotoueaster. 80, 90 . 



Creeper, Virginia, 104 



Crocus, 241 



Crown Imperials, 23 



Currants, 336, 337 



Currants, flowering, 89 



Cuttings, soil for, 297 ; how to take, 

 299 ; preparation of, 301 ; soft 

 wooded plants, 303 



Cyclamen, 23, 79, 126, 440 



Cytisus, 88 



DAHLIA, 72, 184 ; varieties, 184, 183, 

 186, 187 ; propagation, 187 ; lifting, 

 191. 193 



Daisy, Shasta, 61 ; Michaelmas, 61, 62 



Delphinium, 60 



Deutzia, 88 



Dianthus, carnea, 79 



Digging, 43 



Digitalis (foxglove). 60 



Doronicum, 60 



Draba, 79 



Dracaena, 440 



ECCREMOCARPUS, 97 



Elder, 87 



Epacris, 442 



Erica, 80, 88 



Erythroniums (dog's tooth violets), 23, 



81,84 



Eschscholtzia, 117 

 Eucalyptus, 72 

 Euonymus, 89, 90 

 Evening primrose (CEnothera), 61, 113, 



117 



F 



FERNS, for shade, 23, 442 



Flowers, from seed, 109 



Flower-pots, sizes of, 422 



Foxglove, 60 



Forsythia, 88 



Frames, 293-294 ; simple method 01 



heating, 473 

 Fruit trees, planting, 317-323 ; pruning, 



324-331 ; bush fruits, 332 

 Fremontea, 88 



