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Cannas Continued. 



French and orchid-flowered va- 

 rieties should be started in the 

 house, 147. 



Frozen portions should be re- 

 moved, 185. 



Grow from seeds as easily, 

 cheaply, and as soon as from 

 bulbs, 141. 



Hints for planting and potting, 

 142. 



Italia, 15. 



Most convenient place for start- 

 ing bulbs, 148. 



Orchid-flowered Cannas difficult 

 to winter, 186. 



Papa, 15. 



Planting in baskets, 147. 



Proper soil for, 18. 



Queen Charlotte, 15. 



Roots to be saved should be dried 

 in the sun, 186. 



Seeds should be filed before 

 planting, 141. 



Should be wintered in a dry cel- 

 lar, 186. 



Storing of tubers, 186. 



Suitable soil for, 142. 



Time for sowing seed, 142. 



Time for starting, 147. 

 Canterbury -bells, cold-frames 



useful to protect, 37. 

 Carnation-frames, 72. 

 Carnation support, an easily 



made, 72. 



Carnations, 39, 40, 61, 70-72, 

 76, 205, 250. 



Giant of California, 70. 



Growing winter plants, 72. 



How to perpetuate any variety, 



7i. 

 Keeping for winter blooming and 



for second year, 71. 

 Keeping free from insects, 72, 



73- 



Layerings valuable for, 61. 

 Marguerite, 70. 



Carnations Con tin ued. 



Methods employed by florists to 

 produce long-stemmed vari- 

 eties, 71. 



Most easily grown of all house- 

 plants, 70. 



Planting and varieties of, 70. 

 Castor-oil Bean, 144. See Ri- 



cinus. 



Centrosema (Butterfly Pea), 130. 

 Beautiful plant when in bloom, 



I3i- 

 Charming vine for north or east 



window, 94. 

 Hard to propagate from seed, 



130- 



Slender growth but hardy, 132. 

 Transplanting and watering, 131. 

 Treatment of seeds before sow- 

 ing, 130, 131. 

 Chalcedonica Lychnis, hardy 



white flower, 198. 

 Chameleon Nasturtium, HI. 

 Charcoal for preserving As- 

 ters, 100. 



Chicago Cannas, 15. 

 Chicken fences, how to make, 



251, 252. 

 Chicken netting, for use in the 



hotbed, 37. 



Chickens should not be al- 

 lowed in the garden, 251. 

 Chionodoxa, 191. 

 Christ and the Apostles. See 



Crinum Scabrum. 

 Chrysanthemum F 1 o we red 



Aster, 99. 

 Chrysanthemum lice, remedy 



for, 248. 

 Chrysanthemums, 126. 



Keeping free from insects, 127. 

 Planting out and cultivating, 126. 

 Potting and boxing, 127. 

 Treatment of branches, 126. 

 Cigar-boxes, convenient for rais- 

 ing fine seeds in, 48. 

 Cinder walks, construction of, 9. 



