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Cinerarias, 48, 58, 62, 63, 69, 



143, 208- . 

 Care in raising in summer and 



winter, 69. 



Colours and varieties of, 69. 

 Treatment of, for preserving 



through winter, 69, 70. 

 Clara Bedman Sal via, 121. 

 Clematis (Virgin's Bower), 65, 



137-139, 203, 252. 

 Caring for and protecting in win- 

 ter, 138. 

 Cosmos borer destructive to, 



247. 



Flammula, 138, 198. 

 Jackmanni, 138. 

 Leaves protect roots in winter, 



207. 



Mrs. Edward Andre, 138. 

 Most expensive vines to buy, 



137- 



Paniculata, 138. 

 Planting and raising, 137. 

 Potting, 137. 

 Raising from seed cheapest way 



of obtaining them, 137. 

 Ramona, 138. 

 Trimming plants, 139. 

 Clothing, suitable, necessary for 

 comfort for working in the 

 garden, 257. 

 Clover-root, 65. 

 Coal -ash walks, construction of, 



9- 



Cobcea San Salvador, 130. 

 Admirable for covering old trees, 



130. 



Cling to stone and brick, 130. 

 Foliage of, 130. 

 Manner of growth, 130. 

 Starting seed, 130. 

 Cobaea scandens (Cup-and-Sau- 



cer Vine), 129. 

 Desirable summer vine, 129. 

 Height and bloom of, 129. 

 Position of, in the hotbed, 35. 

 Cocci nea Hibiscus, 108. 



Coccinea Indica, foliaged fancy 



gourd, 96. 



Coix lachryma, 16. 

 Cold-frame, the, 37, 38. 

 Drainage of, in winter, 38. 

 For growing Gloxinias and root- 

 ing cuttings, 37. 

 For sowing Pansy- seed, 37. 

 How made, 37. 

 Protection of, at night, 38. 

 Useful to protect beds of tender 



perennials, 37. 

 Coleus, 4, 5, 15, 46, 58, 59, 89, 



92, 142, 143, 151. 

 Cuttings, treatment of, 59. 

 Indispensable in ornamental bed- 

 ding, 142. 



Must not bloom, 46. 

 Period of germination, 143. 

 Pinching and watering, 143. 

 Raised from seed, 142. 

 Sensitive to cold, 143. 

 Suitable soil for, 143. 

 Colours, harmony of, in flower- 

 beds, ii. 



Columbine, 104, 105. 

 Time for sowing seed, 104. 

 Transplanting, 104. 

 Common names of flowers, 



217-233. 

 Compost, composition of fine 



and rough, 51. 



Compost heap, use for, 203. 

 Cope's Favourite Ageratum, 



119. 

 Corn Fodder, winter protection 



for flowers, 206. 

 Cosmos, 44, 103, 203. 



Cut flowers of, popularity of, 103. 



Early flowering varieties only 



should be grown in the North, 



103. 



Excellent way of growing them, 



104. 

 Fresh seed necessary every other 



year, 104. 

 How to advance their bloom, 103 



