The Profitable Culture of Vegetables. 



445 



Calcium carbonate, 14, 15, 27. 



Calico and paper shields, 134. 



Canker, bean pod, 424. 



Capital required for French garden- 

 ing, 66 ; for small holding, 39. 



Carbon bi-sulphide, 403. 



Cardoons, 173. 



Carrot fly, 420. 



Carrots, 58, 96,99, 100, 104, 112, 113, 

 117, 123, 131, 136, 174; forcing, 93, 

 95, 97, 98, 101, 106, 175 ; early crops 

 from the open, 176; main-crops, 

 177; lifting and storing, young 

 roots in autumn, 178; to pack for 

 market, 389. 



Castor seed meal, 29. 



Caterpillars, surface, 412. 



Cauliflower, 58, 85, 95, 96, 98, 99, 

 100, 101, 106, 110, 112, 114, 115, 116, 

 180; sowing, 180; protection in 

 winter, 181 ; planting, 182 ; culti- 

 vation, manures, varieties, 183 ; 

 to pack for market, 389. 



Celery, 58, 96, 100, 101, 104, 105, 106, 

 113, 114, 184 ; sowing, 184-5 ; plant- 

 ing, 185, 187 ; preparation of tren- 

 ches, 186 ; general treatment, 188 ; 

 earthing-up, 188; the broad bed 

 system English and French 189, 

 191 ; blanching on broad beds, 190, 

 192; storing and blanching late 

 crops in frames 192, in cellars 

 194 ; marketing, manures, varieties, 

 195 ; to pack for market, 390. 



Celery and parsnip fly, 421 ; leaf 

 diseases, 425. 



Celeriac, 100, 101, 105, 196; to pack 

 for market, 390. 



Centipedes, 410. 



Chards, 143. 



Chafer beetles, 407. 



Chervil, 212. 



Chicory, 100, 101, 105, 139, 197; to 

 pack for market, 390. 



Chives, 212. 



Clay soils, 24 ; effect of lime on, 14, 

 52 ; effect of nitrate of soda on, 28 ; 

 ' drainage of, 9. 



Cloches, 68, 73, 81, 88, 101, 105, 122, 

 133; method of using, with dia- 

 grams, 75, 97 ; to store or repair, 75. 



Cloche carrier, 73 ; peg, 74. 



Classification of soils, 6. 



Club root or anbury, 426. 



Cold frames, construction of, 132, 

 342-4; uses of, 98, 101, 131, 345. 



Cold frames covered with paper or 

 calico, 123. 



Coleworts or collards, 57, 113, 116, 

 198 ; to pack for market, 390. 



Composition of soils, 6, 16 ; plants. 22 ; 

 farmyard manure, 25. 



Compost heap, 27 ; for seed-beds and 

 hot-beds, 84. 



Conditions necessary to success in a 

 small holder, 39. 



Co-operation, 48. 



Cost of fertilizing units, 38. 



Cost of production, 438. 



Cottage gardens and allotments, in- 

 tensive culture on, 109-117. 



Crane fly, 408. 



Cress, mustard and, 242. 



Cropping a small holding, 53-59. 



Cucumber and melon mildew, rot, 427 



Cucumbers, frame, 95, 99, 101, 105, 

 129, 130, 200 ; site for frames, 200 ; 

 sowing, making hot-bed for seed, 

 201 ; management of young plants, 

 202; preparing the beds, 203; 

 planting, training and general 

 management, 204 ; manures, vari- 

 eties, 206 ; to pack for market, 390. 



Cucumbers, ridge, 58, 100, 114, 207; 

 sowing, planting, protection, cul- 

 tivation, 208 ; gathering, varieties, 

 209 ; to pack for market, 391. 



Cultivation, spring, autumn, 19 ; 140. 



Cultivation, manuring, and cropping, 

 rotations of, 50-52. 



Cultivation of soils, deep, 10. 



Cultivation of vegetables, details of 

 the, 141-365. 



Cultures, nitro-bacterine, 17. 



Cupram, 406. 



Daddy long-legs or crane fly, 408. 



December reminders, general oper- 

 ations, French gardening, 381. 



Deep cultivation, 10, 140; on clay 

 soils, 12. 



Description of French gardening, 63. 



Details of construction of frames and 

 lights, 69-71. 



Devices for forcing, forwarding, and 

 protecting, 127-139. 



Diagrams of intercropping on allot- 

 ments, 112-116. 



Diamond-backed moth, 409. 



Dibbers, 124 ; how to use, 122. 



Difficulties in the way of a perfect 

 rotation, 51. 



Disease, celery leaf, 425 ; mushroom, 

 428 ; potato, 431 ; potato black scab 

 or wart, 429 ; sclerotium, 434 ; on 

 tomatoes, potato, 435. 



