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INDEX 



for cold greenhouse, 467, 468 ; in town 

 gardens, 393 ; places to put, 85, 86 



Bullaces, in small orchard, 328 



Buphthalmum speciosum, 449 



Burning Bush, the, 450 



Butomus umbellatus, 64 



Buttercup, Bermuda, the, 150 



Buxus balearica, 215 



CABBAGES, a selection of, 444 ; Red, 366 ; 



Savoy, 445 ; various kinds of, 365, 366 

 Cacti for amateurs, 71 ; for outdoors, 74 

 Caesalpinia japonica, 215 

 Caladiums, 476 



Calceolaries for the greenhouse, 151 

 Calendulas, in variety, 408 

 Calla, 151 ; palustris, 64 

 Calliopsis, the, 408 

 Callistemon Salignus, 150, 151 

 Calochorti, the, and their culture, 86, 87 

 Caltha palustris, 472 

 Calycanthuses, the, 215 

 Calystegia pubescens fl. pi., 75 

 Camassia esculenta, 87, 449 ; Leichtlini, 



87 



Camellias, in the greenhouse, 151 



Campanula isophylla and i. alba, 152; Mayi, 

 152 ; Medium from seed, 9 ; persicifolia 

 and varieties, 152 ; pyramidalis, 152 



Campanulas, Alpine, 416 



Candytufts, 408 ; for the rock-garden, 417 



Cannas, in the greenhouse, 152 



Canterbury Bells, from seed, 152 



Caraganas, the, 216 



Cardoons, 367 



Carex, 152 



Carnation, the, 47 



Carnations, Bizarre, 52, 53 ; Border, 48, 49, 

 51 ; diseases of, 56 ; Fancy, the best, 51 ; 

 Flaked, 52, 53 ; insect pests affecting, 

 56, 57; Malmaison, culture and selec- 

 tion, 54 ; propagating, 50 ; by layering, 

 34, 35 ; Tree or Perpetual Flowering, 55 ; 

 propagation of, 55 



Carpenteria californica, 216 



Carrots, the best, 444 ; of various kinds, 



367 



Caryoptens mastacanthus, 217 



Cassandra calyculata, 216 



Cassinia fulvida, 216 



Castor-oil plant, 153, 162 ; in the green- 

 house, 162 



Catalpa bignonioides and varieties, 216 ; 

 cordifolia (speciosa), 216 



Catananche casrulea, 449 



Catchfly, the, for rock-garden, 419 



Caterpillars that live between the skins of 

 the leaf, 348 



Cat's Ear, the, 415 



Cauliflowers, notes about, 444 ; of various 

 kinds, 368 



Ceanothuses, the, 217 



Cedar, Deodar, the, 472 ; Japan, the, 473 ; 

 of Lebanon, the, 472 ; Red, the, 473 



Cedrus Deodara, 472 ; Libani, 472 



Celastrus articulatus, 75 



Celeraic, 370 



Celery, culture of, 369 ; varieties of and 



culture, 444 

 Celosias, 153, 408 

 Celsia Arcturus, 153 ; cretica, 153 

 Centaurea Cyanus, 409 

 Centaureas, 449 



Centipedes, usefulness of, in gardens, 350 

 Century Plant, 153 

 Cerasus lusitanica, 217 

 Cercis Siliquastrum, 217 

 Cereus, 72 



Chart, gardening, a, 408 

 Cheiranthus alpinus, 416 

 Chelone Lyoni, 450 ; obliqua, 450 

 Cherries in pots, 332 ; the best, 441 ; for 



garden planting, 238 

 Cherry, Bird, European, the, 238 ; blossom, 



the beauty of, 327 ; Cornelian, the, 219 ; 



double white, 238 ; Mahaleb, 238 ; 



Morello and other kinds, 441 

 Cherry pie, 153 ; Winter, the, 162 

 Chicory, 370 



Chimonanthus fragrans, 76, 218 

 Chionanthus virginicus, 218 

 Chionodoxa grandiflora, 87 ; Luciliae, 87 ; 



Luciliie for rock-garden, 416 ; sardensis, 



87, 416 



Choisya ternata, 218 

 Chorozema, the, 153 



Chrysanthemum frutescens, in the green- 

 house, 158 ; maximum, 450 ; various 



classes of the, 167 

 Chrysanthemums, about buds and their 



development, 175, 176 ; annual, 409 ; 



from cuttings, 167-170 ; early-flowering, 



436 ; first repotting of, 171 ; incurved, 



435 I Japanese, for decorations, 435 ; 

 for outdoors, 436 ; Japanese Anemone, 



436 ; Japanese, the best for exhibition, 

 435 ; large Anemone, 436 ; Pompon, 

 for outdoors, 436 ; Pompon Anemone, 

 436 ; reflexed, 436 ; selections of, for 

 various purposes, 435 ; single, 436 ; 

 thread-petalled, 435 ; treatment of, 

 throughout the year, 172-177 ; young 

 plants, treatment of, 171 



Cinerarias, in the greenhouse, 153 ; hybrid, 

 .the, 153 



Cistuses, Gum, the, 218 



Citrus trifoliata, 218 



Clarkias, 409 



Clematis, indivisa and lobata, in the green- 

 house, 154 



Clematises, the, 76 ; dying off, 77 



Clerodendron Balfouri, 476 ; trichotomum, 

 219 



Clethra alnifolia, 219 



Climbers, annual, 465 ; hardy, 75 ; in town 

 gardens, 394 ; plants for cold greenhouse, 



Cobaea scandens, 154 



Cockchafer, common, destroying grubs of, 



347 



Cockscombs, 154, 409 

 Cocoanut-fibre refuse, value of, 137 

 Colchicum autumnale, 88 ; Parkinsoni, 88 ; 



Sibthorpi, 88 ; speciosum, 88 



