INDEX. 



381 



Crotona 170 



Crude oil as fuel 376 



Cucumber and melon, diseases 



Of 348 



as a winter crop 198 



for forcing, varieties of.... 205 



planting &ud training 201 



pollination of 203 



Cupram, its preparation and 



use 357 



Cutting bed, the 295 



bed fungus 350 



Cuttings, propagation by 291 



Cyanophyllums 173 



Cyclamen, planting and care 



of 100 



Cytistts 136 



Dahlias, propagation and care, 281 



Damping off. 350 



Dleffenbachias, propagation 



and care of 177 



Diseases and insects of bouse 



plants 263 



of the carnation 328 



of the rose 324 



Of violets 338 



Dractenas, propagation and 



care of 168 



Easter lilies, planting and care 



of 95 



Eel worms 317 



on violets 342 



Electro culture of lettuce 194 



Eulalias, propagation and care 



of 283 



Extract of tobacco 354 



Eye cuttings 297 



Fairy ring spot of carnations.. 334 

 Ferns, propagation and care of, 153 



varieties of 154 



Fertilizers, chemical 362 



Flock in mushrooms 319 



Flowering plants for bedding. 277 

 Foliage plants, the growing of, 274 



Freesias, care of 95 



Fruit trees under glass 253 



Fuel — coal, wood am! oil 376 



Fumigation with hydrocyanic 



acid gas 320 



Fungicides, their preparation 



and use 356 



Funcons diseases of plants 324 



Gardenias 139 



(ins and gasoline as fuel 378 



Gladiolus, forcing of 101 



Grafting, propagation by 301 



wax, preparation of 305 



Grape growing In pots 246 



growing under glass 234 



Grapes, care of vines in winter, 245 

 disbudding and thinnirg... 241 



keeping the fruit 244 



propagating the plants 245 



temperature and ventila- 



I tion 243 



' the border for 234 



the forcing of 244 



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 Crapes, training and pruning.. 239 



under glass, v are of 387 



varieties lor forcing 236 



watering and syringing 242 



Gloxinias, growing of 109 



Grasses, hardy ornamental 283 



Ground bone as a fertilizer.... 362 



Growing bedding plants 274 



Half-hard cutting 299 



Hanging baskets' 271 



Hard cuttings 298 



Hardy plants, forcing of 140 



Hot beds for lettuce 195 



Hot water as an insecticide 355 



House plants, management of, 258 



plants, selection of 265 



Hyacinth, the Roman 90 



Hyacinths, Dutcli and their 



care 91 



planting and care of 88 



water culture of 92 



Hydrangeas, growing in the 



greenhouse 133 



Hydrocyanic acid gas, fumiga- 

 tion with 320 



Insecticides, their preparation 



and use 351 



Insects and diseases of house 



plants 263 



of the greenhouse 308 



Intermediate orchids 121 



Jadoo fiber and liquid 367 



Kalmia, forcing of 141 



Kerosene emulsion 352 



Kinney pump, the 366 



Layering, propagation by 300 



Leaf cuttings 300 



mold of carnations 336 



spot of carnations 331 



spot of violets.. 338 



Leltuce,commercial growing of 186 



diseases of 347 



electro culture of 194 



forcing of in greenhouses.. 182 

 glowing, preparation and 



care of beds 189 



houses for 184 



in hotbeds 195 



packing for market 192 



pot culture of 188 



varieties of-. 184 



Lilacs, forcing of 141 



Lilies, planting and care of 95 



Lily of the valley, planting 



and care of % 



Liquid manure and its prepa- 

 ration 365 



Liver of sulphur 357 



Long cuttings 299 



Manures, soil and watering.... 360 



Marantas 174 



Mealy bugs 315 



Melons, forcing of 211 



Mignonette, disease of 346 



forcing of 149 



Mildew of the encumber 348 



Mushroom, the new 223 



