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INDEX 



Bulbs, the Cape group, 83, 

 86. 



the Dutch group, 83. 



an inexpensive collec- 

 tion, 93 



secret of culture, 84. 



unusual, 127. 



winter storage, 85. 



Cactuses, flowers of, 148. 

 from seeds, 149. 

 ideal growing conditions, 



170. 

 raising, 55, 166. 

 rock, 154. 

 soil for, 167. 

 spineless, 172. 

 tall growing, 150. 

 varieties, 153. 

 vine-like, popular, 152. 

 vitality of, 149. 

 wild and cultivated, 149. 

 Calendar of operations, 

 piazza conservatory, 9, 

 225. 

 Calla, rich soil needed for, 

 127. 

 varieties of, 128. 

 Canna, foliage of, 191. 

 Cape group, description 

 of the, 89. 

 storing, 89. 

 Carnations, how to culti- 

 vate, 138. 

 throughout the winter, 



226. 

 varieties of, 143. 

 Cellar, rooting in cool, 86. 

 Century plant, slow flower- 

 ing, 156. 

 weird flowering eff'ect, I 



157- 



Cherry, Jerusalem, cheap- 

 ness of, 103. 

 described, 40. 

 watering, 41. 

 Charcoal, substitute for 



sand, 24. 

 Cherry pie (heliotrope), 

 ideal window garden 

 plant, 49. 

 Chinese primroses, seeds 



for, 226. 

 Chinese primroses, 226. 

 Due van Thol tulips, 86. 

 forcing by ether, 217. 

 freesias, 89, 228. 

 geraniums, 98. 

 narcissus, 86. 

 nasturtiums, 44. 

 red berries, 40, loi. 

 red peppers, 103. 

 Roman hyacinths, 86. 

 Skimmia Japonica, 102. 

 stevia, 100. 

 Christmas flowers, bouvar- 



dia, the, 64. 

 Chrysanthemums, black 

 aphis pest, 145. 

 care of, 143. 

 lifting, 226. 

 Clivia, an evergreen bulb, 



132. 

 Coal ashes, substitute for 



sand, 24. 

 Coal gas, injurious to house 



plants, 75. 

 Compost heap, fall and 

 spring treatment, 19. 

 loam for, 18. 

 Cotyledon Echeveria, beau- 

 ty of leaves, 163 

 Cow manure, the best fer- 

 tilizer, 74 



