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GENERAL INDEX. 



Common acacia, see Robinia. 



Common dragon, arum dracunculus. 



Comocladia, maiden-plum, trian. monog. and tere- 

 bintaceae, S. tr. \V. Ind. which grow in loam and 

 peat, and ripened cuttings in sand under a bell- 

 glass in moist heat will strike root. 



Compatetti, Andrea, Lis works on gardening, page 

 1128. A.ti. 1798. 



Compost, composed soil, or composed dung ; a 

 mixture of earths, or of earths and manures, or 

 of manures alone, and hence the terms compost- 

 soil, and compost-manure ; to collect and form, 

 1977. 



Compost-ground, a place for laying and preparing 

 composts, 1984. 



Comptonia, monoac. trian. and amentaceas, a H. tr. 

 N. Amer. which thrives best in peat soil, and is 

 increased by layers. 



Coniferous trees, their culture and management, 

 6983. 



Conium, hemlock, pentan. dig. and umbeUiferea?, 

 a G. tr. and H. bien. and an. Eur. C. B. S. and 

 Barbary, which grow in any soil, and are in- 

 creased by seeds. 



Connoisseurs of gardening, "408; their garden 

 arrangements, 7429. 



Conocarpus, button-tree, pentan. monog. and com- 

 bretaceae, S. tr. W. Ind. which thrive well in 

 loam and peat, and cuttings root in sand under a 

 hand-glass in heat. 



Conservatory, a habitation for ornamental plants 

 of moderate temperature, in which the greater 

 part are planted in beds or borders of soil, and 

 allowed to attain a considerable size, 6174. 



Constantinople, gardens of, 308. 



Consumption in plants, 900. 



Contortion in plants, 898. 



Contracting gardeners, or new-ground workmen, 

 7389. 



Contrajerva root, dorstenia contrajerva. 



Convallaria, lily of the valley, hexan. monog. and 

 smilacea?, a H. peren. Brit, of easy culture. 



Convolvulus, hind-weed, pentan. monog. and con- 

 voivulacea?, tr. peren. and an. Eur. and Amer. 

 of all the departments of culture, mostly twiners, 

 which grow readily in any soil, and are increased 

 by the roots or seeds, and some by cuttings in sand. 



Convolvulus batatas, the Spanish or sweet potatoe, 

 6026. 



Convolvulus reptans, a spinage plant in China, 

 6037. 



Convolvulus soldanella, 4313. 



Conyza, fleabane, syngen. polyg. super, and corym- 

 bltereae, tr. peren. and an. Eur. As. Amer. of all 

 the departments which grow freely in loam and 

 peat, and are increased by cuttings or seeds. 



Cook, Moses, a gardening author, page 1101. A. D. 

 1676. 



Cookia, wampee-tree, decan. monog. and auran- 

 tiae, a S. tr. China, which thrives well in sandy 

 loam, and ripened cuttings not deprived of any of 

 their leaves, root in sand under a hand-glass in 

 moist heat. 



Coombe Abbey, Warwickshire, 7572. 



Coombe Lodge, a seat in Oxfordshire, 7558. 



Coopersale, a seat in Essex, 7541. 



Copaifera, balsam of capevi, decan. monog. and le- 

 guminosea?, a S. tr. S. Amer. which prefers a 

 sandy loam, and ripened cuttings root in sand 

 under a hand-glass. 



Copford Hall, Essex, 7542. 



Copgrove, a seat in Yorkshire, 7582. 



Copped Hall, Essex, 7542. 



Coppice-wood, or copse-wood (from couper, to cut, 

 Fr.) ; woods which may be cut periodically, 6897. 



Copse, see Coppice. 



Coptis, polyan. polyg. and ranunculaceae, a H. 

 peren. N. Amer. which grows best in pots and in 

 peat soil, and is increased by dividing at the root. 



Coral-tree, see Erythrina. 



Corallorhiza, gynan. monan. and orchidea?, a H. 

 peren. Scot, which grows best in peat soil, and is 

 increased by seeds. 



Corby Castle, Cumberland, 7593. 



Corchorus, polyan. monog. and tiliaceffi, S. tr. and 

 an. Ind. Amer. which thrive in rich soil, and root 

 readily from young cuttings ; and a H. tr. of 

 easy culture, and which roots from cuttings as 

 readily as the common willow. 



Cordia, pentan. monog. and boragineae, S. tr. and a 

 peren. E. and W. Ind. which grows in loam and 

 peat, and cuttings root freely in sand under a 

 hand-glass in heat 



Coreopsis, syngen, polyg. frustr. and corymbifereo?, 

 S. peren. bien. and an. W. Ind. and Amer. which 

 grow freely in rich light earth, and cuttings root 

 under a hand-glass; and F. and H. peren. of 

 easy culture. 



Coriander, see Coriandrum. 



Coriandrum, coriander, pentan. dig. and umbellife- 

 reae, H. an. Eur. of easy culture. 



Coriandrum sativum, the common coriander, 4222. 



Coriaria, dicec. decan. and , a H. tr. 



S. Eur. of easy culture, increased by layers or 

 suckers. 



Coris, pentan. monog. and primulaceae, a G. bien. 

 S. Eur. of common culture. 



Corispermum, tickseed, monan. dig. and chenopo- 

 dcae, H. an. of common culture. 



Cork botanic garden, 7666. 



Cork-tree, quercus suber. 



Corn-flag, see Gladiolus. 



Cornelian-cherry, cornus mascula. 



Cornucopias, trian. monog. and gramineas, a H. an. 

 Levant, a grass of easy culture. 



Cornus, Georges, a French author on gardening, 

 page 1115. A.D. 1560. 



Cornus, dog-wood, tetran. monog and caprifoleae, 

 H. tr. and peren. Eur. and N. Amer. of easy cul- 

 ture, excepting the two perennial species, which 

 grow best in pots, or in a bed of peat. 



Cornutia, didyn. angios. and verbenaceae, a S. tr. 

 W. Ind. which thrives in loam and peat, and 

 cuttings root in sand under a hand-glass. 



Cornwall, gardens and residences of, 76~01. 



Coronilla, diadel. decan. and leguminoseaa, G. tr. 

 Eur. which thrive well in loam and peat, and 

 increase by cuttings or seeds ; and H. tr. and 

 peren. of common culture. 



Coronopus, wart-cress, tetrad, silic. and crucifereae, 

 H. an. Brit, of easy culture. 



Corraea, octan. monog. and diosmacea*, G. tr. which 

 thrive well in sandy loam and peat ; and ripened 

 cuttings root freely in sand under a bell or hand- 

 glass. 



Corrigiola, strap- wort, pentan. trig, and portulacese, 

 a H. an. Eng. of common culture. 



Corsfield House, Wiltshire, 7597. 



Corthum, I. E. her works on gardening, page 1127. 

 A. D. 1814. 



Cortusa, bear's ear, sanicle, pentan. monog. and 

 primulacea?, a H. peren. Austria, which grows 

 best in pots in loam and peat, and is increased by 

 seeds or dividing at the root. 



Corydalis. diadel. hexan. and papayeracea?, H. peren. 

 Eur. and Amer. which thrive in light, rich soil, 

 and are increased by dividing toe roots, ox by 

 seeds. 



Corylus, nut-tree, moncec. polyan and amentaceae, 

 H. tr. Eur. and N. Amer. 



Corylus avellaua, the common nut-tree, and gar- 

 den-filbert, 4752. 



Corypha, fan-palm, hexan. monog. and palmeae, a 

 S. tr. which grows in light soil and strong moist 

 heat. 



Cosmea, syngen. polyg. frustran. and corymbifereaa, 

 a G peren. and an. Mexico, of common culture. 



Costmary, see Balsamita. 



Costula, syngen. polyg. super, and corymbifereas, 

 S. G. and H. an. C. B. S. of easy culture. 



Costus, monan. monog. and scitaminece, S. peren. 

 India and S. Amer. reedy or marsh plants, in- 

 creased by dividing at the root. 



Cotchell House, Cornwall, 7601. 



Cotta, , his works on gardening, page 1127. 



Cottage, different kinds of, 749. 



Cottage en verger, 7283 ; cottage and garden of 

 laborers, 7294 ; of artificers, 7422. 



Cottage gardens, their management, 7418. 



Cottage orne'e, 7282. 



Cotton, Charles, Esq., a British writer on gardening, 

 page 1101. A.D. 1675. 



Cotton-grass, see Eriophorum. 



Cotton -rose, filago pigmaea. 



Cotton-thistle, see Onopordum. 



Cotton-tree, '-see Gossypium 



Cotyledon, navel-wort,* decan. pentag. and sem- 

 perviveae, G. tr. and a peren. C. B. S. suc- 

 culents of easy culture ; and H. peren. rock- 

 work plants, propagated by seeds or dividing 

 the root. 



Couch-grass, triticum repens. 



Counsellors, or garden-artists, 7400. 



Country-Residences of England, 7512 ; of Wales, 

 7602 ; of Scotland, 7615 ; of Ireland, 7651. 



