INDEX. 



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Carnations, to force into early bloom, 



106, 179, 31-2 



compost for best kinds, 290 



Carrots, 21, 132, 189, 207, 321, 378, 



379, 409, 433 



to preserve for winter use, 557 



Cascades, 68 



Cassia, hardy sorts, 79 



chama'crista, 352 



marilandica, 354, 470 



Catalogue of Kitchen Garden esculent 



plants and herbs, 594 



of aromatic, pot, and sweet 



herbs, 597 



of plants cultivated for medi- 

 cinal purposes, 598 



of grasses and other plants 



used in farming. 599 



Catalpa-tree, 270^ 302 

 Catchflv, perennial, 158, 300 



Lobel's, 299, 352 



double, 501 



Caterpillars on fruit trees, to destroy 



388 

 Caterpillar plant, 299, 352 

 Cauliflowers, care of autumn sown 



plants, 20, 126, 183, 515, 555, 576 

 sowing seed of, in winter and 



spring, and subsequent treatment of 



the plants, 20, 126, 127, 183, 316 

 early planting of, under bell 



or hand-glasses, 183 



time and method of planting 



the principal crop, 315 



sowing seed for late or winter 



flowering, 316, 371 



defending the flowers from sun 



and wet, 371, 406 



— planting late, 371, 406, 432 

 the proper time in autumn to 



sow, 482 



winter preservation of full 



grown plants, 557 



best method of procuring good 



Cauliflowers in the southern states, 



515 

 Caves, rural, 72 

 Cedar, red, 149,265,338 



of Lebanon, 59, 273, 338 



white, 272, 338 



Celandine, 205 



Celeriac, or turnip-rooted celery, 190, 



557 

 Celery, 130, 190, 322, 379. 107, 433, 



461,480 

 Id raise early, in the open 



ground, 322 



i" preset ve fur winter use, 557 



Celsias, 363 

 Centaureas, 363 



Chamomile, double, L58, 205, 301, 



470, 521 

 Chelone glabra, 351, 170 

 Cherry-tree, 27, 136, 211, 215, 525,563 

 double flowering, 106, 163, 301 



Chervil, 198, 325, 383, 480 

 Chestnut, Spanish, or sweet, 45,233, 



270,311,535 

 Chironias, 79 

 Chrysanthemum, 425 

 Chrysocoma, 363 

 Christmas-rose, 502 

 Chives, 197, 324, 523 

 Cineraria lanata, 453 

 Cinerias, 363 

 Cistuses, 59, 363 

 Citron-tree, 473 

 Clary, 206 

 ( !leome, 353 

 Clethra, 301 

 Clinopodium, 354 

 Clumps of trees and shrubs, 69 

 Cock's-combs, 298, 363, 425 

 Codlins, 528 



Colchicum, 79, 396, 417, 469 

 Collecting seeds, 43s 



plants, 79, 170 



Columbine, 158. 300 



Colutea, 363 



Composition, Forsyth's, 224 



Barnes's, 226 



Compost for Carnations and Pinks, 296 

 for Auriculas and Polvan- 



thuses, 348 



for Cyclamens, 418 



for Pine-apples, 456 



for Tulips, 538 



— for Hyacinths, 540 



for Ranunculuses and Ane- 



mones, 542, 543 



■ for the generalitv of Green and 



Hot-House plants, 511 

 Comptonia asplenifolia,301 

 Conservatory, 84 

 Convolvuluses, 299, 352 

 Coreopsis, 79, 354, 355, 426 

 Coriander, 198, 325, 383 

 Cork-tree, 378 

 Corn, Indian, 371 

 Cornsalad, 464. 480, 554 

 Coronilla, 362, 363, 428 

 Corrosive solution, 111 

 Cottages, rural, 71 

 Cotyledons, 5 is 



Crab and Apple-tree hedges, 566 

 Crassulas, 359 

 Crocuses, spring, 79, 163, 396, 417, 469, 



503, 544 



autumnal, 396, 417. 469 



Crown Imperials, 79, 396, 417, 445, 



169, 503, 54 I 

 sowing seed of. 469 



Ciicubalus stellatus, 354, 170 

 Cucumbers, in hot-beds, 11, 14, 116, 

 121, 180, 182,314,367 



seedling beds for, 12 



Stopping or lopping, 120 



impregnating the female flow- 

 ers of, 181 

 in the Hot-House, 105, 170,593 



