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Gardening for Amateurs 



tecting against fog, 26 ; singles, 

 470, 472, 473 ; specimen plants, 

 468 ; staking, 407 ; stopping, 464 ; 

 summer treatment of, 464 ; tak- 

 ing cuttings for big blooms, 459 ; 

 top-dressing, 466 ; treatment of 

 rooted plants, 463 ; when potted, 

 465 



Chrysanthemums, Border, 140, 142, 

 372, 615 ; dividing, 1057 : dozen 

 bushy sorts, dozen sorts for dis- 

 budding, 142 ; early - flowering 

 singles, 142 ; from seed, 143 ; 

 small- flowering Pompons, 142 ; 

 twenty-four varieties, 469 



Chrysobactron Hookeri, 574 



Cimicifuga, 52, 382, 574 ; americana, 

 383 ; cordifolia, 52, 383 ; davu- 

 rica, japonica, 383 ; racemosa, 52, 

 382 ; simplex, 52, 382 



Cineraria, 729 ; sowing seed of, 325 ; 

 Star, stellata, 730 



Cinerarias, Cactus - flowered, 730 ; 

 potting, 457, 658 



Cinquefoil. 375, 394, 610 



Cissus discolor, 856, 859 



Cistus, 896 ; corbariensis, crispus, 

 hirsutus, ladaniferus, laurifolius, 

 Loretii, Monspeliensis, 896 



Citrons as wall plants, 208 



Clarkia, 432, 787 ; elegans, pul- 

 chella, 432 



Clay soil, plants for, 513 



Cleaning up kitchen garden, 756 ; 

 pots, 376 ; rustic work, 42 ; 

 stones or paths covered with green 

 matter, 76 ; vines, 945 



Clematis, 176, 872, 893 ; alpina, 

 campaniflora, 874 ; Cypris, David- 

 iana, 383 ; flammula, 176, 874 ; 

 Florida, 873 ; grata, 874 ; hera- 

 cleaefolia, 383 ; indivisa, 218, 772 ; 

 integrifolia, 383 ; Jackmanii, 176, 

 208, 874 ; lanuginosa, 208, 873 ; 

 montana, 176, 874 ; New Zealand, 

 218, 772 ; orientalis, 874 ; Patens, 

 873 ; Profusion, recta, stans, 

 tuberosa, 383 ; pruning, 1057 ; 

 varieties of, 176, 874 ; Vitalba, 

 872 ; Viticella, 208, 874 



Clematises, for clothing tree stumps 

 566 ; herbaceous, 383 ; in pots, 

 218 ; layering, 794 



Clerodendron, 846, 909 ; a hardv, 

 829 ; Balfouri, 859 ; climbing, 

 856 ; Fargesii, 909 ; fallax, 846 ; 

 foetidum, 829 ; fragrans flore 

 pleno, 847 ; trichotomum, 909 



Clianthus, 732 ; Dampieri, 331, 732 ; 

 puniceus, 732, 860 



Climbing Fumitory, 116 



plants, 1094 ; for clothing old 

 tree stumps, 566 ; for the green- 

 house, 771 ; for the greenhouse 

 and hothouse, pruning, 859 ; for 

 the hothouse, 855 ; from seeds 

 181 ; hardy perennial, 175 ; in 

 greenhouse, 795 ; self -clinging, 661 



Roses, 242 ; best 274 ; pruning, 



247, 504, 706 



shrubs, 871 



Clivia miniata, 502, 732, 822 



Cloche, a simple, 1116 



Clover on lawns, 520 



Club root, 680, 1100; to prevent, 660 



Coal ashes, use of, 780 



Cob nut, 1001 



Coboea scandens, 416, 772 



Cockroaches, 800 



Cocos flexuosa, plumosa, Weddelli- 



ana, 778 

 Cockscomb, 787 

 Codling Moth, 679, 986 



Coelogyne, 803 ; cristata, 331 



Coix lachryma, 44 



Colchicum, 632 ; autumnale, by- 



zantinum, Decaisnei, libanoticum 



speciosum, 633 



Cold frame, for hardy annuals, 108 

 Coleus, 766 ; thyrsoideus, Verschaf- 



feltii, 203 



Collinsia bicolor, 332, 432 

 Collornia coccinea, 432 

 Colour schemes, 664 ; in Sweet Peas 



for table decoration, 550 

 Colt's foot, eradicating, 824 

 Columbine, 52, 134, 604 

 Comfreys, 61 

 Commelina coelestis, 68 

 Composts, 409 ; mixed, 411 ; sub- 

 stances used for, 409 

 Coneflower, 29, 376, 396, 

 Conifers, 887 

 Convallaria majalis, 92 

 Convolvulus, 60, 432, 566 ; major, 



181, 432 ; minor, 432 

 Cordyline, 819 ; australis, 673, 766 ; 



Bruantii, 819 ; indivisa, 673 ; 



stricta, 819 

 Coreopsis, 383, 432 ; annual, 73 ; 



Drummondii, 432 ; grandiflora, 



68, 372, 383 ; lanceolata, 383 ; 



tinctoria, 432 ; verticillata, 383 

 Cornelian Cherry, 901 

 Cornflower, 431 ; blue, 73, 381 ; pe- 

 rennial, 372, 382 

 Corn, Indian, 675, 1075 ; Marigold, 



73 ; Salad, 1071 

 Cornus, florida, macrophylla, 910 ; 



Mas, 901 



Coroiiilla glauca, 732 

 Correa, 784 ; cardinalis, 785 

 Corrugated iron buildings, creepers 



for, 70 

 Cortaderia, argentea, conspicua, 



elegans, jubata, kermesiana, Ren- 



datleri, 673 

 Corydalis cava, cheilanthifolia, exi- 



mia, 606 ; fungosa, 116 ; lutea, 



nobilis, 606 

 Corylus Colurna, 921 

 Corypha australis, 778 

 Cosmea, 433 



Cosmos, 433 ; bipinnatus, 73 

 Cotoneaster, 896 ; angustifolia, 900 ; 



buxifolia, microphylla, thymifolia, 



896 



Cotton Thistle, 120 

 Cotyledon, 759 

 Couve Tronchuda, 1105 

 Crab Apples, 883, 918, 991 

 Crambe, the, 60 

 Crane's Bill, 148, 608 

 Crassula coccinea, lactea, 759 

 Crataegus, 918; Cms -G alii, 919; 



monogyna, 862, 919 ; Oxya- 



cantha, 919 ; pyracantha, 899 

 Creeper, canary, 181 ; Virginian, 566 

 Creepers, on corrugated iron build- 

 ings, 76 ; for step crevices, 40 

 Cress, 1071 ; American or Land, 



1071 ; Mediterranean, 61 ; Rock, 



604 ; Violet, 438 ; Water, 1071 

 Crinum, 633, 732 ; capense, longi- 



folium, 634; Moorei, Powelli, 634, 



732 

 Crocus, 634 ; autumn, 632 ; longi- 



florus, sativus, speciosus, 634 

 Crocuses, autumn-flowering, 635 ; in 



pots, 943 ; on lawns, 71 ; spring 



flowering, winter-flowering, 635 

 Crop rotation, 841 

 Cropping, plan of, 965 

 Crops, thinning, 266 

 Crossandra undulaefolia, 847 

 Cross-fertilisation of Roses, 316 



Croton, 847 



Crowea angustifolia, latifolia, saligna, 



Crown Imperial, 639 



" Crown-bud," 183 



Cryptomeria japonica, 888 



Cuckoo-spit, 314 ; on Hoses, 243 



Cucumber, 683, 956 ; sowing, 80 



Cucumbers, 217, 1071, 1096 ; ridge, 

 218, 1048 



Cucurbita, 181 



Cuphea platycentra, 203 



Cupressus, 888 ; Lawsoniana, 23, 

 8(53, 888 ; lusitanica, 889 ; macro- 

 carpa, nootkatensis, obtusa, pisi- 

 fera, 888 ; sempervirens, 889 



Currant, Black, 991, 1054 ; pruning, 



992 ; bushes, from cuttings, 853, 



993 ; Flowering, !>06 ; Red, 1055 

 Leaf Holier, 123 



Currants, 964 ; Hod and White, 992 ; 

 pruning, 361, 9!>2 



Cut flowers, dispatching, 824 



Cuttings, bud and stem, bulb, 415 : 

 Geranium, 121 ; hard-wooded, 

 414 ; herbaceous, 415 : hints on 

 taking, 104 ; increasing plunts 1>\, 

 414 ; in sand, 182 ; leaf, 415, (iJtli ; 

 Carnations, 180 ; of hardy plants, 

 182 ; of Sal via, 25 ; pot propa- 

 gator for, 18 ; root, soft-wooded, 

 when to insert, 415 



Cyanophyllum magnilicum, 847 



Cyathea, 8?-4 



Cyclamen, 606, 635, 732 ; after 

 flowering, 170, 288 : Atkinsii, cilici- 

 cum, 636; Coum, 606, 636, 864; 

 europaeum, ibericum, neapoli- 

 tanum, 606, 636 : potting, 456 ; 

 repandum, 636 ; sowing, 754 



Cydonia, Maulei, vulgaris, 902 



Cymbidium, 804 



Cyperus alternifolius, 766 ; longus, 



Cypress, 888 ; deciduous, 892 ; 



Lawson's, 863, 888 ; summer, 198, 



438 

 Cypripedium, 804, 947 ; spectabile, 



574 ; hardy, 947 

 Cyrtomium, 834 ; falcatum, 820 

 Cytisus, 332, 814, 902 ; albus, 902 ; 

 "andreanus pendulus, 332 ; Ar- 



doini, 902 ; Beanii, 332 ; Dalli- 



morei, 902 : Kewensis, 332 ; prae- 



cox, purpureus, scoparius, versi 



color, 902 



DACTYLIS glomerata, 44 



Daffodil. (See Narcissus) 



Dahlias, 69, 456, 480 ; Cactus, 484 ; 

 Collarette, 487 ; decorative garden, 

 488 ; disbudding, 190 ; double 

 show, 484 ; earwigs on, 684 ; ene- 

 mies of, 482 ; fancy, 486 ; from 

 cuttings, 480 ; general hints, 481 ; 

 lifting, 754 ; Paeony-flowered, 486 ; 

 planting, 264 ; Ponipon, 487 ; Pom- 

 pon Cactus, 484 ; single, 486 ; sow- 

 ing seeds of, 480 



Daisy, 712 ; Michaelmas, 29, 67, 

 135 ; Moon, 140, 372 ; Nama- 

 qualand, 433 ; Ox-eye, 29, 140 ; 

 Shasta, 68, 139, 372 



" Damping off," 183, 683 



Dandelion, 1074 



Daphne blagayana, Cneorum, 606 ; 

 Mezereum, 901 



Datura arborea, sanguinea, 734 



Davallia bullata, 338, 834 ; cana- 

 riensis, 338, 820, 834 ; Mariesii, 

 820 



Day Lily, 92 



