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GARDENING FOR BEGINNERS 



Coast, Evergreen trees and shrubs for, 

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Cobaea scandens, 301 



Cob Nuts (see Nuts), 475 



Cockchafers (see Insect Pests), 488 



Cockscomb, 300, 543 



Cockspur thorn, 229 



Codiaeum, 602 



Colchicum, too, 151 ; C. autumnale, 551 



Cold greenhouse, the (see also Greenhouse 

 and Conservatory), 348; as Alpine 

 garden, 351 ; Bulbs and Tubers for, 

 595 ; Climbers for, 595 ; foliage plants 

 for, 596; miscellaneous pot plants for, 

 597 ; shrubby plants for, 594 ; ventilating 

 and shading, 351 



Coleridge, Captain, quoted, 254 



Coleus, 302 



Colewort, 402 



Collinsia bicolor, 543 



Colour, arrangement of, in mixed border, 

 38 ; effect, grouping Hardy Annuals for, 

 53; intergrouping plants of same, 40; 

 of tree barks, 204; schemes, 39, 53, 



120 



Coloured -leaved trees and shrubs, grouping 



of, 205 

 Columbines, 10, 550, 556, 597 ; raising 



from seed, 10 

 Coluteas , 228 



Compost, meaning of term, 505 

 Concrete walls, sowing seeds in, 625 

 Conifers, 592 ; Low-growing shrubs and, 



for rock garden, 592 ; seeds of, 208 

 Conservatory (see Greenhouse and Con- 

 servatory), 281-292 

 Convallaria majalis, 315; C. polygonum, 



152 

 Convolvulus althaeoides, 163 ; C. Cneorum, 



597 ; C. mauritanicus, 560 

 Cooking, selection of apples for , 606 ; pears 



for, 608 ; plums for, 609 

 Coops for protecting flowers in the winter, 



617 



Coral Barberry, the, 272 

 Corbularia, 158 

 Cordon, meaning of term, 505 

 Cordyline australis, 302 

 Coreopsis, 47, 54, 55 ; C. lanceolata gran- 



diflora, 560 

 Cork Oak, the, 250 

 Cornelian Cherry, 228 

 Cornflower, 543 

 Cornish Heath, the, 183 

 Corn, Sweet, 308 

 Cornus, 228, 592 ; C. alba, 591 ; C. albtts 



sibirica variegata, 266 ; C. alba Spaethii, 



266 ; C. controversa variegata, 266 

 Coronilla glauca, 594 

 Corsican Heath, the, 185 ; Pine, 594 

 Corydalis, 140 ; C. bulbosa, 98 ; C. nobilis, 



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Corylopsis, 228 

 Corylus maxima atropurpurea, 266 ; C. avel- 



lana aurea, 266 

 Cos lettuce, 407, 614 



Cosmos, 51 ; C. bipinnatus, 543 



Cotoneasters, 228, 591 ; for the rock 

 garden, 147; C. micro phylla, 592 



Cotton, Lavender, 266 



Covering for close north fence, 617 



Cowslip, American, 560; Virginian, 97 



Crab-apple, as sauce for game, 263 ; as 

 stocks for apple trees, 423, 481 ; beauti- 

 ful kinds of, 262 ; Dartmouth, 262 ; Jam 

 and Jelly, method of making, 263 ; 

 Mammoth, 262; Siberian, 262; Sweet 

 scented, 249 ; useful for decoration, 263 



Cradle Orchid, the, 320 



Crane-fly, 493 



Crassuta coccinea, 302 



Crataegus, 229, 591 ; C. oxyacantha aurea, 

 265 



Creeper, Canary, 549 ; Virginian, 278 



Creeping Alpines, 141 ; Forget-me-not, 

 553. 5^9 ; Jenny, 196; Roses, 85; Winter- 

 berry, 236 



Cress, Rock, 550 ; Mustard and, for small 

 salads, 414; Violet, 159; White Rock, 196 



Cretan Tulip, 158 



Crevices, planting, 164 



Crimson-coloured Annuals, 55 ; Crimson 

 Clove, 201 



Crinodendron hookerianum, 147 



Crinum Moorei, 595 ; C. Powelli, 595 



Crocosmia aurea, 595 



Crocuses, too, 158 ; Autumn, 100 ; for 

 greenhouse, 595 ; under glass, 158 ; C. 

 speciosus, 141, 551 



Cropping the kitchen garden, 389, 392 



Cross-fertilisation, of Carnations, 123 ; 

 meaning of term, 505 



Cross-leaved Heath, the, 183 



Croton, 602 



Crowberry, the Native, 233 



Crown grafting, 427 



Crown Imperial, 89, 97 



Crucianella stylosa coccinea, 551 



Cryptomerias, 592 ; C. elegans, 592 ; C. 

 japonica, 593 



Cucumbers, 405, 614 ; frame house, 405 



Cup, White, 553 



Cupidone, blue, 559 



Cupressus, varieties of, 592, 593 ; Lawson- 

 iana, 592, 593 ; C. macrocarpa, 591, 593 ; 

 C. nootkatensis, 592, 593; C. obtusa, 

 593 ; C. pisifera, 593 ; C. plumosa, 593 



Curator of Kew Gardens, quoted, 528 



Curled kale, 402, 613 



Currants, 467 ; attacked by caterpillars, 

 491 ; Black, 468 ; destroying pests on, 

 469; Flowering, 253, 595; preventing birds 

 destroying buds of, 469 ; Red and White, 

 467 ; selection of Black, 612 ; selection 

 of Red, 613; selection of White, 612; 

 treatment of, 468 ; Currant Gall Mite, 

 Black, 492 ; Currant Saw-fly, 490 



Cushion Iris, 20 



Cuttings, how to procure healthy, 105 ; 

 meaning of term, 506; propagating 

 plants by, 23, 25, 27, 32, 71, 77, 104, 

 209, 286, 355 



