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Ammonia .............. 52 Cardoon ............... 147 



Angleworms ............ 62 Carrot ........ a ..;... 96, 97 



Anise .................. 145 Catch crops ---- :. ........ 44 



Annual flowers ..... 161-164 Caterpillars ............ no 



Anthracnose ....... 140, 176 Catnip ................. 145 



Ants ................... 62 Cauliflower ............. 116 



Arsenical poisons ..... 56, 57 Celeriac .......... 141, 142 



Artichoke .............. 141 Celery ............. 105-110 



Ashes, hardwood. .43, 52, 65 Cellars .............. 92, 93 



Asparagus ............ 65-70 Chard ................. 142 



D Chervil ................ 147 



Chickens ......... 62, 81. 90 



Bagging grapes ......... 180 Chicory ............ ....147 



g alm .................. J 45 Chives ................. 147 



^ ean .............. I20 > "3 Citron ................. 13! 



ee f ....... ! ........ 3 Climbing flowering vines. 160 



Beet ...... ;v:.... 95, 9&, 100 Cloth for frames ........ 32 



Beetles. (See Asparagus, etc ) C lover ........... 44, 45, 88 



Bellows for powder. ..59, 60 Club-root .......... 115, 116 



? r T leS ............. l 67 ' 17 ^ Coldframes.2o, 21, 23, 40, 128 



Birds ......... .63, 180 Collards ............... in 



Bisulphide of carbon.... 62 Compost ......... 26, 30, 47 



Blackberry ......... 173, 177 Copper, sulphate of.. .55, 56 



Blackcaps ; ..... 174 Coriander ..... . ......... 145 



Blanching (See Aspara- C orn ..... ......... 119, 120 



gus Celery etc ) Corn salad . .... ......... I42 



Blight. (See Potato, etc.) C over crops ............. 44 



Blossoms, never spray ... 62 C ress ............. 142, 143 



Blossoms, pollination of, Crown-borer 172 



63, 1 68 Crows ...... '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.*.'.' 63 



Blossoms, removing, Cucumber .......... 127-133 



132, 167, 169 Culls .................. 77 



Bone meal.. ......... 43, 45 Cultivation. .34, 35, 36, 47-54 



Bordeaux mixture ..... 55, 56 Cultivators ... 4 9, 50, 51, 54 



Borecole ............... 117 Currant ........... 177, 178 



| or ers ... ..... 125, 132, 178 Cuttings ........... 124, 177 



Broadcasting.. 26, 43, 44, 47 Cutworms .............. 115 



Bursting, cabbage ........ 112 D j rt _b an( is '.'.'. V. '.','.'.'.'. 3 V, 32 



C Diseases. (See Onion, etc.) 



Cabbage ............ 111-116 Distances apart ......... 34 



Cane-borer ............. 176 Drag, plank ............. 17 



Cantaloupe ............. 130 Drainage ............... 1 1 



Caraway ............... 145 Drills, in soil ........... 37 



Carbolic-acid emulsion... 58 Drills, machine ....... 37, 53 



Carbon, bisulphide of.... 62 Drought ............... 48 



