INDEX 



Japanese anemones, and pink 

 and white asters, 30-31; 

 account of author's treatment 

 of an herbaceous, 132-133; 

 border of hardy ivy, 159. 



Box edging, protection of, 59 ; re- 

 planting of, 60; increasing by 

 taking off clippings, 60; neces- 

 sity of keeping down, espec- 

 ially in cities, 61-62. 



Box trees, soot as a fertilizer for, 

 121; for terraces, 157-158, 160; 

 care of, after being in winter 

 quarters, 158. 



Bulbs, planting of, in autumn, 

 for borders, 31-32. 



Butterfly-flower, 89; for adorn- 

 ment of terraces, 155-156. 



Calla lily, growing and fertiliza- 

 tion of, 125-126. 



Campanula pyramidalis, for dec- 

 oration of terraces, 156; at St. 

 Anne de Beaupre, 156-157. 



Campanulas, fertilization of, 128- 

 129. 



Canterbury bell, fertilization of, 

 128-129; for decoration of 

 terraces, 157. 



Carnations, Marguerite, raising 

 from seed, 82-83. 



Catalogues, remarks on seeds- 

 mens, 5-6. 



Catalpa speciosa, a tree suitable 

 for raising, 110. 



Cedar trees, transplanting of, 

 57-58; improvement of, in 

 formal gardens, b\- clipping, 

 63-64; as a decoration for 

 terraces, 159-160; in the wild 

 garden, 167. 



Cedar walk, the author's, 52-55. 

 Celosia, suited for pot culture 



and adornment of terraces, 



156. 

 Clipping, of box edging, 61-62; 



of evergreens, 63-64. 

 Close planting, advantages of, 8. 

 Coal ashes used for protection of 



flowers, 79, 80. 

 Cockscomb (Cehsia plumosa), 



2.5-26. 

 Coldframcs, construction of, 92- 



93. 

 Color-planting, in borders, 15- 



21; some suggestions for, 33- 



35. 

 Columbines, combination of, 



with white lilacs, 10-11. 

 Combinations of flowers and 



shrubs in planting, 10-35. 

 Concrete, use of, in coldframe 



and hotbed construction, 92- 



93. 

 Conifers, raising of, from seed, 



100-106. 

 Connecticut Garden, the, 177- 



192. 

 Cosmos, in borders, 30-31. 

 Cottonseed meal for grass, 44— 



45, 46. 

 Cow manure as a fertilizer, 120. 

 Crab apples, pink-flowered, 



planting of, 10. 

 Crab grass, destruction of, 47. 

 Creeping bent for lawns, 49. 

 Crimson rambler roses, 30. 



Daffodils, planting of, 10. 

 Dahlias, raising of, from seed, 91; 



fertilizing, 121, 126-127. 

 Dandelions, rooting out, 47. 



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