INDEX 



China aster, starting, 148. 



Chionodoxa, 112. 



Chrysanthemums, 162; when to plant, 

 184. 



Clara G. Stredwick, 108. 



Clarkias, 151. 



Clematis paniculata, 123. 



Clothes-posts, in town gardens, 34. 



Cold-frames, 145. 



Collinsia, 151. 



Colonial fence, 114; house, appropri- 

 ate planting for, 13; lattice, 58; 

 yellow, 27. 



Color all the year round, in shrubs, 130. 



Colorado blue spruce, 137. 



Columbine, 102. 



Comfort in gardens, 22; 66. 



Compost, how to make, 191. 



Compost-heap, 191. 



Coreopsis grandiflora, 148. 



Coreopsis, starting, 148; 157. 



Corn-flower, 157. 



Cosmos, 153; starting, 148; 157. 



Cottage, appropriate planting for, 15. 



Countess of Lonsdale, 108. 



Crimson flax, 153. 



Crimson rambler, pruning of, 128-129. 



Crocus, price of. 111; planting. 111. 



Cutting-bench, 169. 



Cuttings, how to make, 167; planting 

 of, 172. 



Cutworms, 179. 



Daffodils, 111; how to plant, 119 ; 198. 



Dahlias, 108; winter care of, 200. 



Daisies, 102. 



Dawson, pruning of, 129. 



Delphinium, 103. 



Delphinium formosum, 148; grandi- 



florum, 148. 

 Depth, of planting seed, 156. 

 Details of garden work, 195. 

 Dianthus Heddewigi, 157; plumarius, 



starting, 148. 

 Digitalis, 102. 

 Dividing plants, 197. 



Dogwood, pruning of, 123. 

 "Don'ts," 92. 

 Dormant cuttings, 171. 

 Drought, 174. 



Drummond's phlox, starting, 148; 156. 

 Drying-yard, 18; in town garden, 35; 

 screen for, 94. 



Elephant's ears, winter care of, 200. 



English daisies, 102. 



Eschscholzia, 156. 



Eucharidiums, 151. 



Evergreen hedges, pr unin g of, 124. 



Evergreens, when to plant, 184. 



Fence, back-yard, 45; Colonial, 114; 



lattice-topped, 60; town-garden, 33. 

 Fitting the garden to the house, 24. 

 Flower-bed, how to make ready, 195. 

 Flowering trees and shrubs, chart of, 



217-228; deciduous, when to plant, 



184; how to set out, 132. 

 Forget-me-not, starting, 148. 

 Forsythe's pot, 169. 

 Foxglove, 102. 



Frame house, small, red, 27. 

 Fruit garden, 52. 

 Fuchsia, winter care of, 200. 



Gaillardias, 153. 



Garden, fitting to house, 24 ; all-sum- 

 mer flower, 66; boundaries of, 81 

 comfort in, 66; an impromptu, 96 

 Italian, 75; of "limitations," 64 

 old-fashioned, 113; planning a, 94; 

 spring, 110; roof, 50; small-lot 

 fruit, 52; temporary, 98; in town, 

 30; why they go wrong, 76. 



Garden-bench, 69. 



Garden pink, starting, 148. 



Gardener's assistants, 178. 



Gardens, why they go wrong, 76. 



German iris, 107. 



Giant hemp, 153. 



GUias, 151. 



Gladioli, 108; winter care of, 200. 



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