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INDEX 



Cactus, 174 



Caladium, 144, 147 



Calendula, 144, 152 



Calla lily, 171 



Calliopsis, 144 



Cambium, 162 



Campanula, 152 



Candytuft, 144, 146, 152 



Cannas, 147, 258 



Canning vegetables, 294, 304, 308 



Cantaloupes, 193 



Canterbury bell, 146 



Capillary movement of water, 120 



Caraway, 203 



Carbon dioxide, 63 



from germinating seed, 

 71 

 Cardinal flower, 146 

 Carnations, 170, 172, 233, 258, 267 

 Catnip, 203 

 Century plant, 174 

 Centaurea, 152 

 Cherries, 45 

 Clematis, 134 

 Carrots, 183, 184, 268 

 Castor bean, 144, 145 

 Cauliflower, 184, 175, 204, 233, 



237, 260 

 Celery, 186, 233, 237, 238, 241, 



244, 250, 260, 264 

 Chamomile, 146 

 Charity of gardening, 16 

 Chart for garden, 36, 37 



making, 34 

 Cherry trees, 157, 166 

 Chives, 203 

 Chrysanthemums, 146, 152, 170, 



171, 233, 246, 258, 274 

 Cinerarias, 170, 274 

 Clay, baking of, 118 

 packing of, 119 

 Clubs, canning, 264 

 Club work, influence of, 293 



lines of, 295 



how organized, 296 



incentives, 297 

 Cobsea, 144 

 Cockscomb, 144, 152 

 Codling moth, 127 



treatment for, 277 

 Colchicums, 146, 147 



Coldframes, 49 



plants for, 50, 51, 52, 224, 

 241, 255, 269 



uses of, 49 

 Coleus, 170, 174 

 Collards, 190 



Collections of vegetables for ex- 

 hibit, 303 

 Color of soils, 116 

 Columbine, 146 

 Commercial fertilizer, 90 

 Companion cropping, 204 

 Compost, 89, 244 

 Contest lists, 300 

 Contests for yields, 311 

 Convolvulus, 152 

 Coreopsis, 152 

 Coriander, 203 

 Corn, corn boards, 211 



detasseling, 216 



fall lessons with, 208 



for contests, 222 



Growing chapter on, 208 



harvesting, 221 



improvement, 216 



planting, 220 



premium lists for, 301 



preparing soil, 220 



raising crop, 219 



score card, 209 



seed, 268 



selecting seed, 209 



storing, 221 



storing seed, 213 



sweet, 186 



testing seed, 213 



tillage, 221 



winter work, 208 

 Corn-club hay, 210, 296 

 Corn-growing contests, 297 



application blank for, 



298 

 rules for, 297 

 Correlation with Other Work, 



chapter on, 322 

 Cosmos, 144, 152 

 Cotton, for fairs, 303 



seed, 268 

 Cover crops, 87, 241, 266, 268, 269 

 Cowpeas, 234, 260 

 Crimson clover, 86, 268 



