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INDEX 



California poppy, 323. 



Calla, 39. 



Calliopsis. See Coreopsis. 



Calyx, 3. 



Campanula. See Canterbury bell. 



Candytuft, 114, 179, 180, 181, 323. 



Canna, 203-205, 324, 383, 386. 



Canterbury bell, 13, 195, 196, 197, 



199, 324, 385. 

 Capillarity, 91. 

 Caraway, 325. 

 Carbon, 98. 

 Carbon dioxid, 104. 

 Cardinal flower, 197, 346. 

 Cardoon, 162. 



Carnation, 154, 161. See also Pink. 

 Carrot, 19, 27, 101, 114, 127, 186, 



189, 190, 270, 325, 386, 391. 

 Castor bean, 326. 

 Cat, 294. 

 Catnip, 326. 

 Caulicle, 50. 

 Cauliflower, 26, 101, 114, 162, 164, 



167, 186, 187, 189, 190, 326, 383, 



384, 385, 391. 

 Celery, 21, 31, 101, 114, 186, 187, 



326-328, 382, 383, 384, 386, 391. 

 Celosia. See Cockscomb. 

 Centaurea. See Cornflower. 

 Chard, Frontispiece, 101, 189, 190; 



329, 391. 

 Cheesecloth, 165-167, 381. 

 Chemistry of plants, 97-103. 

 Cherry, 208, 237. 

 Chives, 329. 

 Chrysanthemum, 194, 195, 197, 199, 



200, 329. 

 Cive. See Chives. 

 Clarkia, 330. 



Clay, 84, 85, 90, 174. See also 



Soil. 

 Clematis, 223-224. 

 Clove-pink. See Pink. 

 Clover, 52, 62, 63, 99, 105, 106, 237, 



302, 385. 

 Cobcea scandens, 222. 

 Cockscomb, 181, 330. 

 Cold-frames, 142, 152, 153, 160, 161, 



381, 385. 



Collars against cutworms, 282, 288. 

 Columbine, 7, 10, 11, 13, 193, 195, 



197, 199, 200, 331. 

 Companion cropping, 177, 186. 

 Compost, 227, 266, 267, 278. 

 Compost heap, 16, 210, 248, 287, 



302-303. 

 Compounds, 97. 

 Cone-flower, 331. 

 Contact insecticides, 256, 286. 

 Copper carbonate solution, 218. 

 Coreopsis (calliopsis), 114, 179, 180, 



181, 331. 

 Corms, 76, 114. 

 Corn, 4,-6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 



19, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 58-61, 



64, 101, 107, 186, 187, 188, 190, 



191, 273, 300, 301, 304, 331-333, 



383, 391. 

 Cornflower, 180, 181, 183, 333. 

 Corn smut, 332, 385. 

 Corolla, 3. 

 Cosmos, 25, 114, 180, 181, 182, 183, 



333. 

 Cotoneaster, 208. 

 Cotyledons, 49, 53, 54, 55, 129. 

 Cover crop, 27, 99, 168, 190, 237, 302, 



385, 386. 

 Cress, 185, 193, 259, 334, 383, 391. 

 Crocus, 28, 29, 36, 76, 202. 

 Crow, 293. 

 Cucumber, 13, 21, 52, 57, 101, 109, 



123, 161, 187, 190, 334, 383, 384, 



391. 

 Cucurbits, 123-125, 132, 190. 

 Cultivation, 92-93, 128, 270, 271, 290, 



296, 304, 384, 385. 

 Cultivator. See Wheel-hoe. 

 Currants, 234, 286. 

 Currant worm, 235, 284. 

 Cuttings, 77-80, 136. 

 Cutworm, 276, 282. 2S7, 2SS, 383, 



384. 

 Cypress, Summer. See Kochia. 

 Cypress wood, 150, 227. 



Daffodil, 36. 



Dahlia, 25, 27, 74, 75, 203, 205, 266- 

 267, 335, 380, 383, 386. 



