Cow-dung —as a manure, i, 161; nitrogen 
in and the cult. of mushrooms—an- 
alyses table, 11, 464. 
Cow-parsley—descript. and cult., i, 361. 
Crab-apple tree—(illusts.), and apple cult., 
ii, 46-48; stocks and their effects, u1, 54. 
Crab-trees — American, cherry, Chinese, 
descript. of, 1, 315. 
Beebe. jomaniental species, &c., descript. 
ANGUGUtasnl, 35555 C maritima (illust.), 
descript. and uses, 11, 514, 515, cult. 
(see Sea-kale). 
Cranberry —‘ ardy ornamental species, de- 
script. vf, 1, 310; cult. for fruit of com- 
mon and American (illust. ) cranberries, 
li, 271, 272; bog plantation and clear- 
ance, li, 272. 
Crane-flies —(illust.), 
ment, 1, 103. 
Cranesbill—descript. and cult., i, 360. 
Crassula — calendarial directions, i, 8; 
species, &c., descript., cult., and illust., 
1, 617, 618. 
Cratzgus—hardy species, &c., descript., 
cult., and illust. of, i, 298; for forcing, 
1 622; for winter- bedding, i i OA7ene 
Cream fruit shrub—descript. and cult., 
1, 555- 
Creeping-Jenny — for carpet-bedding, i, 
639. 
Cress— 
American—descript., uses, and cult., ii, 440. 
‘Calendarial directions, ii, 538, 543, 545, 547; 
552, 554, 556; forcing, ii, 533, 534, 559. 
Foreign names of, 11, 527. 
Garden—descript., cult., and vars., ii, 440. 
Nasturtium or Indian cress (see Nas- 
3 turtium). 
Packing, 1i, 565. 
Seed quantities for cropping, i, 391. 
Water—descript., uses, and cult. in water, 
shady borders, boxes, &c., i, 440, 441; 
insect pests, ll, 441. 
Crinum —descript. and cult. of hardy species, 
&c. (illust.), 1, 355; of greenhouse 
plants, i, 533; of stove plants, 1, 549. 
Crioceris Asparagi—(illust.), descript. and 
treatment, 1, 79. 
Crithmum maritimum — (illust.), 
script., uses, and cult., ii, 510. 
Crocosmia aurea—for sarc beet ie 
1, 636. 
Crocus—calendarial directions, i, 5, 7, 18; 
cult. and origin, i, 431; lists of species 
(illusts.) and of best Dutch or garden 
sorts, 1, 431, 432; forcing, 1, 625; spring- 
bedding, i 1, 630. 
Crops— 
. Estimates of the yield and gain of carbon, 
and of the increased produce of carbo- 
hydrates, per acre per annum, in vari- 
ous crops, 1, 144-146. 
Fertility of soils—garden and field soils 
compared, i, 149. 
Manures (see that title). 
Sources of the nitrogen of crops (see 
Nitrogen). 
Water supply, i, 149. 
Crosnes du Japon Spirals—(see Chinese 
artichokes). 
Crossandra undulefolia—as a stove 
plant, i, 549. 
Cross-fertilization and_hybridization— 
difference between, i, 55. (See also 
Fertilization. ) 
Crotalaria—descript. and cult., i, 533. 
Croton—calendarial directions, i, 2, 5, 12, 15, 
16. (See also Codizum. ) 
Crowbar—descript. and use of, i, 177. 
Crowberry shrub—descript. of, i, 300. 
Crowea—species of, descript. and cult., i, 
1. 534- 
Crows—as garden friends, i, 117. 
Cryptomeria—species, &c., descript., cult., 
and illust. of, i, 329; primordial leaves 
Of, C: elegans, retention of shape of, 1, 
327; winter-bedding form, i, 647. 
Crystallizing and glazing fruit—pro- 
cess of, fruit suitable, 11, 350, 35. 
descript. and treat- 
de- 
INDEX. 
Cuckoo—as a garden friend, i, 117. 
Cuculus canorus—as garden friend, i, 117. 
Cucumber— 
Calendarial directions—outdoor, ii, 543, 
545, 548, 552; forcing, ll, 534, 537, 5395 
542, 546, 549, 551, 553, 554, 557, 559: 
Conditions necessary for successful cult., 
li, 322. 
Culture in frames— 
Construction of frame, ii, 323. 
Fruiting-bed—formation of, management 
of temperature, &c., 11, 324. 
Pruning and training—stopping plants 
at every stage of growth, ii, 323; 
general directions, 11, 324, 325; treat- 
ment of crooked fruit, li, 325- 
Seed-bed—soil and manure, U1, 322, 323; 
formation, situation, temperature, and 
protection of bed, ii, 323, 324; proving 
and sowing the seeds, treatment of 
seed-pots and plants, 11, 323. 
Watering, ventilation, coverings, 
shading, i, 324. 
Culture in glass-house— 
Advantages of, ii, 325. 
Construction and management of house, 
trellises, and pipes for heating pur- 
poses, 11, 326; temperatures, i, 326, 
327- 
General directions—raising the plants, 
manures, pruning, &c., il, 326, 327. 
Winter culture, ii, 323; general direc- 
tions, ii, 327; temperature, ventilation, 
and soil suitable, 11, 328. 
Culture in open-air on ridges, &c.—ad- 
vantages of, 11, 322; directions, ii, 328; 
cult. in open fields, methods and pro- 
fits, 11, 328; vars. for, i li, 330. 
Foreign names of, ii, 527. 
Gherkins for pickling, cult. of, il, 329. 
Insect pests—treatment of, ii, 326, 327; 
list of insects that attack cucumbers, 
li, 329. 
List and classification of vars.—result of 
cultural trial at Chiswick, &c., ii, 329; 
descript. and illusts. of vars., 11, 329, 
330. 
Origin and history of culture in Egypt and 
Italy, &c., 11, 322. 
Packing iiernedehs i, 380, 564. 
Ridge cucumbers (see sub-heading Culture 
in open-air). 
Seed production, means of saving seed— 
trade-grower’s methods, &c., ii, 328. 
Cucumber tree--descript. of, i, 308. 
Cucumis Melo—descript., origin, andcult., 
ll, 316. 
Cucurbita Maxima, C. Moschata — 
origin and cult. of gourds, 1, 445. 
Cucurbita Pepo—descript. 
and 
and cult., ii, 
445, 522. 
Cunninghamia sinensis—descript. of, i, 
329. 
Curania filicifolia—as a stove plant, 1, 
549. 
Cuphea platycentra—for summer bed- 
ding, i, 634. 
Cupressus—hardy species, &c., aes 
and illusts., i, 330; C. funebris for 
greenhouse, i, 534; winter - bedding 
forms, 1, 647. 
Curculigo TeCU Ya bps ca odene direc- 
tions, i, 6; descript. and cult. of C. 
Seat variegata, 1, 549. 
Curcuma Roscoeana—as a stove plant, i, 
549- 
Curl disease—descript. and treatment of 
on potatoes, 11, 498. 
Currant aphis — (illust.), 
treatment, i, 84. 
Currant clear-wing moth-—-(illust.), de- 
script. and remedies, i, 113. 
Currant gall mite—(illust.), descript. and 
treatment, 1, 72. 
Currant sawfly—(illust.), 
treatment, 1, 85, 86. 
Currant-shoot moth—(illust.), descript. 
and remedies, i, 113. 
descript. and 
descript. and 
579 
Currants— 
Calendarial directions, ii, 5337, 550, 554, 556, 
58. 
55 
Descript. and origin of sorts, merits of fruit 
for cultivation, 11, 22g. 
Disease, bud—illust. and treatment, 1, 72. 
Gathering the fruit—time for, ii, 231. 
Insect pests—list of, 
names of insects. ) 
il, 232. (See also 
List of vars.—descript. and illusts., ii. 232, 
233; fruit for preserving, ii, 363, 364. 
Packing—boxes and crates (illust.) for, ii, 
368, 373. 
Planting—orchard plans Jillusts.), ii, 37, 
time and methods, soil and situation, 
ll, 229, 231. 
Preserving—modes and vars. suitablé<, ii, 
LE 363. 364; processes of jam-making, 
, 346, jelly-making, ii, 349, bottling, 
re 351, fruit juices, De. +) 11, 358, 364. 
Propagation—methods of, management of 
cuttings, ll, 231. 
Pruning and training — (illusts.), general 
directions, ii, 229, 230; standards, il, 
230; wall- trees, espaliers, and cordons, 
ll, 231. 
Storage —shelves for, ii, 383; ordinary 
method, ii, 387; cold storage, li, 338. 
Curruca atricapilla, C. hortensis, C. 
cinerea—as garden friends, 1, 118. 
Cutting instruments — descript. 
illusts., i, 178-181. 
Cuttings, propagation by — detached 
buds, i, 46; descript., selection, and 
preparation of cuttings, es ee 
232; time for taking off cuttings, i, 232; 
materials in which cuttings are struck, 
i, 233; insertion, i, 233; temperature, 
moisture, and light, 1, 234, 235; use of 
bell-glasses, i, 235. 
Cyanophyllum magnificum—as a stove 
plant, 1, 549. 
Cyathea—species, &c., descript. of, i, 501: 
C. dealbata for subtropical garden, 1 
643. 
Cycads—scale insects on, i, 92; decorative 
uses of, i, 527, 613; illust. of cycads at 
Kew, i, 608; illust. of cones, 1, 613; de- 
script., history, and cult., i, 613, 614; 
list of species (illusts.), i, 614, 615. 
Cycas—characteristics of, i, 613, 614; illust. 
of cones, 1, 613; descripi. , cult., and 
illusts. of species, i, 614, 615; C. ‘revo- 
luta as subtropical garden plant, i, 643. 
Cyclamen—calendarial directions, 
TL eLOS EL 7 LG 
and 
3 
1, 4, IT, 
ray, species, &e., 
descript. and cult., 1, 355; popular gar- 
den forms—(illust.), descript., origin, 
and cult., i, 432, 433; imsect pests, i, 
432. 
Cycnoches—descript. and cult., i, 573. 
Cydonia—species cultivated under name of 
Quince, descript. and illusts., li, 259, 
260. (See also Pyrus. 
Cymbidium—calendarial directions, i, 15; 
descript. of species, &c., i, 573. 
Cynara—ornamental species, &c., descript. 
and cultsin e553) GC: Cardunculus as 
vegetable — descript. and origin, ii, 410, 
cult. (see Cardoon); C. Scolymus as 
vegetable—descript., cult., illusts., and 
uses of, 11, 391-393. 
Cyperorchis—descript. of orchids, i, eS 
Cyperus—calendarial directions, i, 2, 6, 12; 
descript. and use of aquatic nu ea og 
plants, i, 381, 385. 
Cyphomandra — species, &c., descript., 
cult., and illust. of, 1, 534. 
Cypripedium—calendarial directions, i, 5, 
7, 10, 15, 18; hybridization. removal of 
pollen masses, i, 62; descript., illusts., 
and cult. of hardy species, i, 356, of 
bog plants, 1 i, 386, 387, of orchid-house 
species, &e., 1; 573, 574- 
Cyrtomium—(see crtagnce 
Cystopteris—species, &c. 
cult., 1, 605. 
Cytisus species, &c., descript. and 
cult., a "208 ; greenhouse species 
‘Genista) > 1, 5343 forcing plants and 
directions, i, 622. 
descript. and 
