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INDEX 



Brier group, suckers, 23. 



how to tell, 15, 18. 

 Budded roses, experiment 

 with, 16. 

 objections to, 16. 

 planting, 18. 

 vs. own-root plants, 14, 

 16. 



Buds, malformed, varie- 

 ties having, 26. 



California, Southern, 



roses for, 152. 

 Carnations grown with 



roses, 92. 

 Carrying over, 95. 



solid beds for, 77. 

 Cherokee, rose, pruning, 



_ 46. 



Chicago, roses for, 150. 

 China group, the, 113. 



pruning, 46. 

 Christmas, varieties for, 

 143- 



City gardens, varieties 



for, 135. 

 Classification of roses, 



practical, no. 

 Clay soil improves colour, 



81. 



varieties for, 147. 

 Climate and varieties, 

 128. 



Climbers, pruning, 40, 43. 

 distance to plant, 122. 

 time for establishing, 

 122. 



Climbers, time of flower- 

 ing, 122. 



Cloudy weather, manag- 

 ing the house in, 85. 



Colour best on clay soil, 

 81. 



Compost heap, spring 

 treatment of, 79. 



Composting rose soil, 79. 



Copper carbonate, for- 

 mula for, 52. 



Cost of a house, 75. 



Covering tender roses for 

 winter, 29. 



Cow manure for com- 

 posting, 79. 

 the best fertiliser, 31. 



Crimson Rambler as a 

 stock, 17. 



Cultivation, deep, not 

 good, 22. 

 time for, 23. 

 under glass, depth for, 



87- 



Cultural needs by groups, 

 112. 



Cut flowers, varieties for, 

 142. 



Cutting and pruning at 



same time, 105. 

 Cutting-bench, the, 97. 

 Cuttings, how to make, 



33> 97- 

 plants, setting out, 34. 

 propagation from, 97. 

 rooted, shifting on,, 99. 

 rooting, 33. 



