INDEX 



231 



Crocking and drainage, 

 in potting plants, 33. 



Cut flowers, best Decem- 

 ber, 98. 



Cuttings, to make, 57, 61. 

 propagation from, 57. 

 rooting, 58. 



Cuttings and seedlings, 

 potting up, 29. 



Cuttings of stems, how 

 to make, 61. 



Cyclamen, Persian, its flow- 

 ers and colouring, 53. 



Cyclamens, time from seed 

 to flower, 54. 



Daisy, Marguerite or Paris, 



106, 226. 

 Decoration, porch, fuchsias 



for, 122. 

 Deutzia, forcing by ether, 



222. 



Dibble, use in transplant- 

 ing the, 39. 

 Dracaena, cultivation by 



stem cuttings, 63. 

 Drainage, for flats, 36. 

 for potting, 32. 

 how to provide, 23. 

 Draughts, injury from, 70. 

 Dust, removal from leaves, 

 73- 



Dutch bulbs, growth of, 



83, 225. 

 Dwarf plants, smallest, 1 54. 

 species of, 153. 



Easter geraniums, 98, 108. 



gladiolus bloom, 113. 



hydrangea, iii. 



lilies, 87, 105. 

 Edgings, plants for, 197. 



Ether, for forcing, 217. 

 Euphorbias, their grotes- 



queness, 161. 

 Evergreens, broad-leaved, 

 102, 103. 

 clivia, 131. 



yellow-flowered genista, 

 109. 



Feeding, vs. repotting, 28. 

 Ferns, "fern balls," 205. 



for dwelling-rooms, 199. 



growing conditions for, 

 205. 



hare's foot, 204. 

 holly, 201. 

 maidenhair, 202. 

 shield, 204. 

 soil, for, 205. 

 spider, 203. 



sword, Boston and other, 

 199. 



thrips, red spider and 

 mealy bug pests, 206. 

 Fertilizers, best liquid, 74. 

 for lilies, 106. 

 reliable, 209. 

 "Flats," home-made 



directions about, 36. 

 Flats vs. pots, 36. 

 Flowers, easily grown, 94. 

 for Easter, 87, 105, 108, 



III, 113. 

 for fragrance, 49. 

 from Christmas to Eas- 

 ter, 93. 



gay, 94. 



heliotrope, the, 49. 



in flower all the year, 47. 



more fragrant, grown in 



a cool temperature, 



53. 



