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Index 



Cabbage, 241, 329, 345; acreage, 13; 

 Chinese, 352; composition of , 98; ger- 

 mination, 125, 129, 151; longevity of 

 seeds, 136; number in sash, 46; selec- 

 tion of seeds, 169. 



Cabbage maggot, 200. 



Cabbage storage, 233, 338. 



Cabbages, wintering, 78. 



Canteloupe, 416. 



Cape gooseberry, 410. 



Capital, 19. 



Capsicum annuum, 241, 409. 



Cara^vay, 432. 



Carbonate of copper, 213. 



Carman, book by, 248, 309. 



Carriere, on carrot, 283: on radish, 276. 



Carrot, 2i0, 281; composition of, 98: 

 germination, 152; longevity of seeds, 

 136; quantity of seed, 158; seeds, 124; 



. storage, 233. 



Carts, 112. 



Carum Petroselinum, 241, 369. 

 Catch-crops, 93. 

 Catnip, 432. 



Cauliflower, 241, 341; germination, 151; 

 longevity of seeds, 136; number in 

 sash, 46; selection of seeds, 169; win- 

 tering, 78. 



Celeriac, 240, 379. 



Celery, 241, 370; acreage, 13; germina- 

 tion, 151, 152; longevity of seeds, 136; 

 seeds, 124; selection of seeds, 169. 



Celery storage, 229, 233. 



Cellars, 227. 



Census, quoted, 2, 11, 12, 15. 

 Chserophyllum bulbosum, 284. 

 Chard, 241, 351. 



Chervil, salad, 369; turnip-rooted, 284. 

 Chicory, 363. 

 Chinese cabbage, 352. 

 Chinese preserving melon, 422. 

 Chives, 240, 315. 

 Ciboule, 315. 



Cichorium Endivia, 241, 363. 

 Cichorium Intybus, 364. 

 Citron, 420. 



Citrullus vulgaris, 242, 419. 

 City man's garden, 36. 

 Cive, 240, 315. 

 Clary, 432. 



Classification of crops, 238. 

 . Climate, 80. 

 Climate and seeds, 129. 

 Cloth for hotbeds, 65. 

 Club root, 34. 

 Club-root experiment, 200. 

 Cobbett, books by, 249. 

 Cochlearia Armor acia, 240, 298. 

 Coldframes, 50, 67. 

 Cole crops, 241, 329. 

 Color and germination, 128. 

 Commercial fertilizers, 96. 

 Companion-cropping, 181, 183. 

 Compartment pit, 234. 

 Composts, 95. 



Condimental plants, 242, 429. 

 Copper carbonate, 213. 

 Copper sulfate, 211. 

 Coriander, 432. 



Corn, germination, 127, 128, 131, 132, 



141; sweet, 242. 

 Corn salad, 367. 



Corrosive sublimate for potatoes, 304, 

 309. 



Costmary, 432. 

 Cover-crops, 93. 

 Covers for beds, 65. 

 Craig, on tomatoes, 397. 

 Crambe maritima, 242, 450. 

 Cranefield, on irrigation, 175, 178. 

 Cress, 241. 365. 

 Crider, book by, 249, 378. 

 Crops, classification of, 238. 

 Crozier, books by, 249, 346. 

 Cucumber, 241, 414; acreage, 13; lon- 

 gevity of seeds, 137; seeds, 124. 

 Cucumis Anguria, 242, 415. 

 Cucumis Melo, 241, 416. 

 Cucumis sati\Tis, 241, 415. 

 Cucurbita maxima, 421, 422. 

 Cucurbita moschata, 421, 422. 

 cucurbita Pepo, 421, 422. 



