1 N D 



discernment commended, 4"J. — His figure 

 and description of the plant, ib. & 48. 



Coal-ashes, used to preserve Sea-kale from the 

 ravages of worms, 20. 



Cochineal; mission of M. Thiery Menon- 

 ville, to steal that insect from the Spa- 

 niards, 85. 



Coccus, hints for the destruction of, 297. 



( 'odliftg : see Spring-Grove Codling. 



Coes Golden Drop, a new variety of Plum, 

 account of, 182, 183. 



Colchicum, or meadow-saffron, its extraordi- 



Colchicum Floribundam, 329- 



Cole, Master, first introduced the Laurel into 



England, 23. 

 Col son, Mr. Peter, 95; 305. — His 



notice, in a letter to LiNNiEUS, of a singu- 



lar 1 '« ach i 



103. 



C< I iii 



the r 



! t!, Ciit'.S 



C of*bl*Vhie' 60 



Composts, reason why they should be kept 

 free from weeds, 18. 



Corbularia Obcsa, Tcnuifolia, and Turgida, 

 349, 350, 251. 



Costus Vaginalis, 277- — Particulars relative to 

 one sent from Leyden to Dr. Richard- 

 son, ib. — Mode of 



try,' 

 Cotyla 



'279. 



i of plants, their 

 i the process of germination, 218, 

 219, 220. 



Crab, by culture, has produced the Golden- 

 Pippin, 2 ; 26.— That introduced from Si- 

 beria superior to our native Crab, 32. Sibe- 

 rian, by what means converted into rich 

 varieties of Apple, App. 2, 3. 



Crambe Maritima, or Sea-kale ; see Sea-Kale. 



Cranberry, American, (Faccinium Macrocar- 

 pum,) cultivated with success at Spring- 

 Grove, 75. — Peculiarities of its growth and 

 fruiting, 76. — Statement of the'produce of 

 several successive crops, J 7, 78. 



Crassane Pear, experiment with, 181. How 

 it may be improved, App. 8. 



Crocus, its proper mode of culture, 124, &c. 

 — The best time for sowing the seeds, 125. 

 —Prefers a light dry soil, 129. — Injured by 



forcing, 130. — Its specific distinctions but 

 imperfectly understood, 131. — Different ac- 

 counts of M iller and LiNNiEus respect- 

 ing the number of its species, ib. 

 Crocus fr a grans, diffuses a perfume like that 

 of the Polyanthus; but if the night has 



Crocus Lagenafloi 



,sy method of forcing 



Crops, tarlv, ad vantageous to the gardener, 33. 



Crozer,Mi\, his method of preventing the 

 Curl in Potatoes, 192. 



Cucumbers, cultivated by the emperor Tibe- 

 rius, 148. 



Curcuma Aeruginosa, Longijlora, and Offici- 

 nalis; 2S5, 2S0\ 



Curl, a disease of Potatoes, remarks on its 

 origin and cure, 1<)1, 1Q2. 



Currant, the Red; premiums offered by the 

 Horticultural Society for raising a better 

 variety of that fruit from seeds, App. 2. 



Curtis, Mr., author of a pamphlet on the 

 Crambe Maritima, 13; 17- 



Cuttinas, advantage of raising Apple-trees 

 from, 65. 



Cymbanthes Fatida, 329, 330. 



Cymbidium Aloifolium, Fragrans, 298. 



Cypripedium Ihimile, Parviflorum, 301, 302. 



Cythera Borealis, 301. 



of that fruit grown by I 

 Dahl, Andrew, Mr. a Swedish »°» n ""; 

 from whom the Dahlia flower received its 



Dahfia!*on th 



ng them in Great Bn 

 tr'fn "84 &c — a showy and late flower, 84. 

 attributed to one of the varieties, 85.--- 

 Mons. Thouin's Nervations relative to 

 the culture of it, 87, 88.-Introdm* I into 

 England by Lady Holland, 92, 93. 97 cu[ _ 



t^re" 



Romans ; supposed to have been the same 

 as the Prune, 153. 



