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INDEX. 



Cardoon, tbe, culture of, 522 



Carrot, small, of tbe Paris market, 



culture of, 520 

 Catacombs, the. 111 

 Caucannier, M., his establishment for 



forcing asparagus, 514 

 Cauliflower, kinds grown round Paris, 



519 



Cauliflower, forcing of the, 524 

 Caves for storing plants under the 



Jardin Fleuriste, 151 

 Caves, mushroom, 472 

 Centaurea babylonica, 217 

 Cercis australis, 36 

 Chairs, garden, 563 

 Chamserops excelsa, 219 

 Champignonnistes, 471 

 Champs Elysees, 1 



Change, necessity for a radical one in 



our city improvements, 116 

 Chasselas grape, long wall of, at Eon- 



tainebleau, 252 

 Chatillon, 628 



Chevallier, M., his garden at Mon- 



treuil, 442 

 Chicory, improved variety of, 517 

 Chloride of calcium, use of, in fruit 



room, 566 

 Church gardens and cemeteries, 104 

 City graveyards, gardening in, 106 

 Clianthus Dampieri, 142 

 Climates of Paris and London compared, 



548 



Climbers trained up the stems of trees, 

 57 



Clipping trees a barbarism, 260 

 Cloche, its use in lettuce culture, 490 



„ the, 596 



,, where to obtain, 599 

 Cockchafer, ravages of, 618 

 Colonnade, the, at Versailles, 246 

 Cohimnar training, 391 

 Concert of the Champs Elysees, 5 

 Conservatory in Jardin d' Acclimatation, 



34 



Conservatories, -wooden shading for, 

 586 



Conservatories, frequently unsatisfac- 

 tory, both as regards contents and 

 design, 280 



Contrast between the keeping of the 

 grass in the parks of Paris and 

 London, 37 



Copper beech, the, unwisely recom- 

 mended for town planting, 117 



Cordon, horizontal, advantages of, 350 

 ,, mode of supporting the hori- 

 zontal, 336 



Cordon, mode of supporting the hori- 

 zontal, 354 



Cordons, Mr. James Barnes, of Bicton, 

 on, 351 



Cordons, Mr. J. A. Watson on, 352 

 Cordon, pinching the shoots of the 



horizontal, 341 

 Cordon, management of the, 339 

 ,, spiral, the, 366 

 ,, system, how it may be advan- 

 tageously adopted m fruit -wall bor- 

 ders, 352 



Cordon system, objections to, answered. 

 348 



Cordon system of fruit grooving, 334 



„ what is it? 334 

 Cordons, grafting to unite, 342, 348 



more than five miles of, in 



Imperial Grardens at Versailles, 432 

 Corn salad, 498 

 Courteliere, 254 



Courtois-Gerard and Pavard, MM., 516 



Covent Grarden, 540 



Crambe cordifolia, 220 



Crinoline form, a good one for the 



Pear, 635 

 Crowded streets and bad arrangements 



not confined to the central parts of 



London, 117 

 Cucumis perennis, 220 

 Cuscutas, the, in Jardin des Plantes, 75 

 Cyrtanthera carnea, 96 



DATISCA cannabina, 220 

 Deciduous trees, reasons why they 

 succeed in cities, 161 

 Deciduous trees, the best for London, 



161 

 Dijon, 609 



Dimorphanthus manchuricus, 142 

 Doucin stock, 355 



,, „ description of, 357 

 DracKnas for room decoration, 265, 27 5 

 ,, the, 195 



EASTER Beurre pear, double grafting 

 of, 430 



Easter Beurre pear grown on walls in 

 j France, 322 

 I Echeveria metallica, 195 

 I Edgings for parks, public gardens, kc 

 693 



Edgings of ivy, bow to make, 310 



Elm, large-leaved Weeping, a fine town- 

 tree, 172 



Elm, the, as a city tree, 170 



Elymus arenarius, 221 



Endives, used in Paris, best kinds of, 

 517 



English cemeteries, 107 



