IXDEX. 
Carnations, to force into early bloom, 
106, 179, 312 
compost for best kinds, 296 
Carrots, 21, 132, 189, 207, 321, 378, 
379, 409, 433 
to preserve for winter use, 557 
Cascades, 68 
Cassia, hardy sorts, 79 
chamaecrista, 352 
marilandica, 354, 470 
Catalogue of Kitchen Garden esculent 
plants and herbs, 594 
of aromatic, pot, and sweet 
herbs, 597 
• of plants cultivated for medi- 
cinal purposes, 598 
of grasses and other plants 
used in farming. 599 
Catalpa-tree, 270, 302 
Catchflv, perennial, 158, 300 
Lobel's, 299, 352 
double, 501 
Caterpillars on fruit trees, to destroy 
Caterpillar plant, 299, 352 
Cauliflowers, care of autumn sown 
plants, 20, 126, 183, 515, 555, 576 
sowing seed of, in winter and 
spring, and subsequent treatment of 
the plants, 20, 126, 127, 183, 316 
early planting of, under bell 
or hand-glasses, 183 
time and method of planting 
the principal crop, 315 
sowing seed for late or winter 
flowering, 316, 371 
defending the flowers from sun 
and wet, 371, 406 
plantmg late, 371, 406, 432 
the proper time in autumn to 
sow, 482 
winter preservation of full 
grown plants, 557 
best method of procuring ^ 
ood 
Cauliflowers in the southern states, 
515 
Caves, rural, 72 
Cedar, red, 149,265,338 
of Lebanon, 59, 273, 338 
white, 272, 338 
Celandine, 205 
Celeriac, or turnip-rooted celery, 190, 
557 
Celery, 130, 190, 322, 379, 407, 433, 
461, 480 
to raise early, in the open 
ground, 322 
to preserve for winter use, 557 
Celsias, 363 
Centaureas, 363 
Chamomile, double, 158, 205, 301, 
470, 521 
Chelone glabra, 354, 470 
Cherry-tree, 27, 136, 214. 215, 525, 563 
double flowering, 106, 163, 301 
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Chervil, 198, 325, 383, 480 
Chestnut, Spanish, or sweet, 45, 233, 
270, 311, 535 
Chirouias, 79 
Chrysanthemum, 425 
Chrysocoma, 363 
Christmas-rose, 502 
Chives, 197, 324, 523 
Cineraria lanata, 453 
Cinerias, 363 
Cistuses, 59, 363 
Citron-tree, 473 
Clary, 206 
Cleome. 353 
ClethraiSOl 
Clinopodium, 354 
Clumps of trees and shrubs, 69 
Cock's-combs, 298, 363, 425 
Codlins, 528 
Colchicum, 79, 396, 417, 469 
Collecting seeds, 438 
plants, 79, 470 
Columbme, 158. 300 
Colutea, 363 
Composition, Forsyth's, 224 
Barnes's, 226 
Compost for Carnations and Pinks,296 
for Auriculas and Polyan- 
thuses, 348 
for Cyclamens, 418 
for Pine-apples, 456 
for Tulips, 538 
for Hyacinths, 540 
for Ranunculuses and Ane- 
mones, 542, 543 
for the generality of Green and 
Hot-House plants, 511 
Comptoniaasplenifolia,301 
Conservatory, 84 
Convolvuluses, 299, 352 
Coreopsis, 79, 354, 355, 426 
Coriander, 198, 325, 383 
Cork-tree, 378 
Corn, Indian, 371 
Corn sal ad, 464, 480, 554 
CoroniUa, 362, 363, 428 
Corrosive solution, 141 
Cottages, rural, 71 
Cotyledons, 548 
Crab and Apple-tree hedges, 566 
Crassulas, 359 
Crocuses, spring, 79,163,396,417,469, 
503, 544 
autumnal, 396, 417. 469 
Crown Imperials, 79, 396, 417, 445, 
469, 503, 544 
sowing seed of, 469 
Cucubalus stellatus, 354, 470 
Cucumbers, in hot-beds, 11, 14, 116, 
121, 180, 182, 314, 367 
seedling beds for, 12 
stopping or lopping, 120 
impregnating the female flow- 
ers of, 181 
in the Hot-House, 105, 170,593 
