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INDEX. 
Beet, red, 176 
Biennial flowers, culture of, 260 
time for transplanting, 379 
Birds, those which do most injury to gardens, 123 
Black earth, cause of its infertility, 25 
remedy for, 28 
Blenheim, rock work at, 330 
Blotches on leaves, cause of, 355 
Boiling seeds, 69 
Borecole, 162 
Box edgings, mode of clipping, 382 
to plant, 142 
season for planting, 378 
summer pruning of, 387 
Brocoli, 161 
Brussels’ sprouts, 158 
Budding knife, 92 
Budding, mode of performing, 88 
points to be attended to, 92 
time for performing on rose-trees, 387 
Bulbs, 277 
analogy between them and seeds, 48 
different kinds of, 49 
mode of planting, 47, 49 
time for taking up, 386 
tunicated, bed for, 50 
Burying manure, 17 
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Cabbaere tribe, 155 
Cacti, cuttings of, 86 
Calcareous loam, 33 
Calceolarias, culture of, 367 
kinds of, 367 
Californian annuals, kinds of, 258 
treatment of, 376, 390 
Camellias, choice, changed to single red, 96 
culture of, 354 
hardiest kinds of, 357 
Canker in apple-trees, cause of, 219, 220 
Carnations, cultivation of, 265 
Carrots, kinds and culture of, 174 
Cauliflower, culture of, 159 
Celery, culture of, 184 
Chalk, its defects and merits as a soil, 32 
