Part 29

=Chicken fences=, how to make, 251, 252.

=Chicken netting=, for use in the hotbed, 37.

=Chickens should not be allowed in the garden=, 251.

=Chionodoxa=, 191.

=Christ and the Apostles=. See Crinum Scabrum.

=Chrysanthemum Flowered Aster=, 99.

=Chrysanthemum lice=, remedy for, 248.

=Chrysanthemums=, 126. Keeping free from insects, 127. Planting out and cultivating, 126. Potting and boxing, 127. Treatment of branches, 126.

=Cigar-boxes=, convenient for raising fine seeds in, 48.

=Cinder walks=, construction of, 9.

=Cinerarias=, 48, 58, 62, 63, 69, 143, 208. Care in raising in summer and winter, 69. Colours and varieties of, 69. Treatment of, for preserving through winter, 69, 70.

=Clara Bedman Salvia=, 121.

=Clematis= (Virgin’s Bower), 65, 137–139, 203, 252. Caring for and protecting in winter, 138. Cosmos borer destructive to, 247. Flammula, 138, 198. Jackmanni, 138. Leaves protect roots in winter, 207. Mrs. Edward Andre, 138. Most expensive vines to buy, 137. Paniculata, 138. Planting and raising, 137. Potting, 137. Raising from seed cheapest way of obtaining them, 137. Ramona, 138. Trimming plants, 139.

=Clothing=, suitable, necessary for comfort for working in the garden, 257.

=Clover-root=, 65.

=Coal-ash walks=, construction of, 9.

=Cobæa San Salvador=, 130. Admirable for covering old trees, 130. Cling to stone and brick, 130. Foliage of, 130. Manner of growth, 130. Starting seed, 130.

=Cobæa scandens= (Cup-and-Saucer Vine), 129. Desirable summer vine, 129. Height and bloom of, 129. Position of, in the hotbed, 35.

=Coccinea Hibiscus=, 108.

=Coccinea Indica=, foliaged fancy gourd, 96.

=Coix lachryma=, 16.

=Cold-frame=, the, 37, 38. Drainage of, in winter, 38. For growing Gloxinias and rooting cuttings, 37. For sowing Pansy-seed, 37. How made, 37. Protection of, at night, 38. Useful to protect beds of tender perennials, 37.

=Coleus=, 4, 5, 15, 46, 58, 59, 89, 92, 142, 143, 151. Cuttings, treatment of, 59. Indispensable in ornamental bedding, 142. Must not bloom, 46. Period of germination, 143. Pinching and watering, 143. Raised from seed, 142. Sensitive to cold, 143. Suitable soil for, 143.

=Colours=, harmony of, in flowerbeds, 11.

=Columbine=, 104, 105. Time for sowing seed, 104. Transplanting, 104.

=Common names of flowers=, 217–233.

=Compost=, composition of fine and rough, 51.

=Compost heap=, use for, 203.