Part 30

=Cope’s Favourite Ageratum=, 119.

=Corn Fodder=, winter protection for flowers, 206.

=Cosmos=, 44, 103, 203. Cut flowers of, popularity of, 103. Early flowering varieties only should be grown in the North, 103. Excellent way of growing them, 104. Fresh seed necessary every other year, 104. How to advance their bloom, 103. Make ideal bouquets, 103. Popularity of, 103. Position of, in the hotbed, 35.

=Cosmos borer=, preventive of, 247.

=Cow manure=, best for the majority of plants, 23.

=Crinums=, 155–162. Americana, 161. Blooming, time required for, 157. Capense, 160. Easily grown, 155. Erubescens, 160. Expensive luxuries, 159. Fimbriatum, 161. Grandolia or Augustum, 161. Kirkii, 159. Kunthianum, 159, 162. Lack of knowledge as to habits of, by florists, 155. Moorei, 160. Must be protected from heavy rain, 159. Ornatum, 159. Pedunculatum, 161. Potting of the dry bulbs, 156. Root-growth of, 156. Scabrum, 160. Secret of culture of, 158. Soil required for, 156. Treatment of bulb before growth, 157. Water, amount of, necessary, 158. Wintering of, 159.

=Criticism=, adverse, hints about, 254.

=Crocus=, 189, 192, 193. A pretty way to grow them, 190. Seed formation of, 189.

=Crotons=, 39, 89, 92, 151. Best position for, in the sandbox, 39.

=Crown Imperials=, 191.

=Cucumber=, Wild, 90–96, 132, 252.

=Cup-and-Saucer Vine=, 129.

=Cut flowers=, judgment should be used in giving away, 247.

=Cuttings=, of common house plants, directions for handling, 58. How to save those liable to decay, 61. Lists for selection of, 58.

=Cutworms=, destruction of, 203.

=Cyclamen=, 42, 74, 75. Bush Hill Pioneer, cost of seed of, 42. Protecting from moisture and repotting, 75. Starting, raising, and setting out, 74. Treatment of, in the spring, 75.

=Cyclamen Amaryllis=, must not be allowed to dry out entirely, 75.

=Cyperus=, or Umbrella-plant, 60, 73, 74, 168. Growing from seed an economy, 73. Growing in jardinières, 73. How to sow the seeds, 73. Raising from cuttings, 73. Semi-aquatic qualities of, 73. Two varieties of, 74.

=Cypripedium Acaule.= See Japanese Iris.

=Czar Peter=, blue Hyacinth, 192.

=Daffodils=, 256.

=Dahlias=, 27, 105, 148, 149, 186, 187, 204. Best started in baskets of sand, 148. Borer, how to destroy, 106. Care and protection of, for exhibition purposes, 106. Cosmos borer destructive to, 247. Easily raised from seed, 105. Easily wintered, 187. For corsage wear, single varieties best, 106, 107. Hints on grafting, 148, 149. Planting the seed, 105. Should be wintered in a dry cellar, 186. Transplanting, and treatment after, 105. Variety desirable for cut flowers and garden rows, 106. Worms or beetles on, how to destroy, 106.

=Daisies=, 107. Beds, suitable for borders of, 107. Protection of, in winter, 107. Rockwork, colours suitable for, 107. Starting the seeds, 107.

=Day Lily=, 201.

=Deutzia Gracilis=, 198.

=Diagrams for planning a garden=, 11–14.

=Dog-tooth Violets=, 191.

=Dolichos=, where to place in the hotbed, 35.