X TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Forests : The Elm of Boston Common, 347 ; an Aged Oak, 349 ; Waxy 

 Matter on Beech Bark, 349 ; the Size of Famous Oaks, 350 ; Exhibition 

 by the Agricultural Department of American Woods at the Centennial, 

 355 ; Living Trees at the Centennial, 356 ; Covering the Slopes of the Alps 

 with Forests, 365 ; the Proper Time for Cutting Trees, 365 ; the Destruc- 

 tion of Forests, 366. 



Vegetable Physiology, etc. : Uses of Products of the Stone-pine Tree, 

 365 ; Smoke as a Protection against Frost, 369 ; Influence of the Sun-spot 

 Period on the Price of Grain, 370 ; what Potash Salts to Buy, 372 ; Effect 

 of Solutions on a Growing Vine, 358 ; Secretion of Di-osera, 359 ; Devel- 

 opment of Fungi, 362 ; Glands of Carnivorous Plants, 363 ; Heteromor- 

 phism in Epigoea, 351. 



Particular Kinds of Plants : An Intoxicating Grass, 352 ; Investiga- 

 tions on American Gooseberries, 355 ; the Heath in America, 358 ; Occur- 

 rence of the Palm-tree, Scheelia regia, 361 ; the True Jute Plant, 362 ; the 

 Potato Disease, 363 ; Diseases of Olive and Orange Trees, 364 ; a New 

 Noxious Weed, 354. 



Products : Waxy Matter on Beech Bark, 349 ; Varieties of India Rub- 

 ber, 357; a New Drying Oil, 357; Uses of Products of the Stone-pine 

 Tree, 365 ; Caoutchouc from Milkweed, 367. 



General : On the Acclimatization of Plants, 348 ; Grouping of Zo- 

 ospores in Water, 351 ; Self-burying Seeds, 352; Floating Seeds, 353 ; Pres- 

 ervation of Cut Flowers and Bouquets, 357 ; Living Trees at the Centen- 

 nial, 356. 



L AGRICULTURE AND RURAL ECONOMY (clxxxi) 365 



In General : Prevention of the Freezing of Fruit in the Bud, 369 ; Smoke 

 as a Protection against Frost, 369 ; the Evaporation from the Skins of Fruit, 

 369 ; Influence of the Sun-spot Period on the Price of Grain, 370 ; Culture 

 of Certain Plants among the Aborigines, 370; Furnace for Burning Hay, 

 Straw, etc., 376. 



Manures and Fertilizers : Proposed Utilization of Fish-bones, 372 ; 

 what Potash Salts to Buy, 372 ; Wood-ashes as a Potash Fertilizer, 372 ; 

 Values of Potash Fertilizers, 373 ; German Potash Salts, 374 ; New Fertiliz- 

 ing Material, 383. 



Food for Animals : Nutritive Value of Shorts, Middlings, and Shipstuff, 

 376 ; Salt-marsh and Bog Hay the Feeding Value, 377 ; the Fodder Value 

 of Apples, 382 ; the Taste of Turnips in Milk and Butter, 383. 



Noxious Animals : The New Phylloxera Remedy, 380 ; Ravages of 

 Phylloxera, 381 ; Latest Conclusions Respecting Phylloxera, 381 ; Car- 

 tridges for the Destruction of Field Mice by Fumigation, 381 ; Means for 

 Destroying the Siberian Marmot, 382. 



Plants and their Products : Covering the Slopes of the Alps Avith 

 Forests, 365 ; the Proper Time for Cutting Trees, 365 ; the Destruction of 

 Forests, 366 ; Culture of Certain Plants among the Aborigines, 370 ; the 

 Potato Disease, 363; Diseases of Olive and Orange Trees, 364; Uses of 

 Products of the Stone-pine Tree, 365 ; Cultivation of the Bamboo in France, 

 366 ; New large Japanese Radish, 367 ; Value of the common Broom Plant 

 as a Fibre, 367; Autumn Planting of Potatoes, 368 ; Importance of Peat 



