Contents 



RAMBLES BY ROAD, 



(Jala Water 



Farming in Yorkshire 



A Ramble through Roxburgh and Selkirk 



94 

 175 

 471 



RIYER, AND RAIL. 



A Tour in the West of Scotland :— i. Buchanan 



Hoise, 468; 2. Cameron House, 592; 3. 



Cambusdon, 575 ; 4. Kilkerran, 



ARBORICULTURE. 



Introduction i79 



Pruning and Thinning Forest Trees 181, 283, 482 



Improvement in Hedges ... ... ... •■• 186 



Trees and their Associations ... ... ... 279,380 



On the Supply of Timber from Norway and 

 Sweden 477, 579 



Studies of the Bark of Trees :- 



1. The Deodar 



2. The Oak 



3. The Beech 



4. Scots Fir ... 



5. The Birch 



On the Management of Horses' P'eet 

 Breeding of Hunters and Roadsters.. 

 Influenza in Horses 



THE STABLE AND KENNEL. 



99, 192 Runaway Horses 



188 The Xewminster Case 



287 Greyhound Coursing . 



DAIRY AND POULTRY YARD. 



09, 293, 392, 49] 



Can Poultry be made to Pay ? 

 Letter from Mr Mechi 

 Dorking and Spanish Breeds 

 The Henwife's Kalendar 

 Who would Keep Poultry ? . 



Poultry Houses 



Production of Pasture in Dairy Farming 



A Dairy P'arm in Australia ... 



Poultry Shows — Preparingfor Exhibition 



Who is Responsible ? A Scotch Horse Case 



106 

 S93 

 19s 

 197 

 200 

 294 

 391 



Notes on the various Breeds of Poultry 



1. The Dorking 



2. The Houdan 



3. The Brahmapootra 



4. The Hamburgh Breeds 



Weighing Show Fowls 



General Notes on Poultrj'-Keeping : — 

 Value of Cochins as Mothers 

 Daily P'ood 



LEGAL NOTES. 



HUNTING, FISHING, AND SHOOTING. 



Elephant Hunting no, 497 Deer Driving in Mull ... 



Duck Shooting in Canada ... ... ... ... 209 The "Twelfth" 



On Sport as bearing on National Character ... 296 My First Salmon 



5/6 



583 

 583 



58s 

 S86 

 290 



387 

 388 

 389 



S9I 

 592 



204 



299, 404 

 ... 302 



- 595 



Water Farming 



Thejararaca 



Crocodile Pond of Muggerpeer 



THE NATURALIST. 



22 Bird Murder on the Bass Rock and Ailsa Craig ... 398 

 ... 206 Vegetable Productions of Abyssinia ... 400,493 

 ... 394 Destruction of Small Birds 496 



THE COUNTRY GENTLEWOMAN. 



Value of System in a Hou.sehold 



Pet Dogs 



Bee Keeping 



Cookery— 



1. Art of Cooking Potatoes 



2. English Champagne 



3. Soup des Galles 



4. To Prepare Arrow-root Blanc-niange, &c. 



5. Arrow-root Blanc-mange 



6. German Cliarlotte 



7. German Gateau de Pommes ... 



8. Imperial Mayonnaise 



9. New Baked Apple Pudding 



10. Baked Christmas Pudding 



11. Infant's Pudding 



12. Easter Pudding 



13. Snowdon Pudding 



14. Kentish Custard 



Destruction of Song Birds 



Window Ventilation ... 



Dust Bins and Disease 



New Cement 



Mushrooms 



To prevent Decay of Wines 



119 

 314 

 315 

 315 

 315 

 531 

 411 

 662 

 412 

 412 

 413 

 413 

 413 



Useful Inventions, and Labour Saving Machi 



1. Aphis Brush 



2. Smoky Chimnies ... 



3. Knife Cleaner 



4. Economic Roasting Jack 



Household Cleaning 21 



What is a Rumpsteak ? 



Dried Flowers for Fashionable Use 

 Bee-keeping— Swarming and Supering 



The Clothes Moth 



Treatment of Choleraic Diarrhoea ... 



Hints on Choosing Provisions 



Theory and Practice of Cookery 



Drying and Preserving Seaweeds 



Fashions 126, 221, 



The Poor Man's Meat 



Pleasures of Archery 



Starching and Blueing, Philosophy of, 



317. 



MISCELLANEA. 



- 319 

 ... 319 

 ... 320 

 416, 512 

 ... 416 

 ... 512 



Stoves and Ovens 

 Preserving Eggs 



Preservation of Leather 



Efficacy of Geranium Leaves and Onions 



Dog Bites 



New Lock 



nes^ 



... 123 

 ... 124 

 ... 124 

 ... 125 



I. 305. 367 

 210 

 ... 217 

 ... 217 

 ... 312 

 ■■• 313 

 ... 410 

 500. 597 

 ... 507 



4, 510, 603 



... 218 



219 



... 509 



320 

 32a 

 416 

 512 

 512 

 512 



NOTES AND QUERIE.' 



The Present Drought 

 Raid upon Dcgs 



224 Irish Wolf-Hounds 

 224 Merac 



