INDEX. 



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Miscellaneons Papers— I'age 



Ideal Orchard Lands— John E Mohlcr 179 

 Twelve Best Bedding Plants— Charles I. 



Uobards 380 



Mulching— Chas Tenbner 182 



Entomological Notes for 1&92-Mary E. 



Murtfeldt 180 



Why We Should Grow Fruit— Jacob Eaith 190 

 Instinct in Ineects-Mary E. Murtfeldt ... 191 

 The True and the Beautiful— Mrs. Dr. 



Knight 199 



Seeds and Their Dissemination— E. A. 



Schulte 202 



Horticulture and Its Influences— A. W St. 



John 207 



Dutch Bnlbs-G. C. Elliott 213 



Spraying Apple Orchards in a Wet Season 



— E. G. Lodeman 218 



State Road Convention— Henry Speer 224 



Fruits at Blufltou-S. Miller 224 



Co-operation- N. J. Shepherd 226 



Fruit Crop of 1892— K C. Journal 227 



Large Peisimmons- John E. Mohler 230 



Keeping a Record of the Trees- F. Llon- 



berger 230 



About Spraying Trees— Prairie Farmer ... 231 

 Horticultural Gossip— Rural New Yorker. 233 



A Word lor Clover 234 



Winter Pears 234 



Death of John Burr 238 



The Rose 2S9 



Bag and Basket 240 



Peach Failures— Homer Reed 241 



Letter from California— Mrs Grace Durkes 242 

 -Corn for the National Flower— Edna Dean 



Proctor 24g 



Our State Societies— G. B. Lamm 240 



To Memphis and Return— N. F. Murray. . . 248 

 Our Monster Show— St. Lonis Star-Sayings 250 



Apple Scab— F . Lionberger 252 



Spores or Seeds of Fungi-F. Lionberger. 257 

 Production of New Seedling Grapes— Dr. 



J. Stayman 262 



N 



>]oies on Horticulture- S . Miller 34 



New Onion Culture, etc.— H. Schnell 171 



O 



Officers for 1893 3 



Ornamentation of Our Country Homes— L. A . 



Goodman 10 



Obituary 68 



P 



Pruning (Wm. Saunders) Wm. Brodbeck. .. 15 



Pruning the Apple Tree 19 



Protection or No Protection — Ferdinand 



Fleischer 37 



Pruning, Thinning, Gathering, Packing — 



G. W. Hopkins 88 



Peach Culture— I . E . Kreybill 107 



Place of next meeting 141 



Planting and Caring for Trees— J. L. Ervrin 161 



K 



Rose, The— Auon 10 



Kepor!; on Orchards— Henry Speer 19 



Page 

 Report on Small Fruits- J . N. Menifee 32 



New Fruits— F. Lionberger 42 



Committee on Fruiti 68 



Flowers 68 



from Local Societies— 



Moark 70 



T>aclede county 70 



Jaspr county 71 



Montgomery county 72 



Bates county 73 



Livingston county 73 



Greene county 146 



Moark. 147 



Central Missouri 147 



Sarcoxie 148 



Pettis county 148 



Callaway county 150 



Barry county 150 



Committee on Fruits 144 



Flowers 146 



Obituary ^ 174 



S 



Standing committees 4 



Snmmer Meeting at Chilli cothe 7 



Some Other Roads— Mrs. Helen Laughlin. . 59 

 Secretary's Report (Chillicothe meeting) ... 62 



Sunday Closing of World's Fair 69 



Secretary's Report (Carthage meeting) 132 



Small Fruits— Wm H.Thomas 170 



T 

 Treatment of Nursery Stock for Leaf-blight 



and Powdery Mildew— B. T Galloway.. 49 



Then and Now— J. H. Logan 55 



Treasurer's Report (Chillicothe) 67 



Twelve Fundamental Rules of Fruit Culture 



(translation) 92 



Treatment for Mildew and Rot— Hermann 



Jaeger 115 



Treasurer's Report (Carthage) 140 



Transportation, Report on 142 



Twentieth Annual Meeting (flrst official 



publication of proceedings) 299 



IT 



Unsuccebsful Horticulturist, The— M. L. 

 Brooks 27 



V 



Value of Salt in the Orchard— Conrad Hart- 



zell 93 



W 



What to Plant, and Why to Plant It-J. N. 

 Menifee 40 



Winter Meeting at Carthage 79 



Welcome Address— H. L. Shannon 79 



What Crops May Be Grown in Orchards— G. 

 W. Waters ■ . 104 



What Shall We Do With Our Orchards ?- J. 

 A Durkes lOG 



What Shall We Plant in Our Flower Gar- 

 dens '?-E. H. Michel 15S 



Will it Pay to Grow Apples ?— Jacob Faith. . 159 



