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Peaclies, Lists of, .... , 331 



for Home Use 38 



Pear TroesClianging their Fruit, 451 



Tree Culture 332 



Orchards of JNlichigan, 251 



Peck, y. B., ou ]N[uskei;-ou Fruit Interests, 1 



Tlie Age iu AVhich We Live, 100 



Pectous Substance in Fruits, 154 



Permanent Fruit Catalogue, Sample of, 32, 33 



Phylloxera, The Grape, 23S 



Physical Culture 1G4 



Picking Apples, Time of. IG 



Plan of Proposed Fruit Catalogue 32,33 



Plants, Decorative, 41G 



in tlie Window and their Treatment, 12.223 



for the Flower Garden, 50 



and Flowers at June Meeting, 127 



State Fair, 289 



for Parlor and Window, 44G 



Planting of Fruit Trees 173 



and Protection of Shade Trees, 358 



Young Trees, ...'... 393 



Grape Vines, 394 



an Oi'chard, 398 



Plaster to Increase the Setting of Fruit, 5 



Plates and Clasps for Fruit Exhibitions, 210 



Plum Orchards, Prominent, 253 



Plums at Kollin, Lenawee Co., 405 



Pomology versus Farming, 348 



of Lenawee County, 24 



at State Fair, 177 



Pontiac Meeting, Account of, 1 



Prejudice Kemoved by Thorough Experiment, 312 



Premium List, How to Amend, 293 



Premiums Awarded at State Fair, ISO 



Prentiss, Prof. A. N., on Training at Agricultural College, .... IGO 



Preparation for Flower Garden, 52 



Prepared Seed, 429 



Prepai-ing Fruit for Market, 235 



Prescott, Prof. A. B., on Chemistry of Fruit Kipening, 149 



Preservation of Apples, 408 



Preserving Flowers, 424 



Progress in Horticulture, 225 



Protection for Trunks of Trees, 14 



by Evergreens, 45, 93 



Evergreen Boughs for, 389 



Limits of, 393 



Pruning, Advice About, . 14 



by George Parraelee 20 



Roots before Planting Trees, 20 



of Evergreens, 48 



the Peach, 148 



Ornamental Trees, 387 



Grapes, 388 



Purslane as a Weed, 434 



Q. 



Quality versus Size, 383 



Quince cultivation, 381 



Quinces in Michigan, 25G 



R. 



Rainfall for 1877, 464 



RamsdelFs Plnm Orchard, 253 



Ramsdell, J. G., on the Traverse Region, 802 



Raspberries for Central Michigan, varieties of, 337 



