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Scientific 376 



Trees as Lightning Conductors 376 



Dryness in Fruit House ; . . . 377 



■ Apparent Waste in Nature 377 



Fruit Ripening and Decay 378 



Winter-Killing Plants and Trees 379 



The Future of Horticultural Experiment 379 



Freezing of Sap in Trees 380 



Loss of Leaves by Evergreens 382 



Influence of Pollen on Strawberries 388. 



Origin of Soils 384 



No Soils Originally 384 



Action of Air, Water and Frost 385 



Sedentary and Drift Soils : 385 



Soils in Various States 386 



Origin of Prairie Soils 386 



The Cross-Fertilization of Strawberries 387 



Paper on Antiseptics, &c 388 



The Art of Canning and Preserving 390 



Keeping Fruits Without Cans 393 



Manure for the Orchard 394, 397 



Manuring Fruit Trees 395 



Fertilizing Peach Orchards 398 



Southern Apple 400 



Treasurer's Report 224 



Treatment of Orchards, Paper on 263 



Trouble with Orchards, Paper on 107 



Tender Roses, Paper on 23 



The Burning Bush, Whittier 322 



Tomatoes 324 



The Tulip Tree 309 



Thick Planting 310 



The Peach '. 314 



Unfermented Wine 350 



Varieties of Apples, Papers on 243, 108 



Varieties of Roses 301 



Vegetables 235, 323 



Variation of a Concord Grape 351 



Wilder, Marshall P., Letters 43, 128 



Wealthy Apple ■. . . 277 



What Women Have Done 325 



Where to Plant, Paper on 95 



World's Fair, Report 256 



World's Fair, Preparation for 144 



Yellows, None in the West 167 



