374 INDEX. 



Page. 



Baker, Jennie, Report from, 106 



Baldwin, J. D., Letter from, 11 



Balsam, Culture of, 97 



Barrel, Measurement of, 5,38 



Barry, Patrick, on Thinning Fruit, 201 



Apples for Europe, 216 



W. C, on the Melon apple, 219 



Batchelor's Button, Culture of, 97 



Baur, Brofessor, Note from • . . . . 216,223,270,271 



Bay County Horticultural Society, 287 



Beal, Prof., on Botany and Horticulture, 122 



Irrigation, 112 



Kural Cemeteries, 143 



Highway Planting, 149 



Beginning Botany, 196 



Beecli, The Weeping, 247 



Bees and Grapes, • .131,209 



Bennett, Eva A., Report from, . . . • 105 



Benzie County, . • 89 



Horticultural Society, 290 



Berrien County, 84 



Horticultural Society, 277 



Bessey, Professor, on Names, 194 



Beurre d' Anjou, Keeping the, 218 



Bidwell, H. E., on Overcropping Orchards, 199 



Strawberry Origin, 224 



Bill Concerning Fruit Packages, 41 



Birds, Protection for, 14 



Birds and Canker worms, 203 



Black Walnut, . • 253,254 



Blackberries, Profitable, 171 



Blight on Pear Trees, 135 



Bloomburg, Clara, Report from, • . . 106 



Board, Proceedings of Executive, 1 



Boston Exhibit of Michigan Fruits, 7,51,73 



Botany and Horticulture, 122 



Beginning, 196 



Bouquets, How to make, 240,293 



Bradfield, E., Letter from 12 



Bradley, Grace E.. Report from, 106 



Branch Societies, 10,91,158,274 



and Reports, 4 



County, 83 



Branches, Effect of Dead, 191 



Brown, Alexander on House Plants, 292 



Chas. E., on School Prizes, 266 



Wm. A., on Fruit Packages, . . . . ■ 38 



Budd, Prof., on Hardiness, 193 



Bugs, To destroy Mealv, 207 



Bushel, The, . . ' 38 



Burrill, Professor, on Pear Blight and Yellows, 133 



C. 



Caldwell. Prof., on Composition of Fruits, 189 



Calhoun County, 86 



Campbell. G. W., on Paper Bags, 208 



Canker Worms and Birds, 203 



in New England, 12 



Candy Tuft, Culture of, 97 



Carbolic Acid as an Insecticide, 213 



Castor Bean, Culture of, . . • 97 



Cass Count}', 84 



Catalpa, for Timber 254 



Catalogue of Fruits for 1882, . • 305 



Caywood, A. S., on Training vines, 198 



